Cherry Wood Kitchen Pics! 99% done!!

14 years ago

I'm back! After many months of waiting for my kitchen to be finished....... I can now see the light at as the end of the tunnel. (Some of you may remember me as the one who had problems with our cabinet people,installing 3 different color interior cabinets!! argh!!)

Before Pics.

old vinyl flooring. Found hardwood underneath.

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refurbished floors

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New Kitchen

(Paint touch ups needed)

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Pantry, Fridge, Broom Closet

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rufinorox
14 years ago
Wow! Looks great. I can't beieve those floors ...they came out great! What's the name of your backsplash I love it!
cj47
14 years ago
Wow, those floors--what a hidden treasure!!
Beautiful kitchen!

Cj
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keptoz
14 years ago
Beautiful!!! What a transformation. Your cabinets are gorgeous. I can't believe someone would cover up those floors - great job on refinishing them!
rhome410
14 years ago
The cabinets and backsplash are beautiful, and a wonderful overall improvement...but the floors? What a great discovery!!
sochi
14 years ago
Congratulations, I do remember your problems with the interior cab colour. I'm so happy that you're almost there, wonderful job! And those floors are wonderful!
cat_mom
14 years ago
Beautiful job! What a treat finding that floor underneath all that vinyl!
firstmmo
14 years ago
Is it marble on the backsplash...oooh. Love marble backsplashes. Good to hear that even when big accidents such as wrong colored cabs arrive, that they have happy endings. I love a good happy ending! And I love your wall color!
three_daisies
14 years ago
Really nice! How wonderful that you found that original wood. But as a history buff, I am so intrigued by that 1st vinyl floor - is that Art Deco-ish or what?! I think it's a hoot!

What is your granite? It looks great with the cherry. Enjoy your new space!
debrak_2008
14 years ago
Your kitchen looks great. Please tell us more about your granite an backsplash.
boxerpups
14 years ago
That was one cool treasure under all that vin,yl floor*.
Excellent work.

I love your paint color. What is it?

And the cabinet brand? The rich looking cherry wood with
a deep penetrating stain that goes on so even look gorgeous. Is it Thomasville?

I love what you have done to your kitchen!
~boxer
marcy96
14 years ago
What a beautiful transformation! I love your cabinet color, and the marble backsplash with your granite looks terific. And it's such a treat that you found those beautiful wood floors under the vinyl. I only found plywood under mine!
Enjoy!
User
14 years ago
On the old vinyl floor picture ... I love the bottom layer! That was definitely on-trend or even leading edge in the 1930s.
cawfeegirl
14 years ago
Very nice!! LOVE your backsplash and what a lucky find on the hardwoods! Congratulations, its beautiful!
autumngal
14 years ago
It's beautiful! I'm also blown away by those floors, what a treasure.
beekeeperswife
14 years ago
That looks great! As others have said, what a find under that vinyl! Did you have any idea it was there or was it a big surprise?

Your backsplash is beautiful too, well, so is everything!

Congrats on getting to the end!
isajules
Original Author
14 years ago
The whole house has oak hardwood floors, and my neighbor 3 houses down has the exact kitchen layout and she had hardwood floors, so it was a good guess that I would find them there, although it was like looking for treasure HOPING they be there when I pulled up the flooring.

My granite is Atlantic Black.
I just tried looking up the backsplash for you guys and IT IS considered a MARBLE!!! Oh wow! Another surprise for me! I just thought it was a natural stone!! It's called Mugla White Tumbled Marble by Carena. Definition: Mugla White is a white Marble from Turkey. In natural stone trade, Mugla White is often simply called a Marble. Bonus!!! I can't wait to tell my husband when he gets home from work! We've been telling everyone it wasn't marble! :D I used a light grey color for grout.
The cabinets are Norcraft.

Sorry for the bad photos. I took the photos at night. I couldn't wait until the daytime. :D
isajules
Original Author
14 years ago
Oh! and the paint color is Mount Saint Anne by Benjamin Moore.
(Which by the way I HATED when we first put it on our walls, but now looks great with our appliances - which are NOT stainless steel if you can believe that!)

Our appliances are made with a silver paint (similar to what they would use for a car, to eliminate finger print stains.)

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