Before & After: Christina’s Kitchen
This morning’s first makeover was a triumph of DIY and today’s final makeover is also a testament to the power of slow-but-steady work, done by hand. Blogger and digital strategist Christina Brown bought her first home last year with her fiancé and they have been slowly rehabbing it entirely on their own over the past year. Last week marked a huge milestone for the couple, as they finally finished the first floor of their home! Their kitchen and downstairs living room are now complete and they finished a wide range of projects. From start to finish they: repainted the entire house, kitchen cabinets and hardware, laid down maple veneer flooring in the kitchen, retiled the kitchen backsplash, built a breakfast nook with storage (outside of the kitchen) and built a huge industrial shelving unit for open storage in the kitchen. Any one of these would make a great difference in a home, but all of them together make for a truly beautiful space and I’m so happy to share photos of their home on DS today. Click through to check out the before & afters! xo, grace
Absolutely gorgeous!
Hannie
I love the storage unit and that they were brave enough to put it across a window. The light coming through it looks great. Love the industrial vibe it brings to the room.
The shelving unit is so absolutely lovely! Any chance there is a tutorial available or some info on how to DIY it? Great job guys!
@Carly there is a DIY on my blog :)
Hello Christina, what is the name of your blog?
What an impressive makeover, especially the shelving unit!
How gorgeous! Like someone says, the storage across the window… very smart idea!
Ohhh that rug. It makes me tingle. We need a good (reasonably priced) one so bad and I just can’t seem to find one I love that I can afford. Well done her though
xo
so beautiful! It’s amazing how the difference is all in the details.
I like the soft looking simple design. Big storage section is good and affordable to keep households. Large window is another great part for a ideal kitchen.
What a change! That’s amazing. It looks like a totally different place!
Beautiful! I wouldn’t have thought the living room/dining area was the same space.
Impressive makeover! I want my kitchen like that, now!
Love love love that you showed multiple angles and how the rooms flowed into each other, instead of small vignettes of details. What a clean-yet-comfortable space.
ooooh, adore this rug so much! where is it from?!
Wow, remarkable change, you have made some really clever decisions with the new design, the white color adds more space to the room. Thank you for sharing!
Lovely reno on your kitchen! What color did you paint the cabinets? We are also wanting to paint kitchen cabinets and have white appliances, and I love how close yours matches!