Kitchen Remodeling

After almost 10 years of living in my house I thought it was time to do a remodel job to our kitchen.  It looked tired and for sure dated!  I had some experience with paint and a little bit of carpentry skills doing other little projects around the house, so, my thought was: “I sure can do it!”

Well, it was not that easy. But if I have to do it again, I will gladly do it, especially with the gained experience.

This is how it looks now:

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This is how it looked before:



And here you can see (well, behind the plant), the microwave taking up countertop space:



Overall I wanted a makeover.  Keeping everything in its place or to a minimum change.  My budget: the less, the better. 

Things that bothered me the most:  Microwave on top of counter, open space above kitchen cabinets, laminate countertops, old appliances, lack of a backsplash, re-circulating fan and,  side-view of kitchen island because from the family room the most visible thing was an outlet (it looked like a pimple!), in the center of the island.

My first thing to do:  to update the island, and try to put the microwave inside it.

Same Island, just updated! Check all the diy done here.

Then, we continue building our own Fridge Enclosure:

I also built the Range Hood,

Closed that big space "full of dust" above the kitchen cabinets.

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Gave the Cabinets an upgraded feel with moldings , installed new lights, and Painted the whole thing.

Finally, I installed a Marble Backsplash.

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Well,  it was a lot of work but it was all worth it!

 Thanks for visiting,

Here again are all the links:

Updating the Kitchen Island

How to build the Refrigerator Enclosure

How to build the Range Hood

Closing the Space above the Kitchen Cabinets

Adding Moldings to your Kitchen Cabinets

Painting Oak Kitchen Cabinets

Installing the Marble Backsplash

Lighting Plan

Kitchen Cost Breakdown

1 ½ Year Later How the Kitchen is Holding up

                                                                 

         


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