Weddingbee boards

Our kitchen was HORRIBLY UGLY and DARK:

So far we've repainted the cabinets and replaced the hardware, and repainted the hood above the stove white (no pic of the hood yet).

And DH & my dad worked on the floor this weekend laying tile; all the tile is down, just need to grout and it will be good to go by the end of the week. (Pardon the mess, I was snapping pictures right at the tail-end of the project.)

In the next few weeks, we'll be replacing the countertop, sink/faucet, and backslash, replace the blinds, then it will be DONE! YAY!

I'll post a followup then, but I'm so excited my dark dungeon kitchen is almost done! And for CHEAP, less than $1000 makeover for the whole shebang.

Thanks! I'm pretty happy with how it's coming along!

We won't be in this house very long, probably only a few more years, so our goal is to do updates as cheap as possible. (Not cheap as in poorly-done, but finding bargains, like discontinued clearance tile, doing all the labor ourselves, etc.) 

Our next project is main bathroom. We'll be completely gutting it: new tub, new vanity, new toilet, new tile. We're aiming for $1250 for that project (most estimates I've seen on redoing a bathroom start at $7500-9000 and go up from there).

It really helps that my dad knows how to do all this stuff, he's a carptenter and has done all the work on my parents' house himself. And I learned from my parents how to bargain-shop pretty darned well!