Date night & Kitchen Sneak Peak!
We went out with our friends the Melchers & Deans to Maggiano's.
Alyssa, Natalie, Linnlee
So this is just a sneak peak of our "new"kitchen. A while back Darin agreed that it would be cool to paint our cabinets. I've been wanting to do this since we moved into the house 3 years ago. I was so excited when he finally agreed. So I had a guy come over and give me a quote. Which was pricey. But to me it sounded worth it since i wouldn't be doing any of the work myself. The quote was about $2500. Darin flipped when he heard that and said there was no way he was paying someone that much when we could just do it ourselves. It took a little while to get over how hard it was going to be and I kept wishing that Darin would realize how hard of work it was going to be and give in and just pay someone. Ya right. I planned it all out. We started in our laundry room first, the day after Thanksgiving. I'm so glad we started and practiced there first. We took our time once we started on the kitchen, which was about two weeks before Christmas. And we finished about 2 1/2 weeks ago. We didn't rush it. I only worked on it when I could. It was hard when I really wanted to work on it, but the boys needed me. It was so nice once we were finished. Darin took off the doors, sanded them. I sanded the cabinet faces (the cabinet box fronts that are attached to the wall) and primed everything, and then I painted the cabinet faces. Darin bought a sprayer to make it easier and faster to paint the cabinet doors. It was better to do it that way. He did a great job. After he sprayed the doors, I distressed the edges and applied some stain and glaze to certain areas. It makes a huge difference in our house and I'm so happy and glad we did it. It actually wasn't as hard as I thought. It was just time consuming. All together it cost us just under $200. I'm only showing you a tiny part because I'm not finished with decorating and making new window treatments. So stay tuned for that. I LOVE my kitchen!!
Before:
After:
So I should be finishing in the next few weeks with the other decor
and I'll take a full shot of the whole thing.
So this is just a sneak peak of our "new"kitchen. A while back Darin agreed that it would be cool to paint our cabinets. I've been wanting to do this since we moved into the house 3 years ago. I was so excited when he finally agreed. So I had a guy come over and give me a quote. Which was pricey. But to me it sounded worth it since i wouldn't be doing any of the work myself. The quote was about $2500. Darin flipped when he heard that and said there was no way he was paying someone that much when we could just do it ourselves. It took a little while to get over how hard it was going to be and I kept wishing that Darin would realize how hard of work it was going to be and give in and just pay someone. Ya right. I planned it all out. We started in our laundry room first, the day after Thanksgiving. I'm so glad we started and practiced there first. We took our time once we started on the kitchen, which was about two weeks before Christmas. And we finished about 2 1/2 weeks ago. We didn't rush it. I only worked on it when I could. It was hard when I really wanted to work on it, but the boys needed me. It was so nice once we were finished. Darin took off the doors, sanded them. I sanded the cabinet faces (the cabinet box fronts that are attached to the wall) and primed everything, and then I painted the cabinet faces. Darin bought a sprayer to make it easier and faster to paint the cabinet doors. It was better to do it that way. He did a great job. After he sprayed the doors, I distressed the edges and applied some stain and glaze to certain areas. It makes a huge difference in our house and I'm so happy and glad we did it. It actually wasn't as hard as I thought. It was just time consuming. All together it cost us just under $200. I'm only showing you a tiny part because I'm not finished with decorating and making new window treatments. So stay tuned for that. I LOVE my kitchen!!
Before:
After:
So I should be finishing in the next few weeks with the other decorand I'll take a full shot of the whole thing.
24 comments:
I looks amazing! It makes me want to get started on mine!
I love the white. WoW! Looks better than I thought. You did a great job. I can't wait to see it in March.
Yeh!! I can't wait to see them, one of these days I am going to be a good friend and make it over, but I love them!!
holy crap alyssa you are amazing!!!!!!! i don't know how you guys do that stuff! It looks so nice!
I love your kitchen! It is so beautiful. P.S. you are looking awesome, you look so tiny in all these pictures!!!
Wow It looks awesome! can't wait to see all the pictures!
Your cabinets look GREAT! Can I hire you?
I can't believe the difference! LOVE THEM!
oh my gosh, I LOVE the kitchen cabinets! I can't believe you guys did them yourself! I've always told randy that someday when we are in a house back in Az I HAVE to have white kitchen cabinets...I am obsessed with them! maybe I should just pay you and Darin to come do them for us someday ;)
cute date night pics! :)
those look amazing alyssa, now you can come do mine!!
They look really really good. I can't wait to get my kitchen finished. Luckily the cabinets are the easiest part for me. They will be a cinch after replacing countertops. Keep up the good work, it looks awesome.
Seriously girl you amaze me!! You are the craftiest girl I know!! Im just gonna call you Martha Stewart! And you look amazing, so tiny!! I am so ready to not feel like a blimp anymore and I have 10 weeks to go!
I love it! Good job.
It looks GREAT!! Your so crafty, I need you to rub some of that off on me :)
I love getting inspiration from your cute blog. The kitchen looks awesome! Good for you to save soo much money and do it yourself! Can't wait to see the finished product :)
I love it. I really heart white cabinets.
OH MY GOSH ALYSSA, YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB!!!! FROM WHAT I CAN TELL IT IS AMAZING! YOU GUYS SAVED SO MUCH DOING IT TOGETHER AND BY YOURSELVES. YOU SHOULD BE DARN PROUD OF YOURSELF!!!!
IT MUST BE IN THE AIR THESE DAYS BECUASE TOMMY AND I ARE REDECORATING OUR HOUSE LITTLE BY LITTLE TOO! IT IS SO MUCH HARDER BUT SO MUCH MORE WORTH IT TO DO IT YOURSELF.
ARE YOU STILL RUNNING? HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT GOING BACK TO THE GYM SINCE THEY RE-OPENED?
HOPE I RUN INTO YOU AT DESIGNER BLVD. AGAIN ONE OF THESE DAYS~!
Alyssa,
I meant to tell you on Sunday that YOU LOOK AMAZING!!! You are seriously wasting away. I love the kitchen and that picture looks like it came straight out of a magazine. You are guys are professionals for sure.
So are those the curtains your mom free handed? I can't wait to see the whole reveal. You better hurray, I am getting ancy over here!
The kitchen looks amazing! I am so impressed! I would love to paint our cabinets, too, but I don't dare. I LOVE white cabinets but I just know I would screw it up somehow. Maybe in our next home...
You did a great job! A few years ago I did our kitchen cabinets...yes, me, myself...Jared just watched! I wish I would've done them white, though. Can't wait to see it all decorated!
LOVE IT!! AWESOME JOB ALYSSA!
So I saw the before pic and thought, "I like how they look. Why did they want to change?" Then I saw the after pic...They look AMAZING!! I LOVE them!! Good job Alyssa and Darin!
Oh I LOVE the white!! One day I too will have white cabinets in my kitchen. :)
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