Mini Kitchen Update Revealed

On this previous post, I showed some "in progress" work of our mini kitchen update. Well, we finally completed (for now) the changes thanks to Brent's mad spray painting skills. Here's a look at the "new" kitchen. (Keep in mind we plan to do a full renovation one day, but it needs to be cute and functional along the way and I think we've accomplished that.)

Here are a couple"before" pictures to remind you of how it all started out...

• We started with the white kitchen table.
• We spray painted our old wooden chairs in a bright color to spice things up.
• We added new storage under the floating upper cabinets. 
• We updated and moved the pendant light fixture. 
• We painted the trim white and painted the walls a fresh blue. 
• We added the floating shelves and chalkboard to the wall above the table to help make the upper cabinets look a little less strange. 

Much happier, don't you agree?

Until next time...

My New Gems

We are a week away from closing on our first home. (Woop, Woop!) 

Today the seller had a moving sale where I was able to snag a couple gems that are just waiting for a fabulous makeover. I grabbed a dresser and a chair that I had spotted at a previous walk through of the house. Originally, she had the items priced well over my generous design budget ($175) so we were sadly going to have to pass. But then, in an excellence change of events, she dropped the price to $100 for both items and I quickly snatched them up.

First, here's our new guest room dresser:

Isn't she just adorbs? ("Adorbs" = Adorable. I told my hubbie that I was going to make it a thing...just go with it.) 


Here's the plan: 1. Paint it white  2. Paint the interior a bright color (or cover the drawers with wallpaper)  3. Add new funky knobs  4. Sit back and admire my mad makeover skills. 


Now, here is our new chair. I'm not positive where it will end up, but I'm thinking it will join the living room. Take a peek:

I love the style lines of this chair, but the finishes push it too far into the traditional realm. My plan is to:  1. Paint the frame (probably white)  2. Recover it with a modern patterned fabric.  3. Sit in my super comfy, super cute chair. 

I'm really excited about my newest additions for the house! I can't wait to fix them up and find some additional hand-me-downs in need of a new home. We'll be in ours soon enough and furniture is currently at a minimum. 

Until next time...