Before and after

I was looking through some old posts and realized that our visitors have come and gone and I never posted pictures of that secret home improvement project. We worked really, really hard on this. I was hoping that our company would come in, gasp, and exclaim , "Wow! This looks fabulous!" We did get lots of compliments but no one clutched their chest and pulled a Fred Sanford like I was hoping.
So, we painted our dirty, nasty old cabinets in the kitchen. Here are the before during and after photos. I think they turned out great!






The hinges that go on the cabinets are hard to find. I tried every hardware store in the area. Near impossible unless you go to a cabinet maker. (this is what I was told. I don't know this first hand) So in order to keep the costs to a minimum, I spray painted all the old hinges and handles with a brushed silver look. We changed the light fixture and Voila! An updated kitchen that isn't so hard on the eyes!