We are 99% done with the kitchen. It turned out really nice. We are very happy that we spent the extra time and money to totally redo it. I have so much more storage now and the layout seemed to give a lot more counter space. I enjoy cooking in there now. Here are a few pictures.
The cabinets are up. These cabinets are 39" instead of the standard 30". It is amazing how much more storage we gained.
Josh's Dad Loy came over for a weekend and helped hang the cabinets.
Daddy's Little Helper
Josh is hanging the beadboard that we used for the backsplash.
We layed out the tile on a diagonal. Joshua was up until 3 in the morning laying it. It had some many cuts and it was a pretty tricky layout but it turned out so beautiful.
We started to paint the beadboard green but it was this really light minty green. I have the worst time picking out greens and always mess it up. I was trying to follow Josh's advice of going lighter this time but it looked like mint ice cream! I went back to the store and got a different shade and it turned out just like I wanted. We painted all of the beadboard green.
Here is the finished kitchen! We bought wooden countertops from Ikea. The whole room is so pretty and cheerful. We are very happy with our new kitchen.
Hey Watkins Family! Bravisimo!!! I absolutely love the whole thing...very nice green and red color accent. I can easily imagine being totally inspired to spend lots and lots of time in such a lovely kitchen. Good work!
Our home is always full of surprises! We have just bought a fixer upper and we are always seem to be tearing into a new project. We love being home with our children and having them enjoy every new adventure with us. We are 2nd generation homeschoolers and it is a joy to contuine the journey of homeschooling with our children that our parents started with us. Hope you enjoy our blog about our home and family!
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