Kitchen Renovation Under $1,000 – In 2 Weekends
I’m so happy with my newly organized kitchen, thanks to Apartment Therapy’s Kitchen Cure. I thought I’d pitch in and share a kitchen renovation I did for less than a thousand dollars. Ready?
The photo, above, is the completed project. Unfortunately, it doesn’t show the right-hand counter or the tiny range. But you get the idea.
This was my first show house. The Junior League gave me a tiny kitchen that had been part of a mother-in-law’s apartment. It was so depressing, I think I may have been the only designer who bid on it.
As you can see, the floor was Ick! The cabinets and counters were a snore. The hardware was cheesy “brass”. This was one ugly kitchen. I love a challenge and could see the potential just waiting to be brought out.
If you have an ugly kitchen, you can transform it too. I overhauled this one in two weekends for under $1,000. Here’s how I did it.
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Kitchen Cure Update
Are we done? I’m very happy with my newly clean and organized kitchen thanks to Apartment Therapy’s Kitchen Cure. If I didn’t have someone nagging me, I’d never have done it. I still don’t have my kitchen island tricked out. I’m saving that for next week’s trip to New York. Here’s a shot of the left half of my kitchen, which I think looks rather smart.
We don’t use this counter for cooking, so I felt it was okay to have some attractive tchotkes arranged on it. misterarthur found the rusted lantern in the garage. I’m thinking of painting it a deep red lacquer. Opinions?
As I said, I’m headed for New York next week to shop for a client and spend some time with a friend of mine who is the Queen of Styling. We’re going to finish up the kitchen island together. I’ll keep you posted.
If you’re interested in doing the cure yourself, follow this link.
Greentea Design
I’d like to welcome my new sponsor, Greentea. They sell all kinds of Asian-inspired products for the home, but specialize in kitchen cabinets.
I haven’t used their products, but I like the way their site takes you through the decision process.
If you like an Asian look, Greentea’s designs are worth taking a look at.
Help Me Style My Kitchen Island
One of the problems we designers have is we’re so busy working on everyone else’s homes that we don’t have time to fix up our own. Now I’m working on Apartment Therapy’s Kitchen Cure. One of our assignments in week 2 was to do something special for our kitchens, like buy a painting, etc. Something that’s been on my list of things to do is to style the island in my kitchen.
I thought I’d open it up to my readers.¬† Think of it as a Design Dilemma in reverse. I’d like to keep the 24″ lazy susan and create a line of baskets to hold fruit, a cake plate with a cover for cookies, and other cooking things.
Do you have any ideas? Are there any products that you really love that you think would work here? By the way, that’s a candle on the lazy susan. It can go. And that’s a bottle of olive oil.
Can you help me out? I find that my readers have tons of great ideas and I’m open to any and all suggestions. To make it even more fun, let’s forget the budget. Price is no object (at least for now – gulp!). So let it rip!
Are You Taking The Kitchen Cure?
I love to cook. misterarthur loves to clean. But neither of us likes to tidy up. Which is why I’ve signed up for Apartment Therapy’s 4-week Kitchen Cure. It’s such a great idea! Kind of like having a personal trainer for your kitchen.
Sign up and on Friday you’ll receive your first homework assignment. By the middle of November your kitchen will be tidy, clean and beautiful! Just in time for Thanksgiving! Then, you can begin to undo all your hard work in preparation for next year’s cure.
To enter, follow this link. And don’t forget to follow my progress right here on Design Hole.
