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We just finished a week long project of updating our kitchen.  This might be a good time to mention that we are getting the house ready to sell!  Yep, we are moving!  My husband has accepted a job in another State, so although I don't know when the kids and I will be going, a move is definitely in our near future!

Here is what we did to the kitchen...We stripped and re-sealed the Saltillo tile.  Sanded, stained and polyurethaned the cabinets.  Replaced the hardware and replaced the counter tops.  We also made a butcher block counter top for our antique stove island, and I made new curtains.  Oh, and my favorite part...We got a new kitchen sink!!!  Who knew a person could LOVE a kitchen sink?  LOL  It is 8 inches deep, my old one was 6 inches deep.  What a difference!  You would not believe how many more dirt dishes I can stack in there!


Here are the results!

This picture shows the counter tops, cabinets and new hardware pretty well.  I am especially pleased with the counter tops.  We had old faux butcher block Formica.  We were able to laminate with this new faux Labrador Granite Formica.  We liked this idea because it kept the old counter top from going to the landfill.  We have watched house after house around here throwing out the old counter tops.  It just seems like such a waste!  Ed would be proud of us!  LOL (Plus is was really cheap.  We only spent $140.00 to do the counter tops.)

This shot shows the sink area, a bit of the floors and the old stove we made the counter top for. (Oh, and the edge of the cleaned off fridge.  I took all the kid art off the fridge and the next morning my 2 oldest kids both exclaimed "The refrigerator looks naked Mom!"  LOL)

Here is the old stove we inherited from my husbands parents.  They found it in the basement of a house they bought in the 1980's.  My husbands Dad refurbished it.  I have always loved it and am very glad it now lives in my home.  The top for it is very nice because now I don't have to clean crumbs out of all the nooks and cranny's on top!
This is my stunning new Jacuzzi sink!  Who knew Jacuzzi made sinks?  It is actually white, the lighting was bad in the picture.  I told my husband that when I told him I wanted a Jacuzzi I really meant a TUB!  LOL 
(Yeah, I know I can't believe I just posted a picture of my sink either!  LOL)

I have always wondered if a project like this could really be done in 2 days like they do on Trading Spaces...Well, I think the answer is NO in the real world.  I mean yeah, if we would have had someone to watch the kids, cook for us, run to the hardware store and had a lot of behind the scenes help we could have done it.  But, I am pretty pleased we got it all done in a week and spent only $400.00.

We are hoping the changes will help the house sell "lightening fast" as my 5 year old daughter prays every night!