Yea! We're done!! We finished the kitchen. Here is a list of the things that we did:
- Replaced the countertops with granite
- Replaced the floortiles
- Replaced the lighting over the sink and in the ceiling
- Replaced the cooktop
- Replaced the sink
- Removed the intercom system that no longer worked
- Added drawers to the pantry to make better use of the space
- Changed out the hardware on the cabinets (should be done tomorrow)
- Changed out the backsplash
- Changed the switch plates
- Changed the faucet
Here is a before picture of the counter tops and the icky sink. You can see the floor and back splash here as well.
Here's a photo looking into the breakfast nook. Also, the island with the old cooktop and the tile countertop. You can also see the old floor tiles here
Here are the old can lights that we had in the ceiling. These needed to go as well. If you look under the cabinet, you can see the old back splash. It's the same kind of tile that's on the island counter top.
Here's another one of the old sink. We replaced the light fixture above the sink and that faucet as well. All the plugs were replaced.
Here's what my kitchen looked like for two weeks! Well, not the entire two weeks but that dust was EVERYWHERE! No joke. It was in my living room and it's even connected to the kitchen. It had to be an inch thick. I went through an entire box of swiffers just to clean it off.
Here's the china cabinet all put back together. Here we only did the granite countertop. All of those handles will be replaced later this week.
Here's a shot of the whole kitchen. I LOVE the floors. They are so nice and clean. It's very bright with the new lights. Notice the sleek new cooktop on the island? It's kind of hard to see the granite and the backsplash.
Here's a pretty good shot of the backsplash. it's some kind of natural stone. Originally, we were going to use the gray stone as the main color and the white as the highlight but we thought it might look too dark. I think this came out great!
Here's the sink area. You can see the new faucet nicely. The nozzle comes off like a sprayer. The light above the sink was replaced. If you look on the backsplash, they replaced the plugs with white and made the switches the rocker kind.
Now this is a sink! I could probably give my niece, Harper, a bath in this sink. It's nice and deep. I can rinse things on one side and stack stuff on the other. It's our dream sink!
Here's the cooktop. In this shot and the one above, you can get a better view of the granite. I think, initially, this was not our top choice but the more we looked at it, the more we liked it. The island looks really good. It's so nice that John wants to do all the cooking and I've decided that I'll let him.
Here's another shot of our light fixtures. These really put out more light than the old ones. They look a lot more updated as well.
And finally, here's where they removed that intercom thing and repatched the wall. This is good because my in-laws gave us their microwave and it needs a little more room than our old one did. This one may be a little bigger but it's a lot nicer and newer than the one we had before. (my old one was the original one I got when I first moved out about 15 years ago!).
Well, that's it! I'll try to post some photos of the wallpaper when it's done.
