Some Before & Almost After Pictures of Our Kitchen!

Our kitchen isn't 100% done but after being without a functional kitchen for over a month, I'm pretty excited that it is starting to come together and taking shape. The molding still needs to be extended from the dining room into the kitchen, the hardware needs to be installed on the cabinets and interior doors and the toe-kick along the bottom of the cabinets needs to be put into place.

The house is Brian's childhood home and the before shots are taken with many of his relative's belongings still in place. It was cluttered and messy and it's been a great deal of work to sort through it all. His family had the tendency to hold onto things - and by things - I mean everything.

Here are some before and after shots of our new kitchen:

Before (with previous owner's things) - looking from dining room into kitchen:

After (goodbye wall!):


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Before (gotta love that faux brick paneling!):


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Before (this is before I moved in - luckily, the renovations started and the clutter was history anyway but it would have been the first thing to go! It would have drove me crazy!):


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Here is a basic run-down of what we actually did:

1. Completely gutted the kitchen down to bare floor and studs.
2. Knocked down the wall from the kitchen to the dining room.
3. Installed sheetrock and molding.
4. Installed new cabinets, appliances and countertops.
5. Installed Pergo flooring throughout kitchen, dining room and living room.
6. Installed new, larger size window for above the sink area (old one was broken and would no longer open).
7. Painted kitchen and adjoining rooms (Valspar's Frappe in the kitchen and Valspar's Woodlawn Snow in the dining and living rooms).