Kitchen Pictures!

Hi everyone, I am going to

show you the kitchen today!

I forgot to get the new handles

for the drawers, when we were

gone this weekend, but they 

can wait.....I have a couple

 things to do, but they can

wait, too....This is going to be

a picture heavy post, so  get 

you something to drink and

settle in.....

 Evening shot!

Now for the before and after shots...

To the right of the sink, is a ditty bag,

that Linda Claus sent me, a long time

ago and it has "Sunflower Seeds" 

stitched on it!  How appropriate for my

kitchen!  Thanks again, Linda...I love it!

I filled in all the designs in the doors 

and the drawers!  I filled it in, let it 

dry, sanded it with the electric sander, 

filled it in, again and let it dry and 

sanded it.....Any place that needed it,

a third time got it, again and then 

sanded after it dried.....I painted the

door fronts and drawers, twice and 

the back of the doors, once, except 

for 4 that I forgot.....I painted all

the hinges for 23 doors, drawer pulls

for 10 drawers and 10 screws for each

of the 23 doors!  See why this took me

so long?......On to more pictures....

This was one ugly stove and a pain

to cook anything on, the burners did

not work too well and you had to 

switch food from one burner to

another.....From the one, above to

the new one, below....

I love cooking on this one! The 

towel with the crow on the pie is

from my blog buddy, Gina....

From Cat Nap Inn....Thanks, Gina!

I love it!

Butt ugly counter tops, I can't believe

I lived with this for almost 5 years!

My new counter top!....Love it,

it is called Jamocha Granite.

To the right of the sink, with the 

ugly design...Before...

Smooth doors!

Before:

Above and to the right of the

fridge....Pantry is on the right.

I am going to get those drawer

pulls that look like a half a cup

for the drawers, since I don't 

like the ones I have, even after

painting all the brass. As you can

see, I painted all the crown 

molding, too....We used the same

trim on the bottom of the top

cabinets as we did for the plate

rail, we just turned it opposite

direction.

 A shot from the dining room side,

after we put the new cabinet under

the snack bar and had the bead board

sitting behind the stove.....You can

see the beautiful post and the extra

dowel holding up the cabinets.....They

all had slid down about 1 inch and it 

is a wonder that I didn't come home 

                     and find the top cabinets laying on 

the counters! Hubby put lag screws

in them to hold them up tight.

 Here, we have the stove out and we

had to cut the cabinet off some to 

make room for the larger stove, so

it would be centered more in the 

opening of the top cabinets.

Picture above is over the snack bar.

Now with the trim and the bead board.

We built the wall on the end, too....

And my teeny valance above, it on a

shower curtain rod.

A shot to the left of the stove....I 

made all the curtains and I have 

a good place for water, flats of 

canned goods, water, sodas and

what even behind the curtain. I 

keep forgetting to get a knob for

the new cabinet (far left) and the 

hinges need to be painted black.

 I bought the crow at the Fall Festival,

last month....

Well, I hope you enjoyed the tour of 

my new kitchen, I know it has been

a long time coming! Getting the 

curtains done, has really made it

come together, (in my opinion.)....

As happy as I am to have it done, it

did make me sad on the 1st of 

December....I was painting and it 

was the anniversary of the death of

my mother.....The last thing, that 

she helped me do, was paint my 

cabinets in my kitchen, in Texas.

It gets me down, this time of year, 

for that reason and we are alone 

on Christmas, our son and his

family are all in Indiana...So, I 

think I will put on some 

Christmas and go sing and

decorate the halls!!!  Good thing 

you are not here, you 

wouldn't want to hear me sing,

because I can't carry a tune

in a bucket!...ha ha....

Now, I need to finish doing my 

Christmas decorating and put

the extra stuff and boxes away.

I will show you the dining room 
side, later.  We have some things
to build and I need to do a little 
painting.

Thanks for stopping by!

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen