Holy smokes, there is some wild weather happening out there in the country! Tornadoes, flooding, heatwaves, YIKES. I sincerely hope you are staying safe.
Better After reader Dani experienced a bit of a flood herself last year when a pipe burst and destroyed 75% of her house, which then had to be ripped down to the studs.
By doing a lot of the work herself and spending months hunting for bargains, she was able to stretch her insurance money to allow for way more than just reassembling the old kitchen. She opened up the wall to accommodate a new island, updated the appliances, and added a window. Just look at how much more light that brings in! I’d call that the rainbow after the storm, wouldn’t you?
8 Comments
Mumzy
May 26, 2015 at 3:34 PMOh, my gosh!!! That is so beautiful!!!!!
Dawn
May 27, 2015 at 10:29 AMWonderful transformation!!
Marci
May 27, 2015 at 11:01 AMI actually really like the blue cabinets in the before shot, but the layout in the after is so much better! A window behind the sink… The refrigerator not jutting out into the middle of the room… The shelf above the range hood… And it’s so nice and bright! Nice job.
dani
May 27, 2015 at 6:18 PMMarci the cabinets were Sherwin Williams Refuge with a glaze of Tempe Star and light grey. They were very pretty… Took forever but well worth the effort.
Amy M in Indiana
May 29, 2015 at 10:49 AMDani, beautiful job! How did you do the glaze –I am painting my cabinets and considering doing a glaze technique!
Shelly
May 29, 2015 at 12:43 PMGorgeous!
Carol M
June 2, 2015 at 6:25 AMLovely changes. If she did nothing else but put in that window, that would have been transforming in and of itself, but the rest is amazing too.
dani
June 3, 2015 at 4:23 PMI just rubbed the dark glaze on first (super thin coats) using cheese cloth and the followed u a few days later with the light grey. I left some streaks and patterning to give it a little bit of character since my cabinets were flat and boring.