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Originally Posted by eggalegga
Wow! So impressive. Thanks for all those pictures. What a transformation.
I am a fan of a country kitchen. Just not your old one. Smart idea to just add new doors to your existing cabinet boxes. I love shaker doors. I have them on my bathroom cabinetry. Painting the soffit white, along with the white crown molding, makes your cabinet doors look taller. Smart idea when re-using old cabinets.
I like your floors.
Would you consider trying this on your stove top? It says it will brown a little over time around your burners. But maybe, it will last long enough until your buy a new stove.
Is the fifth picture, aunt Suzie's fruitcake that you found when you cleaned out your cupboards? LOL  |
Ahahah thanks. It's just a sanding paper that served as a focus point for the camera! Lot of sanding to make that thing smooth!
We added new doors and I also had the idea on the left cabinet boxes, instead of the old 2 door panels which made them huge whenever you opened them they took a radius half the kitchen ... We did a total of extra 4 doors instead. The doors are skinnier and more elegant and as you said it makes them look taller! Along with the crown moulding and the paint color it makes the ceilings look taller - our ceilings are not tall at all around 7'5-7'7.
Also lots of light! The sunlight just enters the window and gets reflected everywhere and fills up the kitchen with light!
I also changed the light bulbs from a soft warm to a white bright. The old ones had a horrible yellow cast to it.
WOWOWOWOWWW!!
What's that product you linked? Yes we want stainless steel! We tried with spray paint on the old range hood just to try it out and it looked bad. We would love to have the range SS too but too much price for just a whim of wanting it SS when this one works impeccably. Have you actually tried the product? Does it work?
As for the floors I hate them! They make the house look cheap. It's vinyl by the way not real tile!
My wife is an Art teacher and she was worried with losing color in the kitchen with all the white.
I told her not to worry that you could make contrast with other stuff such as accessories etc.
We painted the side door in a black magic color which looks neat! I am painting the doors molding also in glossy white.
Now all that is needed is the countertop in concrete and backsplash which will be skinny subway tile with dark grout (again for contrast)
Then on the all to the left which is not seen in these pictures but Ill post them later I am going to do some accent wall either with bricks or old pallets wood slabs with distressed white!
As for the windows I didnt like the country style curtains either... just without those the light difference is huge! We are waiting to go to an IKEA or so to get a japanese style roller or something.
HeadingtoDenver I got the new doors from the Amish. JUust unfinished shaker style doors which I then painted.
I think what took the most time in this kitchen is actually something that is not seen! The inside of the cabinets! I didnt just paint them white. I wanted a smooth almost factory finish! It was a PITA to sand over and over in those places and inbetween each coat of primer and paint. The awkward positions and very tight spots made it very difficult. I think it was worth it though since everything is so smooth that it just looks it came straight out of a factory.
On the main shelves i did coat it with polyurethane for added strength and more smoothness
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