Kitchen Update!

     We moved in our home late 2010. We had to give it a pretty big makeover just to make it comfortable enough to move in. Paint, flooring, new interior doors, new base boards, etc... We have been saving up to remodel our kitchen for some time now, but for the past year we have started making progress a little at a time. Then in November this year we really got the ball rolling!

Our Kitchen November 2010 ( the wall that the old refrigerator is on divided the living room from the kitchen)

This is our kitchen one Sunday night in January 2013. We decided to pull out the sledge hammer and get rid of this wall. My theory was that if we did this then we would force ourselves to save up the rest of the money to completely remodel the kitchen sooner.


Another view of our kitchen Jan 2013. We lost some cabinet space on this wall which is why there is stuff everywhere!


And that is pretty much the way my kitchen looked until more renovating continued in November 2013. Scary I know!



 The wall we took out was a supporting wall (it was supporting the trusses basically) so we (Charlie) built a temporary wall  so that we could replace our supporting wall with a long power beam.

Pretty Cool huh? He had to put more support inside the walls at each end of the beam. It was basically a post that was put under each end of the beam once the beam was in place. Then the posts and beam were covered  with drywall which we hired someone to do.



Throughout December our kitchen started to transform. Charlie also added some recessed lighting.

  


   We had our counter tops installed on Saturday and this is what my kitchen currently looks like. I wanted the marble look for my counters but I was advised not to use marble in my kitchen, especially having five kids. I went with a quartz (the one I chose is not man made, some quartz is). I was told by everyone that it was one of the most durable and dense materials which I could use. It was definitely pricey but I am in Heaven! I absolutely love my kitchen now and its not even complete. My kitchen, dining room, and living room are all pretty open to each other and I cannot wait to entertain some of my friends and family in this new space. We still have a lot on our to do list but we are getting there. Keep checking back for more updates.
Still to do:
  1. New window covering
  2. Pendant lights over the bar
  3. Paint ceiling and beam
  4. Install wood/laminate flooring into the kitchen (same as living area)
  5. Install white plain fan flush to the ceiling ( the fan we have now is too distracting and we have the recessed lights now)
  6. Style the kitchen counters
I hope everyone is having a wonderful Monday!
xo,
Brittany



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