TA-DA.......New KITCHEN Before and Afters

I can't believe this is really in my house......

  After talking a new kitchen into existence for 8 LONG years....I finally got a new space.  

Presenting.............KITCHEN/Family Room Remodel 2010

We knocked down 3 walls, 2 of them load bearing.... we put in a beam and a post.  We retextured walls, got stainless appliances, granite and solid surface counter tops, knotty alder painted and stained cabinetry, canned lighting, and added new flooring.  

It only took  a little over 2 months ......and many sleepover nights at my mom's, but it was well worth it..  

 We have a new laundry/bathroom too which makes it a joy to do laundry...yeah, right. Who am I kidding. 

This is actually what started it all last January.  

The only bathroom that we didn't re-do in our bath remodel of 2007-2008 was the laundry one on the main floor.  The toilet began to leak into the ceiling of the new downstairs bathroom.  We turned off the water and didn't use the toilet for almost a year. 

" IF we are having to get a new bath, we might as well do a kitchen at the same time.....?"

It worked.

I'm ecstatic about our new space!!! Maybe even ecstatic enough to want to cook and feed my family glorious meals every night.....what?  I got a bit carried away.

 Enough of the blah--blah....let's have a look see.

This is a picture of the Family room before...............

And the family room with new paint.....and furniture arrangement. (and a dog wandering through)

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Painted the back door with chalk board paint...the kids are loving it.

I painted out my old dining set white and blue.....

AND THEY ALL LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER... Wouldn't it be great if a remodel really did solve all of life's problems?