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June 6, 2014

100 Year Old Kitchen Makeover

Like I shared with you last week when I revealed our staircase makeover, our house is officially 100 years old this year, 2014.  We’ve done a lot of work in the 20 years we’ve lived here.  But, we have grown to love this old house, as we have turned it into a home.

This post was originally published in 2011, so I’ve updated it to show the things that have changed in our kitchen since then.

Our kitchen is definitely the most used room in our house.  When we bought the house, the fact that it was so small wasn’t really an issue.  It was just my Better Half and I, and so the small space was fine.


This is the kitchen shortly after we moved in 20 years ago.  At this point we had updated the counter top and added knobs to the cabinet doors.  We also installed the dishwasher.  I can’t seem to locate pictures from before these changes.


This is a better picture of our pink counter top 🙂  Here we had upgraded to new Kraftmaid cabinets.  We live near the factory that makes them and at one point they offered the scratch and dent or returned cabinets to the community for a fraction of the cost.  We paid less than $500 for all new cabinets.



Since our family quickly grew from two to six, space became an issue and we began looking for ways to make our home appear bigger and give us more space.  We started taking out walls…sounds simple…not so much.  We took out the wall between our living room and dining room first and saw that it was very do-able.  So, we decided to try the wall between our dining room and kitchen.



If you look past my darling daughter and son you will see the wall that we are taking out.



This is demolition day.  Our walls were plaster so we were prepared for a big mess.  We really had no idea how bad it was going to be!!

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This is from the kitchen looking into the dining room. This wall is a load bearing wall so we had to replace the wall with a beam for support.  We built a temporary support wall until we could get the beam in place.

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These pictures are not just really bad pictures, it is the dust from the plaster .  It was EVERYWHERE!!

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Here, the beam is in place and that mess is cleaned.  The rest of the demolition and 3 months of chaos was well underway!!



We wanted a bigger door and needed to move it toward the dining room to accommodate the new kitchen layout.  The refrigerator is being moved to the right of the door.


 Next, we gutted the kitchen.  We needed to put new insulation in the walls.  It was EXTREMELY drafty in this old house!   This particular wall was not insulated at all!  The new insulation has helped our heating and cooling costs drastically.
After demolition, things started to get better.  The “putting back together” was promising.  I began to think that I may be able to quit washing dishes in the tub!


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This is the placement for the refrigerator and the stove.  The stove is now where the sink used to be.  I can’t begin to tell you how many times I have poured water on the stove…trying to find the SINK!
We laid new laminate flooring, hung drywall, and installed recessed lighting…which I LOVE!





 We reused our old cabinets but repositioned them for a more practical layout. (I’m hoping to paint them and add new hardware later this year)
 




Repurposing parts from an old pantry, we neatly hid our trash in this DIY rolling, under the counter trash can.



While putting cabinets in their new place we ended up with about a 5 inch gap between the stove and nearest cabinet so My Better Half made some little shelves out of plywood. I found these jars at a discount store and I store my flour and sugars in them.


 We installed bead board on the lower half of the kitchen walls and I LOVE IT!!  It looks so clean, classy, and country.


The island was a factory, mass-produced piece.  The top is made of 12 slate tiles which I hand picked and laid myself.  It was super easy and I am thrilled with the look.

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We did all the work ourselves.  From drywall to plumbing and electrical.  It was honestly one of the hardest times in our marriage because we were so exhausted, tired of the mess, and ready to be finished.  I never dreamed the work it would be.  I do love the results and am thankful we survived.  I’m not sure that we will ever take on such a big project again, but we sure learned a lot.





 Within the past couple of years we have updated the kitchen with the  Coffee Corner



I love having everything right at my fingertips and I’m thrilled with the coffee corner sign.


It adds a lot to the kitchen.
As you can see in this picture, the update of my new ReStore Buffet turned Island, increased the character of the kitchen.  


 Don’t you just love it!?  It’s so much better than the factory one!!


Another update to the kitchen is the the window treatments.

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I made DIY Awnings for both the kitchen windows.  They give my kitchen such a cute cafe look and they were really easy.  You can see the full instructions here.
Spray painting the toaster and the stove knobs added a pop of color in the kitchen.

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I gave my dishwasher a facelift with some bead board.  You can see the full tutorial for that here.
Most recently, I painted my dining room and while I was paining there, I painted the kitchen with the same bright yellow.  

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So, this is the progress made in my 100 year old kitchen.  It’s been a lot of work, but it really is the central part of our home.

Blessings,

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Comments

  1. Jenny says

    June 6, 2014 at 10:36 AM

    i too have a small kitchen. and i struggle with where to keep everything. I would love for you to show the insides of your cabinets. Where do you keep everything? towels, dishes, cups, food? how do you organize everything into a smaller kitchen?

    Reply
  2. Ashley @ LeavingTheRut says

    June 9, 2014 at 10:33 AM

    I love seeing transformations!! Your kitchen is beautiful!!
    Stopping by from Sew Can Do!

    Reply
  3. Marie@The Interior Frugalista says

    June 9, 2014 at 12:24 PM

    Wow Carrie what a transformation! I love your new buffet turned island – adds so much to your new kitchen. I’m visiting from the Funday Monday Party 🙂

    Reply
  4. Kathi Riemer says

    June 11, 2014 at 11:14 AM

    Wow, I really like the creative touches….the coffee corner sign, the bead board dishwasher, the buffet island. Your 100 year old kitchen has tons of lovely charm.

    Reply
  5. Elizabeth says

    June 11, 2014 at 9:55 PM

    What a great remodel! That buffet/island is stunning!

    Reply
  6. Carolyn Pritchard says

    June 19, 2014 at 5:01 PM

    Love your kitchen, you did a great job. I love the red knobs on the cook stove. Please let me know where you got them. Thanks

    Reply
  7. Kellie The Shoe Diva says

    July 1, 2014 at 1:47 PM

    Love what you did with your kitchen. I especially like the island, removing that wall really opened things up. I don’t know if I would have had that much patience or vision but it looks lovely! Visiting via the Inspiration board creativity link party. Glad I did, this was fun for me to check out 🙂

    Reply

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