Kitchen Island Transformations~

4 years of living in this house and the kitchen island is screaming,

"LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!"

Sprucing up the Kitchen Island

I was antsy for a project yesterday and chose the kitchen island as my unsuspecting target.

I had a little bit of cash, so I ran to The Home Depot and picked up some primed mdf boards.

It was serendipitous that I also found some bead board scraps for $.51 each

I wanted to get as much of the project done as I could before The Joe got home and felt obligated to help. I cut the bead board into strips using the table saw and tacked them to the top of the island.

 Then I made a paper pattern of what I wanted the supports to look like and cut 6 of them using the bandsaw.

That's when The Joe walked in the door and went to work cutting the angles of the shelves.
It's a good thing too! He's way more precise than I am. 

We put 3 shelves together before we screwed them onto the island and then cut extra little pieces to put in between so it looked like the support board was one long piece underneath the shelf.

Time to paint!

And here she is now.

Total project cost $25

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Home Improvement Project No.1

I sometimes feel bad for the kitchen sink. When people pack up all of their belongings, what do they always leave? Yep, "everything but the kitchen sink".  Poor thing.  Today we are going to give the kitchen sink some much deserved attention.  

Here's the oldie. Not old, I guess I should say former.  We didn't want to pay the builder for an upgraded sink when we knew it is something we could do on our own.

I didn't get a before shot with it in the island because I was trying to get Miss Mira to fall asleep for an hour and a half.  We're trying to say goodbye to the bink and it's not going well.  She is extremely strong willed and had a 90 min tantrum last night as well as one this morning at 5a.m.  "I just want my binky Mom, my orange binky"....{{cry, cry, cry.....SCREAM!!! Throw yourself down on the floor and repeat}}.  

I'm getting sidetracked. 

Hole. 

 I would have guessed that the sink wouldn't fit because it looks so much larger than the other one.

It fits!! I LOVE it!!

Miss Mira is sitting on my lap. When this picture came on screen she said,"Oh, it's so PRETTY!" 

Funny that a 2 yr. old would think so, but I agree!!

Before and Afters

Kitchen Island

Pedestal Table

Front Room

Picture Frame

Tea Party Table

Coffee Table

Blanket Bench

Hanging Bookshelf

Hutch

Laundry Room

Kitchen Island

Bar Stools

Lampshade

Chairs

Mud Room

Headboard 

Shelf

Table

Headboard 

Cabinet Door

Bread Box

Ladder Shelf

Bench

Cabinet Door

Plant Stand

Mail Pegboard

Picture

Hutch

Desk

Wine Cabinet

Plates

Window

Dining Table

Round Table

Side Table

Mantle

Bench

Side Tables

Bathroom

Skirt 

Shelf

Stool

Hutch

Coffee Table