Progress in the Kitchen

This is what our kitchen looked like when we bought the house.  Not much has changed in three years except for the appliances, range hood and wall color.  
The time has come to upgrade – make it “ours”.  We started with the cabinets.  After removing doors and hardware, equipped with our Dremel Multi-Max, we sanded. And sanded.  And sanded. 
We applied primer with our paint sprayer (Rockler) and brushed the paint on using our Purdy paintbrush.
See the full tutorial at 
DIY Club
Now they’re no longer ‘orange’ toned red oak…
Next step is countertops.  We’re going with granite.  I wanted soapstone but the kitchen is Mr. DIY’s domain.  Soapstone is durable but easily scratched and high maintenance.  Luckily, we’ve found a slab of granite that is dark gray with white veins very similar to soapstone.
Not too much DIY with the countertops other than demolition/removal of old laminate but more updates coming soon!
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Enter the DIY Club monthly contest with your DIY project utilizing one or more of these projects and you could win!
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PB Inspired Mason Jar Chandelier

Lauren from The McBride House has an awesome DIY project to show off.  Her DIY PB inspired mason jar chandelier is gorgeous!  

Source: Pottery Barn
The Pottery Barn version has 16 jars, measuring 35 inches wide by 32 inches high.  Lauren’s  condo’s small kitchen could not accommodate a chandelier that size  so they scaled it down to half the size of the PB version using only 8 jars.


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Her husband built the part that mounts to the ceiling.  A little Rustoleum Dark Bronze Hammered Spray Paint gave it the rustic metal finish it needed. She also sprayed one coat of the spray paint on the tops of the jars. This allowed some of the original silver to show through, adding to the look.





The price?  Under $100!  I bet it’d be cool to use it along with a dimmer too!  Head to PB Inspired Mason Jar Chandelier to see more details.  


Lauren and hubby – it’s fabulous! I.LOVE.IT. I love when something out of reach due to budget becomes a rewarding DIY project with awesome results!  Great job!

The McBride House

MINI transformations

Samantha from I Heart Mini caught my attention and curiosity with this note:

“I’m constantly making over my 864 sf 1950’s rancher, and any old piece of furniture I can cram in it!”

Intrigued, I checked out her projects.  I’m so glad I did!  Check out her kitchen remodel!  What a beautiful makeover and creative use of small space. This doesn’t exactly look like a mini-makeover other than the kitchen space is small but Samantha made great use of the space that she does have.  I love it!

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See MORE pictures and details at 

A Kitchen Renovation: The Grand Reveal.


Now for some accent furniture makeovers…

A Landfill Chair Makeover

Chair Before

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Now…it looks brand new! Somebody loves it! 
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Foot stool before…
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Now…
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Great job on everything, Samantha!  The kitchen is gorgeous! So many space saving solutions and it looks amazing! I love the chair all cleaned up and little foot stool re-do.  Thank you for sharing your before and after transformations!

See more at I Heart Mini.