kitchen remodel

(kitchen before)

Well, I was ready to start a SMALL project like painting a small kitchen shelf or something the like, when it occurred to us that it was really the whole kitchen that needed a make over. So quickly I went from a small project to a BIG project.

First I had to take everything out of the kitchen, which took me far longer then I expected. (Isn't that true most of the time?) I was amazed, shocked and ready to discard when I saw how much stuff, was actually in those cupboards, and we are generally not the hoarding type.

I unscrewed all the doors and hooks, took out the drawers and brought everything outside. What was possible I sanded outside, as that process gets kind of messy. The best part about sanding was the revelation of beautiful wood underneath two layers of contact paper. So, I not only sanded I also ripped out two layers of that very sticky paper. Believe me I was busy for one day just doing that!

(sanding and sanding away)

But now we have beautiful wood shelves inside the cupboard, coated with a clear finish for easy cleaning! That really is our favorite part, the inside of our cabinets. Other favorite parts are freshly painted ceiling and yellow kitchen cupboards. Yes, yellow. We don't get natural light into our kitchen :( but now we brought some sunshine inside with yellow paint. I am not quite done with the yellow painting, but will show picture of the finished product.

(yes, I had great help!)

It has been a long five days without a functional kitchen. Astounding how much time we do actually spend in the kitchen, preparing three meals and snacks and then the clean up and putting groceries away.... Well, in a day or two we will have a beautiful and very cheerful kitchen back and until then I will practice contentment with what I have.