...kind of.
So this winter I'm doing a teensy-weensy renovation to my kitchen. We're talking low, low, low budget stuff here. Of course this means a special Pinboard for the project, but also that I need to track down some things.
My inspiration:
I usually hate dark wood, but I love just about anything paired with white
I really want THIS sink, but have been told by my pseudo-contractor that I have to have a lip on my sink or it won't work with my pre-existing cabinets
So this winter I'm doing a teensy-weensy renovation to my kitchen. We're talking low, low, low budget stuff here. Of course this means a special Pinboard for the project, but also that I need to track down some things.
My inspiration:
image via House of Turquoise
My formula is pretty simple:
- Replace my stove and dishwasher with gently used "newish" ones from The Habitat From Humanity ReStore (this will involve a tiny bit of planning),
- Paint all of my cabinets white (taking huge ques from Marion aka Miss Mustard Seed)
- Cover my counter tops with a stainless steel laminate that a friend is hooking me up with
- Add the hardware you see above
- Replace my sink with a bib sink (if I can find one with a lip on it)
- Swap out some cupboards for open shelving
- Add subway tile backsplash
- Paint my current fridge chalk board paint black because I've wanted to do it ever since I saw this by Lauren Leiss of Pure Style Home
image via Pure Style Home
(I wish the open-rafter ceilings were an option, but any noise from upstairs would sound thunderous if I tried to do that so no dice)
Most importantly:
FIND THESE TINS.
Halp!
In the meantime, I'm doing this:
But, I think we can agree it's not nearly the awesomesauce that it could be.
I'd love to do this for my countertops, but I doubt I can afford it and I'm trying to keep the elbow grease to a dull roar. But aren't they pretty?
image via Stillwater Story
I usually hate dark wood, but I love just about anything paired with white
I really want THIS sink, but have been told by my pseudo-contractor that I have to have a lip on my sink or it won't work with my pre-existing cabinets
image via Pinterest
(and the pinner hit my pet-peeve: they didn't pin from the website but from the opened image. Grr)So I guess now I'm looking for this:
image via House of Turquoise
I love the open shelving from this kitchen so that's on the list.
I really hope to start this Winter. It depends on a lot, and I have a very, very tiny budget. We'll see how it goes.
In the mean time, I need to find that sink. And those TINS.
