White and Gold Kitchen Reveal
Hello Friends,
Happy Fall! I'm very excited to share with you our kitchen renovation reveal. Here is a little summary about our kitchen before the remodel. When we bought our house we knew right away we would paint the walls. It was orange and before move in day we painted it White Dove. This tiny space was a noticeable one with many potentials. A couple months after we moved in I decided to paint the oak cabinets white to brighten up this little boxed up kitchen. I did and I was a tad bit happier but just not enough. My kitchen was ok but not functional. It has granite countertop and stainless steel appliances but they were all in the wrong spots. First of all, every kitchen should have the sink by the window, mine wasn't, it was next to a wall. The appliances weren't properly place to have a focal point. Let's just say the dishwasher hugged the stove, yikes! This had bothered me for awhile until we had the talk about doing a total remodel on this kitchen. We all know that a kitchen remodel isn't cheap, so we did it in baby steps. In 2019 we decided to finally knocked down walls and it immediately turned our main floor into an open floor plan. Elated is an understatement to say the least how I felt to have finally let in light in this tiny kitchen. This big first step really motivated us to plan for the fully remodel in 2020.
Well to our surprise, a global pandemic was brewing. Covid-19 changed many people lives forever and we contemplated if we should even carry on with our kitchen remodel plans. I say this because it means that people will need to come into our home to do work like electrician, plumber, contractors etc. We always set our projects in July so we thought maybe the virus would subsides by then. The positive thing about these rollercoaster thoughts is that our project is DIY which means we would be doing most of it by ourselves, except for the important skills we needed professionals to do for us. Illinois finally went into Phase 3 and we said it's a go! Are you still here with me, enjoy the photos and see my kitchen transform.
