Kitchen reno

My parents came into to town (from L.A.) on Thursday afternoon and the madness began..

Please, tell me I am not the only one that has a list ready to go for my parents and make them work the whole time they are here?! Oh well, thats what I did. 

My list:

- Change toilet seat

- Change rotator dial switch to flipper switch

- Dig out weeds

- replant hostas to side yard

- Paint kitchen cabinets

- Paint kitchen countertops

- Paint kitchen walls 

- Varnish kitchen cabinets

- Take out old chalking between sink and tile, re-chaulk

- Varnish the buffet

- Add shelf to buffet

- Get new microwave

- Add coffee bar

- Add some kind of art above buffet

- Change out old yellow switched to white ones

Yeah, its a pretty long list.

The majority of that list belongs in the kitchen, so we will start there. 

Lets take a walk back on memory lane before all the juicy details begin.

When we bought the house the walls were white accented by kool-aid stains and crayons

The before:

Meh! Kind of plain and the off white tile really stands out.

(Don't judge the next lot of pictures are really blurry)

The progress:

I decided to paint the kitchen this blue.. this was the first room we painted and were not very good at it
and never touched up or filled in  holes

I eventually got rid of that valence and there a clear shelf you cant see that was gone too

Too small cart got replaced and that picture went bye bye

the corner got some updates and the door curtain got taken off

that was the kitchen back in 2010

This is a more update view of the corner

and the whole thing with the buffet to the right that my dad built for me :) 

The after:

The stove area with the freshly painted cabinets and countertops and new tea kettle

The counters painted in pewter tinted Rustoleum countertop paint

new oven mitt from target

sink with new faucet and other side of the counters

Painted walls; I believe the paint color is Blue Suede color matched in Behr Satin paint for the walls and bright white for the cabinets in semi gloss

the corner with fresh paint on the walls 

(this picture and the one above are probably the most accurate color)

buffet with new baskets, bowls and coffee bar

  close up of buffet

as your walking into the kitchen from the living room

so now my list looks like this

- Paint kitchen cabinets

- Paint kitchen countertops

- Paint kitchen walls 

- Varnish kitchen cabinets

- Take out old chalking between sink and tile, re-chaulk

- Varnish the buffet

- Add shelf to buffet

- Get new microwave

- Add coffee bar

- Add some kind of art above buffet

- Change out old yellow switches to white ones

Not too shabby for 4 days of work and less than $400

Price break down:

Harbor freight- $50 (I had a gift card and it was $1.08)

Brushes, sander, disposable drop clothes, gloves, paint brushes

Home Depot- $135 (my dad paid for both trips)

Paint (white and blue color): $40 ($5 rebate for each gallon on behr paint this weekend)
Countertop paint: $20
foam roller and other paint supplies: $15
stain: $20
wood for shelf: $40 (we bought multiple pieces of wrong wood)
switches and new face plate: $10

Walmart- $90

Microwave: $80

measuring cups: $10

Menard's- $128

wood kit for coffee bar: $15

faucet: $100

spice jars: $13 for 24

TJ Maxx- $46

Baskets x2: $26

Big Bowls: $13

Teapot: $7

Target- $47

Dish towels: $7

Oven mitt: $5

Rug: $30

plate: $5

Pier One- $10 

Cream and Sugar containers: $5 each

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                                                                        Total: $321

So what do you think? pretty awsome? I think so.

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