Six days! WOW! I'm impressed. The paint stripping alone must have been extremely challenging for the timeline. Your kitchen looks great. The colors are much nicer now. That appears to have been the fridge area to the left, so I am curious where you hid the one you use.

Fast job! Sometimes you can cover dings in vinyl or ceramic tile with a little touch up paint. Lots of instructions on the internet.

You must be exhausted, but it sure was worth the effort. Your kitchen looks great.

Looks better, you can rest now !

I love the color your chose for the cabinets and the choice of knobs. Great (HARD) work!!! Congrats!

Isn't it great when you set your mind on getting a job done! Looks way more updated, great colours and a reflection of all your hard work. You can enjoy this space more now. I understand, we live in a split level and kitchen cabinets are 1963 original, kind of updated but I can't wait to gut and redo completely. Enjoy!

Excellant job! I love that you worked with what you had to create a great space.

You know, instead of eventually "gutting it", when you have time, just take off the old cabinet doors and get new ones--totally changes the look from 1958 to 2015--for a fraction of the cost.

You did a beautiful job! That is a lot of work for a temporary solution. Maybe you'll live with it longer than intended? It's lovely. I just wanted to point out that if you must strip, Citristrip is an excellent choice. While Citristrip is a fanstastic product, they do not pretend to be non toxic, I mean it removes paint right? Next time, just use van Gogh Fossil Paint - no need to strip first, it sticks to most stuff. Here is the warning for Citristrip from Russtech: (sorry the cut and paste is a bit clumsy, but I've included a link to the source so you can go there and read it if you want to .

Precautions/Limitations:

Always use

CitrStrip

with adequate

ventilation. Avoid breathing vapors. If HVAC

intake ducts will distribute solvent odor into

adjoining occupied areas of the building, care

should be taken to block these ventilation

ducts. Wear protective gloves and goggles.

Do not apply in the presence of people or

food. People and food may be returned to

treated area when there are no longer any

odors present. Keep product along with

empty drums, pails and cans away from heat or open flame
http://russtechnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/CitristripPDF.pdf

Nice job! For the terrible floor, you could put a nice kitchen-type rug down until you decide what you want to do there.

You could try Flor carpet squares over the tile - make it look like wall to wall, and pick one of their heavy-duty options that hold up in commercial areas. Get extra squares for those inevitable spills . . . plus they can be easily picked up, hosed or power-washed, and re-laid as well. A checkerboard pattern can look awesome.

You can also look at decals to cover the back splash tiles. Go to Etsy and search for "Bleucoin". They have loads of options and sizes for very little money.

Congratulations. You have inspired me. I too have a rather nasty kitchen ('80's) that will get a facelift until we have the money to do a total reno. I've been procrastinating because it is such a big job but when I see how much you accomplished in just 6 days I feel so encouraged. By the way, we replaced our ceramic kitchen floor with hardwood for almost no money. We bought several boxes of 'rustic' hardwood at one of those discounter construction stores. These are the shorter pieces many of which are imperfect but otherwise good quality flooring. We bought 1 box more than we needed to allow for waste. It cost us a little over $100 for materials (small kitchen) plus rental of the equipment for 2 days and dinner for one very handy friend to show us how. We did it in a weekend and what a difference. Now we just need me to do the rest of the facelift!!

Great work! Send us a follow-up pic when you complete the total reno.

I really like the colors you chose for the cabinets. It looks great!

If you no longer need the old oven, I would remove that and use that cubby as a place for all of your small appliances (mixer, toaster, blender, coffee maker, etc.). Maybe hang a curtain to cover that space -- a sleek panel like a smooth shade, not a ruffly thing. :-)

If you have to do the reno in stages, I would do your floors first since the rest of your kitchen is so adorable. Meantime, a rug on the floor would look really nice.

Great job!

Nice job!