I’ve realized that I under no circumstances finished posting about our renovation. I’ve left out 1 of my favored rooms in the property – the kitchen! When we initially laid eyes on our household it was pretty clear that if we purchased it some key operate would have to be done to the kitchen. It was incredibly poorly laid out and had extremely outdated appliances. It was really awful. In truth, photos don’t even do it justice. As I look at the photos of the old kitchen I don’t even believe that it appears as poor as it was (and felt!). I am so grateful that we had been able to redo the kitchen. It is definitely the heart of our household and I appreciate it.
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Ideally, the points we will do next are: At some point upgrade the oven and hob. Figure out what to do with the hot water cylinder cupboard in the ideal corner – for now we will just paint it. Figure out the very best way to light the region. Create inbuilt cupboards around the fridge and have a real, proper pantry. Get new hardware for the cupboards and drawers. Dave desires to make new drawer faces and put in metal sliders as well. But these are ongoing projects and we are satisfied with the kitchen as it is now.
The hubs picked out a gorgeous meram carrara marble subway tile that was light adequate, but not also white for our kitchen. We wanted something that was heavy on texture, gray, and not also polished seeking so it would compliment our crazy granite. Even when we had been picking up our stone I joked that we could take a DIY class at The Tile Shop and figure this out on our personal.
