Finished Kitchen!

Here's the craptastic kitchen that I started out with.



I'm not exactly sure why all the cabinet doors are open, but it probably had something to do with airing out the previous owner's funk. Notice the lovely, gold rimmed, boob lights? The counter tops don't match each other, the cabinets are stained a hideous orange color, and the Harvest Gold oven doesn't work. We were all a little horrified when I cleaned the counter top near the sink and discovered that it was off-white and not tan. The walls are shiny, shiny white and are stained with nicotine (see that light spot on the wall under the "E" in before? They had something hanging on the wall that kept it from being coated in nicotine).

There have been a few changes to it over the years, but we never quite finished. The broken oven was the first thing to get replaced. Jason's roommate bought it in place of his first month's rent. Then the boob lights got replaced with some little halogens from IKEA. We repainted the whole house a nice, neutral tan and replaced all of the doors and trim. I painted the inside of the cabinets with lime green enamel to create a barrier between the old homeowner's funk and our nice, clean dishes. I attempted to strip and stain the cabinets, but never made much progress. We redid the floors after the dog was house trained.

Last year, when we got a new roof, we had them remove the skylight because it was causing major problems with condensation. If I cooked anything on the stove when it was cold outside, condensation would cause the nicotine on the walls around the skylight (never painted up there) to drip on the stove. We replaced it with a third IKEA light.

Six years later, the kitchen remodel is finished and I love it!









The fruit plaques, above the microwave, belonged to my Grandma Bessie.



The red and white flower hot-pads are from Gram's family.



My little elephant belonged to my great-grandmother, Granny Myrick. All of the decorative bowls I have (there are more displayed on top of the cabinets) are either gifts or inherited.



It's been a lot of work, but I'm happy to finally have a pretty kitchen!