Hoping everyone had a lovely 4th yesterday :) I've been slacking on the house front...so it's time for the tour that I promised you. We'll start with the kitchen...because it's got the most work to be done. You'll see why in a second...
This house is a little over 40 years old. The kitchen is ORIGINAL. We aren't sure if it may have been closed off at one point (because the ceiling has been redone and needs to be done redone again), but you'll see how dated it is now. It's got great bones, she just needs a little facelift!
the kitchen and breakfast room
It's a little hard to get a good shot of the whole kitchen because it's quite large. And the above photo is the best shot overall I've got of the "before." Whoops.
You see the odd island/chimney in the middle? It's coming out...
that desk area on the left is also coming out...
somebody tried to cutesy it up with a fun chandelier...I'll give them an E for effort!
the opposite side of the chimney
I feel like the oven belongs in Back to the Future...but you know that it was a prime machine back in the day.
storage above the ovens
there was barely room to put a large pot on the back burners of the stove...maybe 12" of clearance under the microwave. Definitely not to code...
don't you love the olive green countertops? :) And matching sink. I had that at my college house and oddly kind of liked it...but they'll be getting replaced in this house!
the curly-cues under the top cabinetry is also coming down...but all of the cabinets are staying.
Mom is excited for all of the storage in this kitchen. Props to the original designers for the size!
and here she is as she stands now! Still more to come :)
I've got to get ready for the day now. On today's agenda: learn how to drive a McFarlin mini-bus for the upcoming high school summer mission trip to Toronto. I've waited 10 years to be able to drive one of those things...and the day has finally come!
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Even I could tell that kitchen needed an update!
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