Kitchen remodel

I looked high and low for a "before" picture of my kitchen and could not find one. The original cabinets were covered in dark brown faux wood laminate. The countertops were dingy white Formica with gold specks.

Hummm... any wonder why I couldn't find a before picture?

 Can we say....................

 REALLY ugly?

My home is only 1400 square foot so we have to make

 the most of our space.

At this point everything has been sanded and primed.

We have added open shelving and a cabinet on the end for more

 counter space and storage.

The original cabinets were very sturdy and in good shape so we chose to peel, scrap and sand off that ugly dark brown laminate and just build new doors. The cabinets themselves were solid pine but the doors were some kind of pressed board. 

Below is a picture before changing the counter tops.

After about 3 months of my husbands hard work, here is the result.....

my beautiful butcher block counter top.

Once we completed all the cabinets we moved on to the other side of the kitchen.

I hated this pantry.....

Can you tell?

Making progress

View from livingroom before removing the pantry

And after....

To free up some counter space, my very talented and handy husband, then opened up the wall going into a hall closet and made this little cubby for the microwave. 

I Love my kitchen.

Thanks Jerry for all your hard work, it's perfect.

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