Kitchen Renovation Before & After Photos!

Our kitchen is truly the "heart of the home."  It is the heartbeat of the family.  The central place we all gather together and love is shared.  When buying our first home a couple years ago, my desire from the beginning was to create a space that reflects who we are and to bring a sense of welcoming warmth for all who set foot through our door.  I wanted our house to be "our home."  And the place where we spend most of our time together as a family is in our kitchen.  This was our first major project in our dreamy list of "to do's".  We have been slowly but surely tweaking our kitchen to our liking.  It has been a labor of love and a process that is still in the making.

Painting wood/oak cabinetry is definitely not for everyone (its certainly a matter of preference), and for us, we knew from the get go that this was what we wanted.  I envisioned a light, airy, bright space that beamed with happiness and would put a smile on my face every morning when entering.  This is definitely the outcome we have accomplished and I can't wait to share all the finishing touches as we semi-complete our kitchen renovation in the coming months.  I will share before and after photos here in this post to give you an idea of what we have done and I will also update you in an upcoming post on our most recent kitchen renovation project:  our back splash.  Throughout this process we have been doing projects/updates in stages so that we could keep to a budget.  I will give a rundown of price per project in my next post to give an idea of what it cost along the way. This will give you a better idea of what it entails and so that you in turn can have a beautiful kitchen on a budget as well.  Looking back, I wish I had taken more photos during the process.  From here on out, I am committed to doing so :)  Here is the timeline of our kitchen renovation to date with before and after photos of our progress.

BEFORE...

DURING the PROCESS...

KITCHEN RENO TO DATE...

 

 

Only recent picture I could find of our eating area.  This was before Eli's 2nd birthday.  I will take updated photos of our house after the new year to do a full house tour!

I will be back here soon with a post on our most recent kitchen project...subway tile back splash, as well as a cost rundown of our kitchen renovation.  I will keep you posted on a few more projects we have lined up in the coming month.  Thanks again for stopping by!  Enjoy your weekend!