It's SUYL Kitchens over at
Kelley's Korner. I found a few pics of my kitchen that I took right after we moved in last fall, so I thought I would share.
We built this same house in Conway in 2005 and lived there for 3 years. We sold our house in January 2009 and moved to Sherwood. The commute from Conway was a nightmare in the mornings. We loved our house in Conway so much, that we built the same floor plan again....with a few minor changes. After lots of blood, sweat, and tears, we finally moved into this house in September 2009. We have vowed to never build another house again.....unless the construction loan is NOT in our name next time. We did save a lot of money doing it this way, but it was a stressful 5 months!
Now on to the KITCHEN...........................................
In our last house, the cabinets were dark brown and we wanted to lighten things up this time. The cabinets were originally supposed to be cream, but the painters wanted a bunch of extra money just to paint the cabinets a different color than the trim in the house. By this point and time, money was tight and I wasn't about to pay them the extra money, so the cabinets are white instead of cream. I am thinking of trying to antique them this winter or just repaint them myself. I can't decide which may be the smarter move. To add a little color into the kitchen we painted the island green. We also had the cabinet maker build a TV stand in the living room and we painted it the same color.
We wants something different for the bar lights this time, so we chose these. We were going to try to get something green to match the island, but decided this would work better in case we ever decide to repaint the island several years down the road. And we these were pretty cheap also...especially compared to come of the others I looked it. I think I only paid about $30 a light for the pendant and the globe.
Here is a view of our breakfast area. We use this table every day. We also decided on acid stained concrete floors this go round. We love how they turned out. They are very easy to take care of and you never have to worry if someone has muddy feet or spills something on the floor. We have about 3 or 4 different patters throughout the house, but the one in the pictures is in our living room and breakfast room.
Well that's the kitchen....................
This is what they looked like when I first rolled them out on Monday night.
This is what they looked like right before I baked them on Tuesday.
Here is the finished product!!
