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What?! The kitchen is finished!? The last room of the house is done?!
Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh!!!!!
Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh!!!!!
Before
After
(I believe you can click on the picture do zoom in if it's too small)Once again, It's amazing what paint can do.
These are the same 50 year old cabinets in the 'before' picture. Still sturdy and in perfectly good shape.
All we needed was some paint, some updating and voila! A new kitchen for half the price.
Progression of Kitchen
ripping out the back splash..
saying goodbye to my "pantry" shelf sitting against that wall.No tears were shed over this one!
Drywall added
ceiling painted...
removing cabinet doors and the aqua colored counter tops (eek!), followed by sanding. 
painting walls and trim...
installing pantry unit...
adding a beadboard back splash and painting the cabinets...
more paint...
Installing floor...
coming back to life with doors and new hardware...
sometimes I like to open my pantry and just stare at it.
Dishwasher.Where have you been all my life!?!
I almost forgot what a dishwasher was until we finally installed one.
2 1/2 years isn't really that long without one but my wrinkly dish hands are
glad to have a break.
This was probably one of the most chaotic projects to do but God has allowed us once again to finish strong without finishing each other. The physical transformation of each room has opened our eyes to new spiritual transformations in our own lives. Do you want a challenge? Buy a dump with your spouse and fix it up... and see what amazing things will happen if you let the Lord do it.
Yes, we are proud of what we've accomplished in the house but we are more proud that we have accomplished it as a team. And that is worth more to me than the value of any house. Once again, a big shout out to the husband for bringing life to another room and inspiring me to work harder, to be better... and to have more dance parties in the kitchen!
"he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." Philippians 1:6
