My Kitchen

In the years since we built our house, about the only thing that has remained unchanged is our cabinets and beadboard.  The beadboard is all old beadboard that was removed from the house we tore down.  You can read about that here.  The cabinets are one thing that we did hire someone to make for us even though we installed them.  Originally the walls were yellow with a blue laminate countertop and beadboard backsplash.  A couple of years ago, we painted it this neutral color and changed out the laminate for granite tile.  I know, I know, some people say tile is for floor but in our neck of the woods a lot of VERY nice homes use tile.  It is significantly cheaper that purchasing solid granite.
This is the kitchen approximately 4 years ago.  Since then we have removed the beadboard backsplash and installed the travertine. 

Before

And now..

Before the island was smaller with no seating space...

Before

And now...

...it has been enlarged.  My husband actually unbolted it from the floor moved in toward the sink area by about 12 inches. He removed the granite on two side edges and added an additional foot of plywood using the corbels for support. He then re tiled the new section with matching materials.  The result?  a little extra seating area.  I really wanted stools with a back but I felt it would make the area appear smaller so I went with the saddleback stools.

Before..

My breakfast area was one built in bench with a rectangle table and two chairs. 

And now...

Last year, my husband added on to wrap it under the window.  I changed out the rectangle table for the round.  I want to put a chair or two at the table also but haven't found the perfect ones yet. 

Late last year, I was standing in line at JCP and spotted these curtains on display and promptly fell in love.  The black floral with leopard trim definitely caught my eye. A couple of months ago, I found all the pillows on the benches for $4 a piece at JCP.  Yeah, I tend to shop there alot. 

My husband had the china cabinet built for me a couple of years ago for Mother's Day. 

Originally, there was a small desk here but we removed it and had a set of pot drawers small.  I love the deep drawers, not only for pots but small appliances as well.

My before pictures were originally posted on Rate My Space.  If you would like to see more, click here.

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Tuesdays Treasures @ Myuncommon Slice of Suburbia
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