DINING ROOM AND KITCHEN

So I am attempting to go through the house and show the work that has been done in the past 7 months. Yesterday I highlighted the living room and my desires for the front foyer. Today I will move on to the dining room and kitchen. We are currently at work on the back stair and hallway - it was the first project tackled in the New Year, so those pictures with be forthcoming. The guest room is also downstairs, but I will save that for another day. So, onto the dining room...

DINING ROOM:

(Before)

(After)

We lightened the color a bit in this room and re-did the beautiful trim. Again, this dining table was a great find off craigslist. I've got to say, it is just about my dream table...but we have no chairs - a goal for the new year!


KITCHEN:

(BEFORE)

This is a HUGE kitchen with HUGE cabinets and lots of storage. I think it was probably the most overwhelming part of the move. Mom helped so much - washing ALL the huge windows and cupboards and helping me organize.

(After)

We just went with white. I never thought I'd want a white kitchen, but it doesn't get much daytime light in there and I have a lot of accent colors from other things, that it will stay our choice for awhile.

(Before)

(After)

Trying to work with our sweet newborn around...

(Before)

(After)

There is a wonderfully big bar behind which, leads into the laundry room. The "before" pictures shows a yucky empty laundry room and I don't have a good "after" picture, but Justin put in a ton of great shelves for storage and now with our washer and dryer in there, the bar becomes a very convenient place for folding laundry!

Tomorrow, on to the bedrooms!