i've been a bit obsessed about home renovation ever since we bought our house in 2008. i have a notebook bursting at the seams, stuffed with pictures i've cut out of magazines and newspaper articles, and my DVR has been chock-full of shows like "spice up my kitchen" and "bang for your buck". (incidentally, don't ever do a tv search for "bang" while a young reader is in your presence. if you catch my drift.)
my favorite pictures are the Befores and Afters. for a while there, i was beginning to think we'd always be stuck in Before mode. but no longer! we are finally officially Afters. (our original date of completion was to be july 24. we finished october 7.) here are some pictures to share.
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| before: this was most of our kitchen. mismatched appliances, including a dented dishwasher and a range that was tilted so i always had to rotate my pans while cooking or the oil would pool on one side. no real counterspace and cabinet doors that didn't fully close (or hung on one hinge). |
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| after: taken from the same vantage point (so the range and hood are where the sink and window used to be) |
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| before: our playroom (post-removal of a gazillion toys, natch.) the very first work that was done, way back on june 2, was the demolishing of this wall. the playroom moved upstairs and i have to say it's nice to have our main floor toy-free |
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| after: our new breakfast room, taken from the same vantage point. this was the only square footage we added |
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| after: the breakfast room opens up onto our screened porch |
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| before: our pepto bismol pink powder room (i wish this picture did its awfulness justice -- pink sink, pink toilet, pink wall tile, pink floor -- but i think i've mentioned this before) |
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after: our new mudroom / laundry room / office, taken from the same vantage point. the mirror used to hang right where that top white cabinet is. these built-ins were exactly what i had requested: a spot to hide all of our crap
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| after: built-ins for more crap. we finally have space to store our vacuum somewhere other than liam's closet -- novel concept |
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the only picture i don't have is our new powder room. i bought paint to striae the walls but haven't gotten around to it yet. if i continue at the same rate that it took us to get the rest of it done, it might be another three years.
we're finally an After. and hopefully we will live Happily Ever. :)
3 comments:
Your Mother sent me this post and I will say your kitchen and renovation are spectacular. I just finished updating ours, and it looks almost exactly like your BEFORE...except our appliances match in color!! I must be getting old! Love it!!
I'm already looking forward to the many meals you'll enjoy cooking in this fantastic kitchen! The pictures are great, but you should have called attention to the two (TWO!) drawers in the BEFORE shot. You managed quite nicely, but this has got to be your dream-come-true.
I thought, "what's striae?" and google-imaged it. I don't know what you plan to do to your powder room walls, but I hope that's not it!
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