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Before & After: The “Embrace it Loft-Style” Kitchen

published Dec 1, 2015
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Modern kitchen with dark wood cabinets, stainless steel appliances, and countertop accessories.
(Image credit: Submitted by Shehzeen)

Shehzeen was faced with an all too familiar problem, a rental kitchen that just didn’t work. The color was off, the placement wasn’t ideal, but she made apartment lemons into very cute lemonade.
(Image credit: Submitted by Shehzeen)

From Shehzeen: I live in a rental so doing any kind of a permanent overhaul to the kitchen or its appliances is out of the question. Also, my kitchen was extremely open plan and was sitting right there in the living room. After fighting to ‘hide’ it, I decided to embrace it loft-style and make it a part of the overall room. Also, used temporary solutions to convert the dark, depressing exterior to a happy, cheerful one.

Thank you, Shehzeen!