Kitchen

Before

Personally, our kitchen was the most heinous offence to my design sensibilities when we bought the house.

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Perhaps the yellow safety hazard curtains above the stove were the reason.

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Or just the whole pink and yellow color scheme in general.

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Regardless, the whole kitchen needed a new coat of white paint. Just white. I wasn’t willing to figure out a color scheme until I got rid of the pink.

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In Progress

We also removed a few of the design details to open up the space.

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A perforated partition was ripped out.

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The hinged table top was also removed.

Kitchen - Painting

Then we painted with some help. (Thanks Mom and Dad!)

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Nate ripped out the linoleum to reveal more concrete underneath.

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Finally we has a clean palate. Isn’t already a hundred times better?

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Next up was removing the glue off the concrete floors…

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The Difference

…and installing new plugs throughout.

Switching out the Plugs

Next up, fixing a big leak in our skylight this summer and giving the walls a splash of color.

Leaks in the Skylight

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