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i now hate my kitchen a little less..

With all of the recent renovations we did on the house we had to push the kitchen back a little bit. On the list of what is functional and not functional - it made the functional list... unfortunately. 

Let's revisit all of the large projects we previously did on the house: new roof [ so happy we decided to do this because now we don't have to worry about this for about 15-20 years]. New windows [the others were just not efficient at all and I think it would have taken a lot of time and money to get them back up and running so I did my best to keep our new diamond pattern windows to compliment the time of our Victorian. Although I feel I let Nicole Curtis the Rehab Addict down - I am happy with how our criss cross pattern windows turned out:) Two gutted 3 piece bathrooms [ I would not step in either one of them before the reno - yuck!]. A few new appliances in the kitchen - stainless steel refrigerator, dish washer and sink [we really needed all new appliances but we settled with these]. There were other minor projects that we did - replacing trim and drywall etc, but these were the major projects that we budgeted for that squeezed the kitchen out of the plan. Actually the roof in particular was what replaced the kitchen. We had not planned to replace that ugly green roof but the inspector told us otherwise and we agreed that it would be smarter to do something that would protect our house and everything in it for years to come. 

So let's get back on track..

Our kitchen waaaay in the beginning:



Hideous right?? [minus our godsend of a realtor Ivette Hollendoner -she's on Facebook if you're looking for a house! She was amazing with us the entire time - that's her in the photo;)]
Look at all those shutters! With lots of help from mother-in-law, Jane - the first things that came down in the house were those damn shutters - and boy did it just open up the space! Shortly after was that electric blue paint - it reminds me of painters tape.

There are so many wrong things going on with this picture it's kind of like a page in a Highlights magazine "What doesn't belong here?"


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Here is the next before: 


What a surprise we painted the walls grey.. 


And exposed the shutterless windows but the space was still a little bare and cold. We also replaced that ugly fan with help from my mom with another Craigslist find. 




And this is what our little breakfast area looks like now! 


A couple of my vintage finds all packed into one photo:
+ Mike's grandma's mom's (I believe) stool that stayed in her kitchen - the little steps rotate back into itself which is really neat and nice for storing. 
+ My round kitchen table that I search for years to find - I am madly, deeply in love with:) 
+ Of course my secretary - it literally goes anywhere in my house, anywhere. It's a curse and a blessing at the same time. 


This is a close up of the curtain pattern - oh, and our Christmas cards (top photo)! They are Nate Berkus from Target - they can be found  HERE. I love that they are subtle grey in color but fun origami pattern at the same time:) 


It's crazy what curtains can do to a space! Our cold feeling breakfast area is now a little more homey and on the path to me maybe actually liking it! I can't wait to add a little more personality to the rest of the kitchen:) 



We all know how I feel about before and after of heat registers! Well look at these from the kitchen! Sometimes I feel like the small details get lost in a project but it's really the small things that make the project and finish it off. Sort of like jewelry to an outfit - sounds weird coming from a person who doesn't wear jewelry huh?


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Merry Christmas Y'all 






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