kitchen update

As the months have quickly passed in 2021, more progress has been made in the kitchen.

Previous post: Kitchen Update #1

More Kitchen Updates

Refrigerator moved to where the cupboards and cabinets use to be. My other half installed the new microwave/stove vent (paid $250 in a bidding site – in store going for over $600!), installed the old cabinet to the right, and 2 new cabinets to the left. 😀 The cabinet to the right I want to be of a bookshelf than cabinets.

I purchased this cabinet from Wayfair… it was the only cabinet that almost fit the space, in the style I liked. My other half didn’t like how the inside was set up – not pot and pan friendly and I wasn’t fully content with the open space between the cabinet and the wall.

So my mom and I are building a cabinet that will fit perfectly in the space, in the style I like, which is pot and pan friendly 🙂 As you can see, it’s work in progress. If you were wondering about the 2nd microwave, it’s for my youngest daughter who doesn’t feel fully comfortable using the one above the stove yet. 🙂 Also a decorative piece was added under the old cabinet to add character. The kitchen walls were painted a light grey.

To the left of the stove, I purchased a red trash can cabinet that was the same height as the stove. So it has dual purpose. 🙂 Also purchased a old shelf off FB marketplace for $5 and my mom upcycled it to be a shelf over the stove for salt & pepper. 😀

Slowly painting ALL the ugly purply-brown trim and doors white. 😀

You can see where I’ve painted the trim and where I need to yet. It’s like night and day to me.

My other half has been wonderful in putting up all this trim for me to designate this space as the dining area. As you can see, I have a few more pieces to paint and then this area will be completed! YAY!

I’m leaving the chipped countertops for now since this kitchen project is just an update and not a full $20,000 remodel. My dad has been generous and changing the cabinet faces to oak (and rebuilding the drawers when needed). I plan on painting cabinet frame white to make his hard work stand out. 🙂

The back hallway to the basement was painted the same light grey as the kitchen. 🙂

A look at the landing up towards the kitchen.

What I don’t like about the current kitchen:

The stove right next to the refrigerator. Talk about making one appliance making the other work harder. Silly right?

No exhaust fan above my stove so the ceiling about the stove looks like s**t all the time. UGH!

One light in the center of the room – so you are working in a shadow 80% of the time. UGH!

The countertops were refinished almost ten years ago (with the Rust-Oleum Countertop transformations charcoal semi-gloss countertop resurfacing kit) and now are chipping.

Before Pictures

ABOVE: Stove next to refrigerator, and a tv tray as a counter next to stove. The wall color is a dirty looking tan with a ugly brown-purple trim color. Also note the ONLY light fixture in the kitchen is above and hangs low.

Stairway off the kitchen that leads outside and down stairs. Same ugly tan and purple-brown color.

A look at the landing…. ugly!

Kitchen cabinets: original to house – painted an dirty off white and has the cheapest pulls on them. The countertops has the black refinish over them.

The work has begun!