Kitchen before, during and a little later

Just for fun, I'm put together a side by side comparison. A before, during and after photo series of our kitchen.  We still have the back splash to finish, curtains to hang, plus a bunch of other little things on the list.

Here we go.

This is the original MLS picture of the kitchen before we moved in.

It's hard to see, but the wallpaper had bunches of cherries all over it.

A dark cave, but we could see the potential.

Here we are right before the painting began.  We lived with this for almost 5 years.

All the lights had to be on in order for it to feel less cave like.

And here we are as of today

Even with no lights on, it's bright and very un-cave like.

The glass cabinets really open up the room.  And let's not forget the painted counter tops.

This reno was done on a very tight budget.  So far we've spent less than $2,000.

If you have dark wood cabinets like we did and are battling with yourself over whether or not to paint them,  I say
GO FOR IT!

Yes, it will be time cosuming.

Yes, it will take a lot of work.

Yes,  it is worth it!

Here we are again before and after