Personally, I am glad we got rid of the stein because well, I love my new kitchen much much more. I really can’t think of anything I want for Christmas because this is it!
Because we had a small amount to work with AND because this is more of a facelift than a remodel to tide us over until we do a BIG remodel (I am actually fine with it now) we had to consider a few things.
We couldn’t get a piece of laminate countertop long enough to go across the back so we went with an apron sink which eliminated an extra seam and well it is an apron sink.
We kept the original cabinetry but painted them in a light yellow so the kitchen wouldn’t look too sterile and put new hardware on. We also repainted the insides of the cabinets which has made it way easier to see the contents.
We put wood on the island because that is what we could get in a width to fit the island. We also added a few inches making it a functioning island that people can eat at, do homework, and I can fit my cookie sheets on it in any direction. Not sure about the blue, but well it is just paint.
The dishwasher is OLD but it works great. It was rusted on the outside so we painted it green. It came out real nice and glossy but the kitchen looked too Lego-like so we did a sparkly dark grey to match the bench tops. We were limited to what you can buy in a gloss spray can so no matching yellow.
Tore out the cabinets to the left of the window giving me WAY more shelf space. Our cabinets are original to the house and are not frameless so before I couldn’t put my dishes in because there was well a huge frame in the way. Now I can unload the dishwasher standing in one place-FABULOUS!
Since we eliminated the cabinets we had to change out the fluorescent light so carefully hidden :) to a little bit of bling.
We went with the classic white subway tile because well it is classic and we don’t know how long we are going to have to keep the kitchen this way so we needed something cheap and classy. We did grout with a more coarse grout to add some texture and to prevent it looking like a faux linoleum tile facade.
Mark removed all the outlets on the back wall and put them up under the cabinets so we don’t have to look at them and yet we can plug away.
Now we can wait for our appliances to slowly die and replace them with stainless steel. Although I don’t think they will and I don’t know how much I want them to because they work great.
Still need window treatments and a large mirror under the baking racks to reflect the light from the window and add more natural light to my dark space.
