Ta-Da! Kitchen Reveal

My mom always said, if your going to re-do your kitchen, make sure it's what you LOVE & WANT if your going to spend the money. I trust her considering she has redone every kitchen in every house they have lived in. So, since we can't afford what I LOVE & WANT right now, I did what we could afford to make our kitchen pleasing to OUR eyes.

Thank you Rustoleum for turning my $10,000 kitchen remodel into $200. That's a whole lot of savings!

Details:

It took an entire week to transform the kitchen.

Countertops: Rustoleum Countertop Coating in Midnight. $20

Cabinets: Rustoleum Cabinet Transformation in Linen, skipped the optional glaze. $179

Paint: Behr's Silver Drop

We still have a lot of little work to do, adding wall decor, little odds and ends adding ONE MORE coast of countertop coating. But for now, this is perfect. I am in love! I am so happy we took the risk because it was the best $200 we spent on this house yet.

So with out further a-do, Our new kitchen!

Kitchen Transformation: Part 1

If I could hug and kiss the people at Rustoleum right now, I would. Considering we have exhausted our money in purchasing a new home, we were left to be frugal when it came to remodeling. We have many many many years ahead of us to save for a true kitchen remodel, but something had to be done, like STAT. Our kitchen was at the mercy of me and a paint brush.


The whole downstairs just turned me off, made me want to grab a bucket and vomit. For weeks I have been stalking home decor blogs and DIY blogs and decided to go along with the cool people and paint our god awful counter tops and boring cabinets.

I mean, it COULD have been worse, but at least I had something to work with. I am not the craftiest person, but I sure do know how to stalk blogs and educate myself on how to make a vision happen.


I took a chance, I risked the beauty of my god awful fake marble Formica at the mercy of my roller brush of Rustoleum Counter top paint, midnight blue! It was one of those 'standing in the Lowes aisle make a desicion at the last minute kind of thing' and it was actually Chris who suggested it. Yes, he knew my DREAM counter tops are Silestones Marine Stellar, but it cost too much $$ for that risk.

This $20 can of 'awesome' was perfect.

Rustoleum actually has a Countertop Transformation kit, but it was over $100 some odd dollars and I was being too frugal. Plus they didn't have my navy blue midnight color.

I taped off the walls and around the sink to prep the area. All you need is a nice brush, I used Purdy 2" brush and cabinet foam rollers. It took some time to figure out the routine to make it look best, but by the 2nd counter top, I was on a roll and I even finished this in one night. It took 3 days to cure, it's not perfect and there's PLENTY of little imperfections and needs a 2nd coat in certain areas. Especially the last section I did considering I was overtired and ready to be done so I wasn't as diligent with the task.

But I love them! Chris was pretty impressed with the outcome. Would I do it again? Hell yes! It made my awful ugly formica counter tops livable until I can convince Chris I NEED the Marine Stellar Silestone. (((Swwwwooooooooon))


To be continued.....

Our Forever Home

Almost 2 years ago, as we picked our spot to put our baby Nolan. I looked up and saw some houses over the trees lining the memorial garden and I said that I wanted to live THERE someday. At the time it seemed far fetched due to the market. Almost 2 years later, many offers on multiple homes in that very neighborhood, we got our forever home. And the best part is our back windows overlook the church and memorial garden.

Homes over the trees

Last Tuesday, Chris and I got our long awaited for keys to the home we will raise our son. We got the call on Tuesday that we could FINALLY pick up our keys, it was really going to happen after multiple false starts and delays. On our way, we stopped to visit Nolan and just sat there thanking God for our new chance.

Look who has keys!!!

This new home is new beginnings for us yet it includes a very important part of our life, Nolan.

The best feeling ever was unlocking that door and the 3 of us walking over the threshold knowing that this was meant to be.

We were meant to live here, meant to grow our family here and most of all meant to be close to Nolan. This neighborhood is what I dreamed for our kids to grow up in, tons of children, neighbors that come out and crack a beer and mingle. A neighborhood that decorates for every holiday and a neighborhood that feels safe. This is what I remember growing up in, and it's what I want for my family. And now, here we are.
Tears of joy and a humbling reason to celebrate!

Welcome home family. We did it. We have our forever home.