Before & After: $100 Guerrilla-Style Kitchen Makeover

Dabney Frake
Dabney Frake
Dabney is a Southern-born, New England-raised, current Midwesterner. Her dog Grim is part terrier, part basset hound, part dust mop.
updated May 4, 2019
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Wooden kitchen cabinets with granite countertops, double sink, and black microwave.
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Shelby’s new cute Craftsman style home had a lot of old charm….except for the bland builder-grade kitchen. She couldn’t bear it for long, and decided something needed to be done before she started cooking and entertaining…

(Image credit: Babble)

After getting quotes for thousands of dollars, Shelby took matters into her own hands and staged a guerrilla-style attack on the room:

With pure elbow grease, less than $100 in paint and supplies, a bottle of wine, and a jazz playlist, I finished the kitchen project in three evenings after work, all the while keeping in mind that it didn’t have to be perfect, it just had to be better. The result: not a remodel so much as an upgrade that adds some style, function, and expresses my own personality.

Thanks for sharing Shelby!