Congrats on your kitchen! I think you did a nice job of working with your existing floor tile. It looks like you chose it with your cabs and counter to me!

Lis

One more before 'n after...

BEFORE: Window stool...

AFTER!

oh, and Thanks Creekylis!

Wow! Great job! What a fabulous idea to protect the wood cabs with the plexiglass - and I love your color scheme. It really is completely transformed! ENJOY!

hi ntt_hou - may I archive your kitchen in the Finished Kitchens Blog? If so please:

1. provide a "punch" list of your details in this post
2. submit the FKB Category Checklist

Thanks!

Here is a link that might be useful: Finished Kitchen Category Checklist

Here's the layout of the kitchen. I did the sketch so it's not professionally done but it gives you some idea of what is where.

OMG. Your "before" wallpaper is what we have on our bedroom walls!

Lovely kitchen, you did a great job!

Wow, great makeover!! Your granite is stunning and the backsplash really finishes it.

Oh! I'd have to disagree- that definitely is a MAJOR renovation! Looks like a totally new space!

The granite is gorgeous! What did you use for your backsplash? What a perfect choice with your counters and floor.

Bet it makes you smile when you 'roll in'!

Thanks all for your generous replies.

RaeHelen, the backsplash is an Italian porcelain tile that my handyman picked up at Master Tile. I'm currently not at home to look at the box. I tried to go to their website but their photos are messed up.

I'll e-mail you later with more details if you need it.

beautiful!

(did you put the plexiglas up high enough on your cabinets? It looks like it's lower than the dent on your DW door. But you're the one in the kitchen, as well as the one in the actual wheelchair, so you should know. That's an ingenious idea, the plexiglas!)

Congrats on a job well done. It is really beautiful, and I bet it gives you a real dose of pleasure when you enter it each morning!

Will your DW let you swap out the flat white panel under the controls? Many of them will.

Hi Talley_Sue, thanks!

Yes, I did covered the plexiglass high enough. What you see on the DW door is the scratches made from the old wheelchair. The new one does not have this large bolt that sticks out and made the upper scratches.

The front panel is replaceable on this DW. LOL, I should know 'cause I kept knocking that thing out of its place with the old wheelchair. I've been delaying on the order because I hadn't had time to order it. Should I go with SS if they have it? Will the DW look weird?

There are still tidbits that I'm going to do them myself because originally, the price weren't included and the contractor did as much extras as he could out of his kindness. I didn't feel comfortable taking advantage of him.

I still need to paint over the outlet & switch covers to match with the backsplash and go over with glaze paint at the toe kick areas to match with the cabinets. That's easy and I can manage to have these done.

The cabinets are not the exact gold that I wanted to achieve. My contractor ran out of patience when he found out what I wanted done after he quoted me just for a regular paint job. He did the texturizing still with no extra charge and I didn't wanted to frustrate him any longer for he still had other works to get them done.

I have purchased a medium-dark brownish gold paint to go back and texturize the cabinets to achieve the gold color that I wanted. However, I'm still undecided on it because this color looks fine too. I'm going to try it on a paper plate and see which I like better before doing it to all the cabinets. I'd need to ask a friend to do the upper cabinets of course.

But YES! I love rolling into this kitchen every morning to make me a cup of coffee. It feels warm and lovin' =o)

I don't think you needed a brand new kitchen! The outcome is quite spectacular! What a great job and great choices. I love the plastic guards - what a smart idea.

You know, we had a painter for our renovation that fully assumed we'd just paint beige. He never once asked about color before he made the bid. The professional thing to do is for the painter to "assume nothing" just like any contractor would! The colors we chose took many coats of paint. If they'd have just asked, I could have told them all the colors before hand. Instead they said they didn't need to know right then!

Normally stone counters are not my favorite, but I think you really did a great job with paint colors and the stone color , and choosing a similar backsplash but with a different cut.

girlgroupgirl

Wowser! That is a real transformation. Congratulations! I like the floor plan and what you've done coordinating the floor, cabs & countertop shows it off to the best advantage. Enjoy -

You have definitely inspired me. I was debating replacing my dark walnut stained cabinets which are in good shape w/ a med stain doors and matching refacing, then granitizing the counter w/ a new sink and faucet, but questioned whether the recycled cabinets could justify granite and a new sink, but after seeing yours, I've made up my mind to go forward.

Great job!

This has to be the most amazing tranformation I have seen in a long, long time. You did a fantastic job!

Is it my monitor, or does the cabinet in the first pic have a line about midway?

Ntt - your kitchen is inspiring! And, I am so grateful you mentioned the fixed shelves in your cabinets. I didn't think they could be changed. Did your contractor cut them out before putting in the pullout shelves, or did you use the shelves for rails? We're going to reface, and I also have a saltillo floor. I love the colors you chose for your counter and backsplash. It all looks fabulous!! And, your idea of the cabinet "bumper" was ingenious.

- Yvonne.

Good grief Yvonne, I'm so sorry for deserting this post so long. Even if it may be too late to answer your question, I hope it's still useful for someone else.

The pullout was done to the center shelves only. I don't know how the contractor took them out. He then, built new shelves and attached the rails for sliding. I guess, he could use the old shelves but he wanted a clean look and it was somehow easier just to build new ones. He didn't charge me extras. Here are a couple of pics of the pullouts.

To match with the backsplash and the "stone" look, I later repainted the outlet covers. Originally, they were white.