NWR: Kitchen Remodel (PIP heavy)

SoSaysTara

So, I spent 3 days with my (amazing ) future in-laws who came down to help FI and I remodel.  Truth be told, it was a TON of fun.  It was a crazy amount of work, but I just want to share the old, the progress, and the new with my knotties!

BEFORE:














THE WORK:









Sharpied on the plywood counter before tiling:












The AFTER:













Transformation by the numbers:
Number of People: 4
Hours Spent: 110
Days Devoted to Project: 4
Number of Fights: 2 (not bad!)
Dollars Spent: $1,050
Number of Screws: 180
Square Feet of Glass Tile: 40
Square Feet of Marble Tile: 36
Feet of Wooden Trim: 25
Gallons of Paint: 3
Trips to the Hardware store: 6

laurabub

NICEEEE.....We are moving into a house at the end of the month and will have a few projects of our own..

That turned out great!!  If you can....lets see a close up of the backsplash.  I've never seen something like that.

Congrats on a great job!

Zimsgirl

Love it

SoSaysTara

Sure thing.. the grouting still needs to be cleaned up a little, so try to ignore that.

goodine11

Beautiful

kaitlyn142

That's really impressive. I love what a can of white paint does to ugly, outdated cabinets.

Kfudge0714

Great Work! I LOVE glass tile! and I love that you put it above the cabinets too soooo unique!

KrisKenny

Great job!!!

midgetthemighty

Great job! I love the sharpied heart

HarperBargo

Nice! I really want to redo our kitchen

Ash61612

looks great!!

I love how you broke everything down in the list.

How bad/hard was it painting the cabinets? Thats next on our to-do list and I am dreading it

SheilaDancer43

Looks great!!!

SoSaysTara

Ash, I'm not going to lie.. it was time consuming.  Not hard, but VERY time consuming.  Here was the process:

Day 1:

1) Take all the cabinet doors off the wall.  Remove all hinges and handles, lay out all the doors on a drop sheet in a big area (I used a spare bedroom so I could close the door and keep cats out).  LABEL THEM (I used tape and put it above the cabinets on the drop sheeted area).

2) Sand everything (both sides, the edges, and the frame on the wall) using a fine grit sandpaper until the surface is not shiny AT ALL.  If you leave it shiny, the paint won't adhere.

3) Prime the cabinets on the front and all around every edge (it would be helpful to have things to keep them off the ground.. like ice cream buckets or some sort of pedestal), and the wood on the frames (using a thin coat.. if you do thick layers, it gets all gunky by the end).

4) Once the first coat is mainly dry, prime the cabinets on the front and the wood on the frames AGAIN (yes, twice.. it looks WAY better if you take the time to make sure you get a good base coat).  Again, THIN layers.

Day 2:
5)  Wait until it is completely dry, then turn them over.. prime and paint on the insides and all around the eges, using as many coats as necessary.. thin coats.

6)  Wait SEVERAL hours...Flip them back over PAINT the fronts and the frames. Remember not to let the layers get too thick.  My cabinets took 2 more thin coats to look right.  If I'm honest, I think one more coat may have improved them further, but I was burnt out.

Day 3:
7) Wait until they are COMPLETELY dry, then add all the handles and hinges back together and put them back on the wall, using your notes for where they go.  I bought all new hinges for mine so they would look nicer.

It was a lot of work, but I think they came out really nice ultimately!

ncd5015

Looks great! Congratulations on the completion!

Ash61612

Tara, thanks for the great instructions! I'm printing these out

peachykeen26

Fantastic job! Looks amazing!

nvelez28

I can tell that was a TON of work, but it looks like it was totally worth it!

laurabub

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[QUOTE]Sure thing.. the grouting still needs to be cleaned up a little, so try to ignore that. :)
Posted by SoSaysTara[/QUOTE]

oooo lala lala I love that!

MMRoberts11

The transformation looks great!  I love the pink and backsplash.

Shanee18

Can't believe you did that so fast!  I am an HGTV junkie, so I cannot wait to get into a home that we own and begin doing projects.  Your kitchen came out fantastic!

MMRoberts11

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[QUOTE] I am an HGTV junkie, so I cannot wait to get into a home that we own and begin doing projects. 
Posted by Shanee18[/QUOTE]

Me too!  I loved taking apart the entire kitchen when we got a house and redoing it how I wanted.  It's so much fun.

doeie04

Love it!!! I hate a run down kitchen!

gregamywedding

That looks amazing. Good Job!!!

kipnus

Wow! That's so great that you could do all that in such a short time! 

sweetcanadian1979

that looks awesome & for cheap. Amazing what good deals you can find when you save on labor & do it yourself, no one would have guessed that tired kitchen in the first pic is the same. My bar stools are very similar to yours, i don't have a table anymore, just a breakfast bar. 

DrPB2b13

That looks amazing, great work!