The Kitchen Reveal!

 Ok here's the big kitchen reveal we've been working on FOREVER! We feel like this is the last big thing we need to do in our house to really bring it out of the 70's. This project had so many steps that it literally has lasted close to a month, often with the kitchen out of commission. So yeah it's been a long time in coming! Things to look for in the kitchen re-do:
-Painted Cabinets
-Crown molding on Cabinets
-New Flooring (from last years project)
-Hardware
-New light fixtures with new sink light placement
-Outlets relocated and switched out (they were all beige and old and ugly and in the wrong places)
-New white microwave
-New counter top finish
-New sink faucet

Before

(When we were looking at houses before we even bought)

 After! 

(Almost 3 years later)

 This was where all the kitchen stuff went in the meantime

 Cabinets being sanded and painted

 Where we did all the painting in the basement. Sideways but you get the idea

 Doing the counter tops were crazy. We applied a tar like paint on the counter top after a vigorous sanding and spread hundreds of thousands of plastic chips onto the surface to give it the stone effect and then had a top coat over that to seal it in. The little plastic chip pieces got everywhere and I'm convinced they'll be found for years and years to come

 Here's the hardware that I totally love. It pulls a lot of the black and silver elements together in the kitchen

 New updated light fixtures that add a whole lot of light to the space

We wanted to tile a back splash as well but the counter top sags to the side so doing the tile job would be hard without the slant being obvious. We're hoping to straighten the top out but it could crack our enamel job on the counter top so we're still considering the option but it's on the back burner for now. Anyway, that's the kitchen and I think it is such a bring happy place to be now!