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Not too long ago, we bought a house. I’m still in shock about this, we actually bought a house! The entire house was completely move-in ready; no renovations were needed before moving in, however not everything in the house is in our tastes. After living in our house for almost 2 months now, we’ve started seriously discussing the changes we want to make to increase the function and form of our casa. Today, I’m dissecting our kitchen, and the changes we plan to make in, hopefully, the near future.
Above are visually some of the changes we plan to make to our kitchen. Below is the full list:
- Tear down right kitchen wall to open up to dining space
- Swing right wall cabinets against adjacent wall
- Add kitchen island
- Replace sink with apron front sink
- Replace faucet & all hardware
- Look into replacing all door fronts (we’ll see about this, might have to wait until phase 2)
- Replace linoleum flooring with uniform wood flooring throughout entire house
- Replace countertops
- Remove wall oven and range top, replace with a range stove (this will open up counter space where current stove is placed)
- Mount microwave above new range stove (currently sitting on counter, taking up precious real estate)
- Wall off “floating” fridge
- Add cabinets above fridge
- Potentially add a wall to ceiling pantry where stove is currently
- Remove boob light
- Remove decorative trim above sink
- Add pendant light above sink
- Add backsplash or paint walls something non-beige
I put together a quick inspiration board to help visualize the look and feel of how we want our kitchen to look.
The depressing thing about any renovation is that it costs money. We’re in saving mode right now, hopefully we will have enough pennies saved up to get this party started soon. I’m also hoping I can convince the contractors in my fam to help tear down those walls. This is actually the next step in my plan – the sooner I can butter them up the sooner we can have that open kitchen!
Next up – the living room!
Brittany, when you say, “replace all door fronts,” are you referring to the cabinet doors? Just curious — What do you have in mind? I love your vision for the kitchen and am so glad you decided to take out that wall. And you planned for additional storage, too. Good call. Looking forward to seeing your progress!
Yep! Cabinet doors and drawer fronts most likely. The ones we have aren’t obtrusive at all, but they’re old and have been painted a few times by the previous owners. I love the look of shaker cabinet fronts and drawer fronts. As far as storage, we’d add storage with a kitchen island, and possibly a pantry where the current wall oven is placed. Wall ovens can be great, but this one is taller than me!
Doh. I’m short, too. If I have to stretch or tiptoe to check the cookies, out it goes. :) (Wonder who cooked in that kitchen before you. A supermodel??)
Oh yes!!!! To everything you want to change
yummy- i love all of these plans!
Oh I love your ideas, they sound fabulous.
Oooh, can’t wait to see what you do! I think it goes without saying that I love the direction you’re going in. Tip: If you’re considering any marble alternatives, we ended up going with “super white” granite. Some of the slabs can be really dark and grey, but we picked a lighter one with tons of veining and I love it.
Thanks! We haven’t spent much time yet making decisions on the countertops, more like conversations but its super helpful to get tips from people who have done the research for their own kitchens already! And I’m putting “super white” granite on our list of contenders. I honestly don’t care what the material is, I just want that look, and sounds like you know what I need! :)
Love your ideas, it will be stunning!! I’ve been planning our kitchen reno too, probably a year or two though .. we’ve been saving!
you and a kitchen reno? it will be absolutely amazing, I can’t wait until you start!
Beautiful plan for the kitchen! Are you going to do those color cabinets too? They are beautiful with the brass hardware.
I do love the blue/brass color combo! Honestly I’m undecided on a color scheme for the cabinets at this moment, I think I need to see the wall removed and the cabinets relocated before deciding on a cabinet color, but this blue would definitely look amazing :)
Love the direction this is heading! Sounds like my dream kitchen!