Single Mom Kitchen Remodel

So my sister decided that her birthday gift to herself would be to remodel her kitchen. When she told me about it I thought it was a great idea, but she was nervous. She was used to remodeling but this time it was different. Back then we were both married and my then x husband was the contractor who helped her create the kitchen of her dreams. She didn't think that she would be successful at doing it again especially now that we are starting over in a new state as single moms.

Of course I convinced her other wise and after many trips to home depot and Lowes looking at kitchen showrooms my convincing worked!! So we are going to collaboratively put our heads together and design a beautiful kichen...Yeah!! The plan to keep the price low is to reface the cabinets, get new countertops and new appliances whole sale. The first challenge was to find a good deal on a stainless steele fridge and stove. Mission accomplished. Here are the new appliances installed. Aren't they beautiful!!

 

The next task was to install granite countertops. The installer convinced my sister that the new trend is to have one level for the bar area. If you see in the before picture the bar top was higher.

Now it is one seamless large area with an even larger preparation space.

 

Now we are faced with the challenge of finding cabinets. We have never looked at reface cabinets before. The last kitchen had semi custom cabinets. So far in our search the selection seems limited. Can't decide between brown or white.

I think its easier to find white because the brown my sister wants is going to be hard to find. She wants a dark cabinet with a glaze. That's hard to find so we are still searching.

 

 In the meantime everything else is falling into place. For the backsplash the new trend is subway tile and Lowes had a crazy sale on tiles that match the granite perfectly. The idea is to keep it simple and for over the stove have a decorative frame out mosaic tile design.

 

Well this is what we have so far. Still a work in progress and still lots to do. Hopefully the next post will be with the new cabinets. Chocolate brown or white? What do you think it will be? Until next post. :)