Kitchen project

As most of you know, Jesse is a project man. He always has a laundry list of things he wants to do to our home, constantly improving the value of our property. Sometimes things go right as planned...most of the time they dont. But in the end, he always does a nice job and I'm very thankful to have a talented and creative husband.

His latest project is re-doing our kitchen. What started out as a simple fix has turned into an entire room overhaul. I must say, it is going to look awfully nice once it is all complete.

Here is a sneak preview of his work in progress:

The old cabinents were oak, and the previous owner had glued white tile with wine glasses in the center of them. Didnt quite fit with our taste...so, Jesse removed the tiles and then cut out these new "bead board" inserts, sanded down the cabinents, and re-painted them solid white. Just to finish it all off, he added the crown molding at the top to make them look like custom cabinents. And lastly we purchased dark hardware to tie into our black appliances, new "rubbed bronze" lighting fixtures and sink faucet.
Once he started painting the cabinents, we realized that the ugly off-white laminate countertops simply would not work. So we bit the bullet and purchased granite countertops.

You can see we have not started the backsplash yet, but laying on the counter in this picture are the two tones we are going to apply in a sort of checkerboard pattern to the backsplash.
Another look at the corner of the kitchen with the re-done cabinents, new granite, and black appliances.
Once we have a finished product, I will post more pictures! I think this project will definitely pay off when we decide to sell the house!