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Before & After: It’s All About the Details in this Kitchen Makeover

Rebecca Bond
Rebecca Bond
Rebecca Bond is a House Tour contributor at Apartment Therapy. She is an interiors-addicted, design-obsessed, Italian-speaking former TV producer director and mother of two gorgeous kids.
published Mar 11, 2014
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Kimberly of Swoonworthy and her partner Wayne did a great job renovating their old kitchen, but Kimberly wasn’t entirely happy with the results. She is a girl who requires more drama from her interiors. A couple of simple DIY projects later, she’s added some glitz and glamor to this space.

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And here it is, in all its sparkling glory. The changes aren’t huge, but here are the little details that made the difference:

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Kimberly papered behind the open shelving with a dark grey and silver wallpaper that was originally intended for the dining room, then added lots of gold accessories like her vintage plates and dinky gold and white hedgehog bowls.

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She also replaced the chrome ‘S’ hooks under the wall cabinets with brass ones, and swapped all the hardware on the cabinet doors for some Chinoiserie-style brass handles she found on ebay.

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For more of Kimberly’s DIY projects, check out her blog Swoonworthy.

Thank you Kimberly!