Monday, June 4, 2012

Baby Brother’s Kitchen Reveal

Nate and I spent Memorial Day week-end helping my baby brother paint his kitchen.  We only threatened to ditch the place and go tubing about 10 times.  But we didn’t.  Sibling love.

This is what my brother’s kitchen looked like when he purchased the home.

Painting kitchen cabinets Before and After 

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Pretty, no?  Fiesta is always my favorite color scheme.
 
I told little brother not to worry.  We can make this kitchen pretty for not a lot of dinero.

A few weeks back we painted the walls Comfort Grey by Sherwin Williams.  It definitely lightened up the room and made me want to barf less.  Just less.  I still wanted to barf.

Painting kitchen cabinets Before and After

Those cabinets were in such sad shape.  Nothing some new moldings, hardware, a loving family and paint couldn’t fix.



Painting kitchen cabinets Before and After

Painting kitchen cabinets Before and After

Hard to believe it’s the same room, right?

My brother got a great deal on the stainless appliances purchased from a friend’s brother.  $700 total for both.  The oven had been used 3 times.  The fridge was spotless.

Nate added some simple molding to add dimension to the cabinets.

Painting kitchen cabinets Before and After

Nate also replaced that lovely red mesh with some plywood.  Cheap and easy fix!

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Nate also installed some floor trim to replace the plastic trim.  Little brother is moving up in the world.

Brother still needs to install some molding underneath the cabinets under the sink and replace the cutting boards (holes under counter) but otherwise this kitchen is done!  Unless he’ll let me add some decorative touches.  Or paint that door.

For those of you that love before and afters…
Painting kitchen cabinets Before and After
Painting kitchen cabinets Before and After

Source List:
  • Wall color:  Comfort Grey by Sherwin Williams ($30)
  • Cabinet color:  Rust-Oleum’s Cabinet Transformations kit in Linen ($70)
    • Review to come!
  • Hardware:  Handles from Lowe’s, knobs from Menards (no clue on names) ($50)
  • Cabinet molding:   Lowe’s ($50)
  • Floor molding:  Menard’s ($20)

44 comments:

  1. It doesn't even look like the same kitchen!! Nice work! I hope the Rustoleum kit worked as well as it did the last time. I'm jealous of the appliances. Really jealous.

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  2. Wow love the change....so much brighter!

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  3. OMGoodness, Michelle, this is amazing! I cannot believe how different the kitchen looks, it was so dark in there before, and now it's nice and bright. Amazing what paint can do. And the trim looks fantastic as well, I'm sure you have a happy brother right now.

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  4. It looks sooo much better! I can actually tolerate it now. Was he amazed by the transformation?

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  5. It is so amazing what some paint - and a loving family - can do!! Yeah for his new kitchen!

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  6. That is an insane difference! It looks awesome!
    Your little brother is definitely lucky to have you and Nate around to help :)

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  7. It really looks like a different kitchen! - And so much bigger! Great job, he must be thrilled!
    -Shelley

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  8. Looks awesome! Love the molding on the cabinets-they look brand new! I think you should just sneak over and paint that door. He'll thank you later:)

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  9. Looks great. I need something similar to happen to my kitchen.

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  10. Wow! That is so much better, it looks awesome! The cabinets with the added moulding definitely help, way to go Nate! Ok, I have a problem using exclamation marks. So happy that your cabinet transformations turned out well. You are a great sister!

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  11. Paint + trim + loving and generous family = amazing transformation! I love that he/you worked with what you had and didn't trash the old cabinets just because they lacked appeal. Well done to all!

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  12. It looks fabulous!!! It really brightened up the space! I love the moulding on the cabinets. It is so much fun redoing someone else's space. I just finished redoing my SIL's kitchen. We were going to add moulding to the cabinets, but opted not to because of time (it is a 3 hour round trip to the hardware store for us... not including the time you spend there) You can check it out here http://thefarmersbetterhalf.blogspot.com/2012/06/big-kitchen-reveal.html

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  13. Um... amazing! The kitchen looks about a million times better (and so much cleaner!). Your brother is lucky to have you two :)

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  14. Looks amazing and SOO cheap! brother, please paint the door :)

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  15. A million bajillion times better! Way to be a good sister and not let him live with that kitchen any longer. I love the white cabinets--so fresh and clean looking. Next on the docket: do you have your ticket to Salt Lake purchased yet to fix MY soon-to-be kitchen? Don't make me send you the pictures again. I don't want to have to ruin your Monday.

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  16. Holy Cow! What a great improvement. I never would have thought to add detail to the existing cabinets, but that really made a difference. Well done =)

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  17. That is NOT the same space. The molding just does everything for me. It takes it all over the top. LOVE. IT. I hope you still get your well-deserved tubing trip!

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  18. Wow, what a difference!! The new kitchen is so much more inviting and bright, love it!

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  19. You guys did a great job! It looks so much better! And is comforting to know this was possible in a weekend! Can't wait to read about the cabinet transformation kit!

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  20. Wow, does not even look like the same room! Good job big sis!

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  21. Looks awesome. You definitely deserve the sister of the year award. And I'll give you an award for painting that door.

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  22. Love the cabinet molding!!! I can't wait for that tutorial :)

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  23. You guys did such a great job! and yes, paint that door!

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  24. That's a huge change for $220! Lucky brother... :)

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  25. AMAZING... the value that couple hundred is adding to this home already is probably mind blowing! Beautiful, bright, happy kitchen!

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  26. Looks so awesome!!! I love the molding, what a nice touch to the cabinets. They look custom!!

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  27. Amazing transformation!! Looks sweet. Nice trim work by Nate, too.

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  28. What the what?!?!? You guys are rockstars. Your bro's kitchen looks 10000000x better. The molding is the icing on the cake.

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  29. Oh my goodness. Get ready to be featured on like every big name blog ever. This looks amazing. Also, Nate's woodworking skills are legendary. Way to go!

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  30. Stunning! What an awesome transformation, the moulding MADE the kitchen.

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  31. Holy freaking moly - complete difference. Wow-best redo ever!

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  32. Holy makeover - those are some big changes! Love the molding on the cabinet doors. Looks very upscale!
    www.chattafabulous.blogspot.com

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  33. Wow! You are right, it looks great! I hope it holds up even with the mixed reviews.

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  34. o.my.word! That kitchen is beautiful (not that there's anything wrong with Fiesta...) Great job & your hard work shows!

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  35. Definitely a true transformation of drab to brightness! Great job!

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  36. Noooo, please don't paint the door. It adds a great wood-tone contrast to the rest of the painted out space. Wondering why you removed the pullout cutting boards? Not that you would want to use them for cutting, but they sure do come in handy when doing prep work or more than one person is working in the kitchen. Can you maybe replace them? Just a thought. It's amazing what white paint can do. My first house had a very similar kitchen and layout. My old cabinets went to the ceiling (tons of storage space) and were painted/stained a dark brown! Awful! It took a lot of scrubbing and painting - four coats of gloss white. But the room looked amazing afterward. I had the same kind of sort of orangey-stained heavy wood swinging door between kitchen and dining room. I kept it the stained color, looked great in the room. It was just the right touch of nostalgia :)

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  37. Yowza! From Fiesta to Serene in a weekend! I love the white cabinets and I'm amazed by all the storage he has. It's a great kitchen!

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  38. Wow, it looks fantastic!!! I love the hardware on the cabinets. You guys are amazing!

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  39. Wow! Hard to believe it is the same kitchen. You have one very lucky brother.

    Oh, and your best comment: "made me want to puke less" BWA-HA-HA-HA!!!

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  40. Utterly amazing! The first kitchen was tragic! What a different white paint makes! Simply beautiful.

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  41. I don't think anyone has addressed this or not and I can't seem to find the answer anywhere. I want to paint my cabinets an ivory colour. It's so hard to determine which Rustoleum colour resembles ivory. I've looked at quilter's white and it doesn't look ivory from what I can see. Can you tell me if this linen colour would be the same as ivory? Hope to get an answer soon as I want to start this project asap! Thanks!

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