Kitchen Phase 2

The kitchen is an unending process. First step of changing out the sink and part of the counters was done and we were figuring out the next step. Next we wanted to see what it would look like without cabinets to the left of the sink. We had been toying with the idea of doing open shelving to eliminate the cheaper cabinets. We had talked about refacing them instead but once we took the left side down we knew we wanted to take them all out! Crazy, I know!

Next of course I painted the dark wood walls up to the window! Then we added the last piece of counter top and changed out the light above the sink. I found the light for $30 on a random website off of Pinterest of all places.

You can see how much that opened the space up! Next we tackled the main light. Isnt that nice massive florescent light mounted on plywood just beautiful??? Clearly Im kidding and we were ready for a change! We pulled the light, pulled the plywood and added can lights!!! So much better!!

Once those were up we hired a local drywall company to hang and mud the ceiling. I am all about DIY however when it comes to drywall I will gladly pay someone else to do it!

After the drywall was hung, we painted and put the can light trims on and boom, ceiling done!!!

Since we have decided to go with open shelving I still needed a place to put oh ya know all our dried goods and not so cute kitchen stuff. So we decided to close in underneath the stairs that leads to the boys loft and create a deep pantry between that wall and the cabinets. Att the time was just dead space, well space that allowed the under stair door to open but still not usable as a pantry. We have plans to cut into that space from the back hall way and make it storage and an awesome hide out for the kids when they play hide and seek!
So we enclosed under the stairs, built a wall to support the pantry and built a pantry!

SO MUCH SPACE!!! We love it!! We have yet to make doors for it but I honestly dont know how I have lived without it in this kitchen!

Next step will be to pull the top cabinets and figure out open shelving!!!! Shopping brackets and vent fans at the moment, very glamorous I know.
Until next time, and as always post or comment below with your project we'd love to see it!



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