Planning It By Ear: Kitchen Part 1

When we bought the house, we knew the kitchen was in need of A LOT of work. This is what it looked like the day we moved in..

The original list of things we wanted to do in the kitchen included:
- Remove wallpaper
- Paint cabinets white
- Paint walls
- Paint ceiling
- Paint trim
- Change light fixtures
- New cabinet hardware
- Install over the range microwave (we scored a display model at Best Buy for only $60!!)
- Install garbage disposal
- Replace sink faucet

But we ran into some issues once we got working that added more HUGE items to the list:
- Replace refrigerator
- Replace stove (and convert from electric to gas since we both prefer gas)
- Install new counter tops

This kitchen is getting a pretty big makeover. Here is the progress so far.

First, we removed this moldy piece of wood from above the dishwasher (I think I mentioned this before).

Then Jason got to work ripping out the old counter tops.

Cabinet doors off and ready to be primed and painted.

Shelves lined up with primer. Our basement worked really well for getting all of this spread out for painting.

Bedroom doors were also primed and painted white.

We ran into this about halfway through. We found half an inch of flood mud from 1972 behind one of the kitchen cabinets. Luckily, we were able to vacuum most of it up.

Hinges being spray painted satin black.

Counter tops awaiting installation in the garage. We got them in stock at Lowe's and are very happy with them.

And just like that.. COLOR! We love the way this color came out on the walls, it is just what we expected. The contrast between the white cabinets and darker, bright walls is exactly what we wanted when we were deciding on a color.