Kim’s house is 180 years old! No wonder she needed a kitchen update, she was probably grinding her own flour by torchlight! She and her husband began this project in February of last year and had it done in time for Thanksgiving. Pretty impressive, considering how much work was done here.
They ripped out the 100 year old pine floors that couldn’t withstand another sanding and replaced them with dark oak. The lighting went back to the future, from recessed can lights and ceiling fans to period fixtures.
And after living with about three square inches of counter space for 12 years, Kim knocked out a wall of cabinets to make way for a long, luxurious stretch of countertop and opened the kitchen up to see all the way to the front of the house! Such a huge change from before!
Want to see the other side? Sure you do! She reports “That’s probably my proudest DIY accomplishment!
I taught myself to use a compound miter saw and nail gun and built it
myself!”
I taught myself to use a compound miter saw and nail gun and built it
myself!”
Amazing job Kim!
Update: OK, OK, due to popular demand, here is the “eat in” side of the kitchen, where the mysterious fridge had disappeared to! I agree, Kim needs to start a blog!
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19 Comments
Lindsey @ Better After
March 13, 2012 at 10:09 PMSilvia, there is even more to this remodel, believe it or not! There is an eat-in kitchen right off the working kitchen, and the fridge was relocated there. 🙂
Michele
March 13, 2012 at 10:47 PM“grinding her own flour by torchlight”…..you crack me up! 🙂
Karen
March 13, 2012 at 11:26 PMProbably one of the few kitchen re-dos where I actually really like the before pictures as well, but I totally understand her wanting more counterspace and like the after too. :^)
Anonymous
March 14, 2012 at 12:25 AMSo is there a link to look at where the fridge is? The kitchen looks great, but I don’t know how you can make it work and look great.
Cathy M.
March 14, 2012 at 12:44 AMWould love to know what kind/color paint is in the room that’s looking from the other side. It looks great and that picture makes me want to cut a whole in my wall. 🙂 Great job, Kim!
Exuberant Chaos
March 13, 2012 at 9:40 PMComment worthy, yet speachless!!!
Silvia
March 13, 2012 at 10:01 PMGorgeous! Where is her fridge now?
La Guinda de TU pastel
March 13, 2012 at 10:18 PMi love it!! you did a very good job!!congratulation!!
Anne
March 13, 2012 at 11:06 PMI had the same question as Silvia! Nice work, love the pop of turquoise!!
Megan
March 13, 2012 at 11:26 PMShe needs to show off the rest of her house! Tell her to start a blog!!! It’s wonderful and I’m super jealous!
Beeping Sleauty
March 14, 2012 at 12:13 AMI’m glad I’m not the only one who wondered…where’s the fridge?
It’s beautiful, but a fridge is kinda important.
Deb
March 14, 2012 at 1:38 AMThis is probably my favorite of all you have ever featured on your blog – They did an amazing job 🙂
Syndi of Beachnut Lane
March 14, 2012 at 1:55 AMImpressive. I like how she opened the wall, it makes the whole space look much bigger. I also like her color choices.
Kim
March 14, 2012 at 2:40 AMThanks so much Lindsey for featuring my kitchen! And thanks for all the kind comments everyone. I wanted to start a blog so badly to document the whole process, but the whole process was all-consuming so it never happened. Since I don’t have a website, I’ve put more pics on a pinterest board with all the details if you’re interested (paint colors, etc.)http://pinterest.com/kimberlyjo/my-kitchen/ Maybe now I can stop checking your blog a dozen times a day 😉 Probably not, though. Love it!
BF
March 14, 2012 at 5:17 PMLooks really nice, but it looks like they lost a lot of cupboard space! Where do they put everything?? Love it!
Katie Bell
March 14, 2012 at 9:42 PMOne of the best, unique re-dos I’ve seen in a while. Plus, I love the character and paint choices, it’s so friendly.
VintageDanielle
March 14, 2012 at 11:17 PMI love everything and how they still kept the vintage-ness feel to the kitchen. The colors are nice and airy.
Kim
March 15, 2012 at 1:22 PMBF~ I actually didn’t lose all that much cabinet space, if you can believe it! The upper, upper cabinets were so high they were useless and even the lower wall cabinets were very narrow and also not as useful as they could’ve been. I carefully plotted out everything I own and made sure I replaced storage space for every single thing. Not more space, just smarter use of it.
Ashley Gillett
March 27, 2012 at 5:35 AMWhat a great kitchen! I’m super impressed! Trying to decide what color to paint my cabinets right now. Even though it’s not, it seems so . . . permanent. I find great inspiration from her cabinets. Lovely color choices