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    Home » In my Kitchen

    Published: Jun 8, 2015 · Modified: Feb 17, 2022 by Meryl Downing Leave a Comment

    The Sungrown KITCHEN Upgrade

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    This is our old house, with our kitchen updated in 2015!  See the before and after of our tiny kitchen renovation, on a tiny budget. Painted cabinets, new butcher block countertop, new sink and tile!

    Newly remodeled kitchen with butcher block counters.

    Love to Cook, Love your Kitchen

    It's easy to love cooking when you love your kitchen, and ours was in desperate need of an upgrade!  The renovation that started out as "let's just paint the cabinets," is finally complete.  We did a little more than that.  We did paint the existing cabinets and replaced the hardware, new counter tops, new tile back splash, and a new sink and faucet.  We couldn't be happier with how a little upgrade and a lot of hard work turned out.

    New butcher block countertops and stainless steel dishwasher.

    Here's a Before and After...

    Before picture of stove area with old oak cabinets.
    Oven with new butcher block counters and painted white cabinets.

    The handy work was mostly done by my husband, who is far more talented than I knew, and kept the mini renovation pretty budget friendly.  I did paint cabinets through a lot of afternoon toddler naps, but he did all of the heavy lifting.

    The before and after says it all, I don't miss the green counter or the floor to ceiling oak.  I am loving cooking in my new kitchen, I don't have to be so careful to crop out the background in my food photos!  It's light, it's bright, it's still tiny, but I love how it turned out.

    Another before and after of the sink area...

    Sink area before the kitchen upgrade with old oak cabinets and ugly backsplash.
    Kitchen renovation with new white subway tile backsplash sink area.

    And a fun memory of "during"

    Kitchen remodeling during the process, a big mess!
    Small kitchen upgrade with undermount sink and white subway tile.
    Knife and Cutting board on the new butcher countertop in our new kitchen.

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