Kitchen Reveal!!!!

I can't even believe that we have finally finished the kitchen! What's been months in the making (we started planing this in August!) and months in Reno (January to March) and then this last month we've been putting the finishing details in...

Although I can say the kitchen is done, the playroom/sunroom is not, for those that have been following along, it was our surprise part of the reno, and not a nice one.

But that aside we've finally made it and I've been dying to show you! First let's take a look at the before...

Ok, one last look at the before....

Tada!!! Do you love it as much as I do?!

Not only do we have standard height cabinets, but we also have standard depth cabinets and a wider work surface, pot drawers and a built in dishwasher! We've gained more cabinet space too by moving the dishwasher over beside the sink.

The microwave is up off the counter and our floors are to die for!!! For those of you that are wondering which floor we went with...we went with #1-the total opposite of what everyone liked...LOL! In the end Mike choose the final one, cause he said he had no say in the kitchen at all :)

I love our big sink, we went from a double to an XL single and it is perfect! And our tap no longer drips!

Oh, and check out the glass tile...LOVE!!! Originally I wanted either a turquoise or white subway tile...but we fell in love with this 1x2 slate colored one, I know..total opposite!

I also love my light fixture that I made! For the full tutorial go{here}. Unfortunately, it is still the only fixture in the kitchen. We do plan on adding a ceiling light, but I can't stand the thought of ripping holes in the ceiling now that it is 'finished.'

I love my Vintage Tins too-thanks mom! For our counter top we went with a standard laminate. Durable, and easy on the wallet.

The biggest change to our kitchen though was to the side the dishwasher used to be on. We went with  shallow depth cabinets here, which left lots of room to walk around each other in our very long galley style kitchen. We also left the upper part empty so that I could add some creative touches and pops of color!

I bought this old shutter at a flea market a couple summers ago and it has been sitting in the garage till now. I've had this end result in mind for so long and have now been able to actually use it! It was a dirty old white color and now it is a distressed turquoise. LOVE IT!

My curtains totally kick butt too...I got the material from Tonic Living and it was the inspiration for the whole room. 

I saw an idea like this on Pinterest, where they used spoons on the wall as little nesting spots for trinkets. I just flipped it around and it became a hook for our hand towel. I have plans to add some more spoons as decorative elements, but all in good time!

I love how wide open the space is now, two people can walk around each other without having to squeeze by and there is so much counter space!!

All in all, yep I pretty much love it...

But was it worth living in chaos for two months? Worth the amounts of drywall dust I had to clean off everything? The ridiculous amounts of emails back and forth between our kitchen installer over things that were incorrect? The fights between Mike and I over finishing details? The amount of time spent trying to juggle our kids and getting things done?

MMM...ya...but let's just say we will not be doing another LARGE Reno anytime soon!

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