Kitchen Make-Over

Today I will begin to share pictures of our new home. It has been a long process buying, fixing up, and moving into this home...but when all is said and done this is truly my home with the "white picket fence" around it. I am taking my time in decorating each and every room so it is done to my satisfaction. Also I am one to re-do rooms over and over and over and...well you get it, so I want to make each room so that I do not want to re-do them. (hahaha...well see how long that lasts)

Here are a few before pics of the kitchen...

 

 

We were VERY overwhelmed by this kitchen when we first looked at the home, but here are the now photos... 

 

 I used black and white fabrics and prints with accents of pink in our kitchen. 

 

I just LOVE the plant shelves above my cabinets. And the Tulips are my FAVORITE flower, so a kitchen without flowers, to me just isn't a kitchen at all. 

 

I found the letters for our last name in black and white prints...I thought it was a perfect place for them.  

 

I had some bottles shaped as shoes with different vinegar and spices in them...I decided to paint them black and place them on my counter next to my black and white book of Shoes and under a few plates that I had with shoes and purses on them.

I took my clear canisters and added some black and pink stickers and ribbon to label them as flour, sugar and of course candy. Next to it I have my scrapbook on display from the 3-day, 60 mile Breast Cancer Walk I participated in a few years ago.

My utensil holder in a large glass jar and I added some pink and black ribbon to that as well.

My previous kitchen was decorated with a vineyard decor...so I took this cabinet and re-covered it to make it match my new kitchen. Above is before...below is after...

My chairs had not been re-covered since my kitchen in my home up north...so I decided now was the best time...above is before...below is after...

Lastly, after re-covering my chairs I decided my front window needed a valance of some sort...so I took the left over scraps of fabric and cut them into strips and tied them onto the rod to make a valance.

I just LOVE my new kitchen. We had to re-paint all of the cabinets in the kitchen as the previous white on them was not really white anymore. The flooring was vinyl and we had tile put in place of it. We now have a great place to sit down and eat together or gather around the table with our friends. My kitchen make-over was a success...and the best part is everything I did was under $100.00.