Updated: Living Room & Kitchen

I'm finally getting around to posting updated photos of our living room and kitchen. Since I last posted photos we have gotten a new dishwasher and finally hung things on the walls. I'll also include a photo with our Christmas Tree. We were a little nervous when we bought the new house...we weren't sure we'd be able to fit our 7' tree. But, it fits pretty well in the corner next to our slider. Let me know what you think.

Kitchen: Before & After

The kitchen cabinets were a very light and very weathered wood and totally not our style. We didn't have a lot of money in our budget so a total kitchen renovation was completely out of the question. So, we had the cabinets painted with a white semi gloss. We had a few issues with the contractor/painter but in the end, I think we are satisfied. They certainly look 1000 times better than they did before. We painted and replaced the light fixtures as well as replaced the horrible stove, installed a microwave over the stove and bought a new fridge as the previous owner took his with him.

BEFORE:

AFTER: (paint color is SW Blonde)

This last photo is of our Pottery Barn mail organizer/key hooks. It is the one thing we have managed to hang on the wall in the entire house. The skinny door to the right is my beloved pantry. We've never had a pantry before and I am in love with it. You can also see our back hallway to the garage in one of the photos above. It is painted the same color as the kitchen. The dining room is to the right and the half bath is to the left from that hallway. Once we get our dinette set tomorrow, I'll post some more photos. I can't wait to get it!

After I posted this I realized that the old shift and resize didn't work well on the before pics. But, honestly, I'm just too lazy to fix them. Sorry!

Finally bought a dinette set

I forgot to mention earlier that we finally bought a dinette set. It was on sale at JCPenney and we had a coupon. It is being delivered on Saturday. We got the regular-height "Friendship" set. The photo below is of the counter-height version. For some reason this is the only photo on the website. We also had our new oven installed this afternoon (which turned into a huge headache for my husband). So, you can expect photos of the new and improved kitchen by next week. Very exciting, right?