Perking Up The Kitchen

My kitchen needed a little "pick me up"!!

Nothing too much but just a small kick in the pants,

and a little cleaning up.

As you know, when you start a small project,

it often snowballs into a huge project.

We ended up having a blizzard in my kitchen,

and as you know, when I say "we", yes, the hubs got involved.

Here's the kitchen "before"...

 It's not too shabby, the house is 30 plus years old,
the appliances have been replaced
and are fairly new...

and these are the original cabinets and they are in great shape.
It might be nice to have granite on the countertop,
but even the counters are in good shape 
and I like this color with the dark cabinets.

I love the table and chairs but the chairs are so uncomfortable,

the seats are low for the table, they have no support,

and the fabric is white and stained, 
and even though I like them, they had to go.

Also inside the cabinets was messy and the contact paper was blue.

I'm not sure what I was thinking when I picked blue,

perhaps blue was the only one that had enough matching rolls,

to do the entire kitchen.

 Here it is after...

 It doesn't look much different but it's all straightened up and 

it's sparkly clean.

 Inside the cabinets, I took everything out,

washed everything and put down all new contact paper.

I did a little purging, purchased the add a shelf pieces,

and everything fits perfectly.
That was "not" on the original "to do" list!

 There are eight drawers...

 all done and looking good.

Twenty one cabinets, here you can see the new contact paper,

it looks a little like granite, it's neutral and I really like it.

 Here is a peek at the inside of the baking cabinet.

 And here is the big change, I got new chairs.

I ordered them online from Grandinroad.

Sight unseen, I was so nervous about the color.

But they came 2 days later and I love them.

What I love most is the flow of color from the kitchen into the family room.

With shades of green in the family room,
I really like how the two rooms go together!!

And that everything's not so matchy, matchy!!
oooooh and the chairs are so comfy and can be wiped
with a damp cloth.
Did I mention that I love them??

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