When Theresa and her family first bought their home it had been unused for a long time. But with the sweat off their brows, some thoughtful budget spends, and some clever DIYs they are turning their unused house into a gorgeous home. Here's a peek at how they handled the kitchen.
They repaired all the windows themselves, pulled up layers of flooring, made their own splash back using a metal yard offcut, found most of their appliances at second-hand auctions and collected what they could from op-shops, markets and roadsides.
You can check out the full before and after here and see more pictures from Theresa's gorgeous house on her blog,the evans' smallholding.
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The end result is really lovely and looks much like a much more expensive custom kitchen...and I am envious of the stove!!
That being said, I am sad the original cabinets and countertop had to be ripped out. They are seriously cool.
I agree with millcitymodern: while the remodel looks lovely, the original had so very much character! I hope someone somewhere got to reuse those cabinets and hardware.
i guess i dont see the character in the original... the transformation is gorgeous!
I don't know how "budget" it is, but it looks very nice :)
oh wow! it looked like such a dump before, holy! what a wonderful job they did.
appliance... auctions? Off to the site to try and glean more about that process.
I agree with millcitymodern and amenity. Nice remodel.. but that just it its "nice" and like any other kitchen. The before kitchen had character! I hate it when people destroy the original design/architecture of a home!
I really liked the old. I would have kept them and replaced those energy sucking jalousie windows.
Um look the before was hideous. The after is nice. I would understand people complaining about them pulling out not ugly cabinets that were still functional, but they were fugly. Nice job on the redo.
Those before cabinets had to go! Seemed like they were already warped and probably couldn't hold up the countertop very well, especially in the second pic.
Why is there two narrow fridges? Is one a freezer? Beautiful after. I love the stove and butcher block counter tops. You are so lucky to have that beautiful view while cooking. I opted to have no windows along my kitchen counters because I needed the cabinet space but I do miss gazing out the window at the dogs playing in the yard.
I don't see character in the original either. What an amazing job you've done!!
I like the after but I am fascinated with the old counters with the giant bumpers (?) can't make up my mind if I like them or not.
I'm the owner of this house and I want to assure all of those concerned that those fabulous counters were really beyond repair. They were warped, falling to pieces and there were rats living in them! Initially the plan was to keep them or as much as possible but on closer inspection they just couldn't be saved. I have saved all the hardware from the cabinets which will be used on another project. We didn't decide lightly to remove the original kitchen but, so you get some idea, the photos make them look good compared to what they were like!
i'm sorry but it is obvious that the old kitchen was beyond "salvaging" for "character". The old place looks like a crack den, the new place is much nicer and has a ton of charm and character. I don't think it looks cookie cutter at all.
Normally I HATE when the vintage cabinets with all the charm are ripped out just to be replaced by IKEA blah, but this time I have to say those were AWFUL! What was that bump thing?? The new kitchen is nice.
I fail to see any charm or character in the original; it was tragic. The new kitchen might be rather standard in appearance, but it is a gigantic improvement. "Crack den" sums it up well, JNS.
What wonderful windows to have in a kitchen. The renovation turned out nice too.
Theresa -- I saw in the original post that they were "Ikea flat pack cabinets" -- which ones? We're doing a remodel very similar to yours and Ramsjo --even though it's all wood, which is our usual preference -- looked just a smidge too modern, so were thinking Lidingo (for a 1920 bungalow). Are those yours? Is the hardware from Ikea too? Looks great!!