Kitchen Renovation

At the beginning of the week, I told you that I'd be showing you home improvement projects, big and small.  Well, this is definitely one of the big ones!  We moved into this house a few years ago, and there are some wonderful features in it.  The kitchen, however, was not one of them.  Soak in these before pictures to see what I mean:

Formica counter tops... you can't see it here, but it's a lovely green pattern

This fluorescent light was great for adding brightness, but it was heating the pantry!  It had to go.

Do you see that?  That's Formica ON THE WALL behind the stove.  Uffdah.

And of course, who doesn't love an exposed fluorescent bulb light fixture?

Pale green patterned Formica; on the counter or on the walls, it's ugly.  And stained.  It's just bad.

The first step was to get granite counter tops installed.  We actually got a different shade than we ordered, but it turned out to be a happy accident, because we love how it turned out!  We also added in a tiled back splash and a new light fixture.  The improvements, plus a little reorganizing gave us so much more useable (and attractive) space in the kitchen.

Our shiny new granite!

A close up of our back splash- there's a mix of silver, smoky blues, and natural stone.  Love!

I am in LOVE with our new Delta faucet!

No more Formica on the walls!

I love this new light fixture, but let's be honest, anything would be better than the "before"

So, what do you think?  Are there any rooms in your home that you're dying to give a facelift?