AW : Kitchen before and after

[Amy]

We finished our kitchen today and it's soooo much better. We bought a large older home for the location and land and knew we'd have to redo most of it. The kitchen was really pretty bad (we called it the Vegas tile backsplash kitchen) - here's a before and after. We will eventually replace the countertops but for now this is all we will do.

[rex]

Looks great!!

[mommytutu]

It looks fantastic! Good job!

[sewf]

Wow! It looks great now!

[isabel]

Wow, love it! Do you mind if I ask how much you spent? Are those the original cabinets?

[eb777888]

I love it!! It looks great.

[madringal]

Look great!!

[justemily]

Love it!

[sailorgray]

Wow! Beautiful. I've never seen a backsplash quite so shiny. Your new one is a great choice!

[ECB]

That looks great!  It looks like you painted the cabinets and added hardware?  WHAT a difference.  I didn't even realize it was the same countertop!

[Amy]

Jan 26, 2014 18:22:30 GMT -5 isabel said:

Wow, love it! Do you mind if I ask how much you spent? Are those the original cabinets?

Sure - we didn't spend much - we had a professional painter doing the entire downstairs and had him paint the original cabinets (I'm not sure how much of what he charged was the actual cabinets but I would guess approx $500 - you could do it yourself and we would have if he wasn't already there)

we got new hardware (contractor packs at $2 a pull - around $70 in the end)

we purchased the mosaic tile sheets when we found them on clearance at Home Depot (we weren't picky about the color, just waited for a deal) - it's been a while but when we were there getting other stuff the sheets were $10 a pop and we got them probably half off so I'd say $150ish on tile and then another $100 on mastic and grout - DH installed it

[kayakjenn]

Very nice, I really like the color combination.

[Amy]

Jan 26, 2014 18:24:33 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Wow, that old backsplash was pretty awful. It looks great now!

it was a 'for sale by owner' house and they advertised their 'updated kitchen' which I'm pretty sure meant the backsplash haha - it was sooooo bad 

[agnes]

Very nice. I love the backsplash

[Amy]

Jan 26, 2014 18:26:05 GMT -5 ECB said:

That looks great!  It looks like you painted the cabinets and added hardware?  WHAT a difference.  I didn't even realize it was the same countertop!

Thanks - yes, same cabinets with paint and new hardware 

[polarbearfans]

Looks amazing!

[stinkyfeet]

Wow!! Looks amazing!

[leeann]

Pretty! I love it.

[trixie12]

Looks great! Love the backsplash!

[phoeny]

It looks really nice.

[renna]

You have done a great job! Looks fantastic! (Did you buy your house from Burt Reynolds?...because of the old backsplash, LOL)

[Amy]

Jan 26, 2014 18:34:57 GMT -5 renna said:

You have done a great job! Looks fantastic! (Did you buy your house from Burt Reynolds?...because of the old backsplash, LOL)

They were a really nice older couple but that's what I hate about buying a for sale by owner house, they were the ones showing it and I had to really bite my tongue on a few things - they were really proud of the kitchen haha. We also have inset carpet in our dining room with a border of parquet flooring around it - yeah ... 

[hankmoody]

LOVE it!!! And love that it wasn't a large cost! 

[KaraOrNot]

It looks great!

[renna]

Jan 26, 2014 18:38:06 GMT -5 Amy said:

Jan 26, 2014 18:34:57 GMT -5 renna said:

You have done a great job! Looks fantastic! (Did you buy your house from Burt Reynolds?...because of the old backsplash, LOL)

They were a really nice older couple but that's what I hate about buying a for sale by owner house, they were the ones showing it and I had to really bite my tongue on a few things - they were really proud of the kitchen haha. We also have inset carpet in our dining room with a border of parquet flooring around it - yeah ... 

Maybe with "updated kitchen" they meant the SS appliances? (Or did you bring those with you?)

Ah, old people.  We bought from old people, too.  He had wedged so many teeeeeny little boards in the rafters of the basement ceiling.  My husband probably spent 20 minutes pulling little boards out of there and tossing them.  When she showed us the house she was sitting in a corner wrapping thread around a spool.  They had already moved out but had a bunch of stuff there and it was apparently quite important to save those last 2-foot strings of thread and get 'em spooled up.  God bless the old people! 

After seeing your kitchen I have full faith that you can do a nice job tackling the bordered dining room carpet!  :Y:

[aprilsails]

Very nicely done! That looks like a completely different space.

We are in the midst of our own kitchen reno and I am stressing about tile to no end. This stuff is fun isn't it?

[Amy]

Jan 26, 2014 18:47:21 GMT -5 renna said:

Jan 26, 2014 18:38:06 GMT -5 Amy said:

They were a really nice older couple but that's what I hate about buying a for sale by owner house, they were the ones showing it and I had to really bite my tongue on a few things - they were really proud of the kitchen haha. We also have inset carpet in our dining room with a border of parquet flooring around it - yeah ... 

Maybe with "updated kitchen" they meant the SS appliances? (Or did you bring those with you?)

Ah, old people.  We bought from old people, too.  He had wedged so many teeeeeny little boards in the rafters of the basement ceiling.  My husband probably spent 20 minutes pulling little boards out of there and tossing them.  When she showed us the house she was sitting in a corner wrapping thread around a spool.  They had already moved out but had a bunch of stuff there and it was apparently quite important to save those last 2-foot strings of thread and get 'em spooled up.  God bless the old people! 

After seeing your kitchen I have full faith that you can do a nice job tackling the bordered dining room carpet! 

oh no, the appliances are ours haha - theirs were white - DH is handy, we've flipped a few properties before so not a ton scares us - thanks!

[whiskeyandwine]

That is a REALLY pretty kitchen!! Love it. 

[Amy]

Jan 26, 2014 18:47:26 GMT -5 aprilsails said:

Very nicely done! That looks like a completely different space.

We are in the midst of our own kitchen reno and I am stressing about tile to no end. This stuff is fun isn't it?

it's awful, our house has been a construction zone for 2 weeks (We've been doing some other things downstairs as well) - good luck!

[soozy87]

Looks awesome!