Kitchen Renovations: Hardware & Cabinets

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It’s been a long time coming! Here are some details from our kitchen renovation. If you are considering a kitchen renovation, I would really recommend living in it first if you can. If we updated this kitchen when we moved in 5.5 years ago, we may not have landed in the same place, especially with the layout that we did today.

Here are images when we first saw the house…there was an estate sale before we took ownership.

KITCHEN BEFORE

Kitchen Before

KITCHEN BEFORE

I know some will love the charm and we saved a few elements of the original kitchen, but one of the greatest issues was the layout….and the filth of 40+ years of use and the fact that we wanted to carry hardwoods throughout. The oven, stovetop and refrigerator were all in this narrow hallway. The fun - but questionable dishwasher was broken.

We made so many small modifications through the years to make it work, but I always was pretty embarrassed hosting.

This was my mood board for the space. We didn’t do everything and I’m happy to share some about why.

Ok - how about some afters?! Yes - I love this pop of wallpaper from our dining room that frames out the room! We wanted 5 stools at the island so we could all sit together and eat dinner here, but I didn’t want us all in a row so we wrapped the end of the island.

photo by silver pebble photography - amy gray

One of my favorite before and afters… is this view. The sink previously faced our neighbors yard and this was such an improvement for the layout and for the enjoyment our home.

We splurged…on most everything honestly. We have saved and waited to do this kitchen. I did the inset cabinetry I really wanted. We added the panel ready fridge hiding so beautifully here. We chose an Ilve Induction Range.

One of my passion projects I’d say of the project was that to save the original grates. I love that we were able to integrate them with a new cabinet in the island.

We were able to widen the hallway and if you’ll notice we did have to vent for the stove. In the top of the right photo - we ran duct work to vent outside of the house. I do have a swatch of the original wallpaper. ;)

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