The Transformation

As promised, here are some before/ after pictures of the house thus far...starting with the kitchen.

Note: When we bought the house, the kitchen had no oven. Also notice how awesome the floor, back splash, and border compliment each other (kidding)

So of course, the kitchen took a lot of sweat and wonderful friends and family to help us out a little. 

After painting the den yellow and wanting to accent with turquoise, I decided that I should probably blend the kitchen with the den since both rooms are basically connected. In the second picture, you can see that there is a window in the kitchen looking into the den.

So we painted the kitchen turquoise and added yellow/white striped curtains for the bay window:

Here is the product of freshly painted walls, new curtains, painted cabinets, a new island, new counter tops and new appliances...oh yea...remember that awesome back splash? We ditched it.

No back splash!

After putting in the new counter tops, I decided that I wanted to add black and white accents in the kitchen to tie in the stainless steel and dark counters. I am in the process of looking for fun black and white dishtowels so if you find any, let me know! However...I did find these fun plates to hang above the window that looks out into the den:

We still have the same floor but will replace it next. Next post I will reveal the den so far...stay tuned :)