Touch up kitchen redo (pics)
Thanks to all the posters that I have had the pleasure of reading over the years. We bought our home 5 years ago, did all the work ourselves, from moving walls on the second floor, to renovating 2 1/2 baths completely... lots of work.
In between, we have been touching up the kitchen. We had hoped to plan a total redo by now, but alas, things change, so need to make the most of what we have.
Will post a before shot, list what we did, then an after shot, and a link to other photos if interested.
-PAINT. Had to get rid of that yellow, it was very hard on the eyes.
-Then we changed the counter, just a replacement laminate, and the sink and faucet.
-COUNTER SPACE. Next we added a butcher block counter to the right of the range, in the same configuration, but nobody ever sat there, so we just got an Ikea counter that extended to the end of the wall.
->The big problem in the kitchen was heat. We couldn't add any cabinets to the right as that was 50% of the baseboard; under the window was the rest of the baseboard. So, we ran the counter without anything under it, and left a gap at the end under the window and have a small "island" under the window that sits away from the wall all to allow the heat to circulate up and away from the baseboard. When we rip it all out, including the floor, we can redo the heat, put in toe-kick heaters. The kitchen is routinely 8 degrees colder than the rest of the house in the winter!
-LIGHTING. There was no lighting in the left half of the kitchen- where all the work was done! So we added simple under cabinet lights on the right, and finally this winter we took the one ceiling fixture out and put in can lights over the whole room- so much better! Also added little spots above the sink to light the work area there instead of the single light overhead.
-HOOD. Also had to change the hood, the old one squealed like a rusty hamster cage. New one found on clearance at HD.
-TILE!! Finally got around to the back splash! pulled off the gray floor tile (that is also under the laminate floor that the previous owners layed down). Surprisingly, most the the drywall was ok, only some needed to be replaced.
->New back splash, AO subway from Lowe's, clearance slate mosaic strips (After
Still a bit messy when the pics were taken, but you get the idea. All the after photos were take WITHOUT a flash, so you can get a sense of how nicely lit the kitchen is now. The cans all use CF bulbs, and the other lights are halogen, but they are rarely on now that we have better light from above.
Here is a link that might be useful: Pepperidge Farm Kitchen touch-up
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