This make-over started when I decided I wanted a tile backsplash. Of course then I had to change the wall color… and get new decor… and make a new valence… and put some curtain panels on the doors…
I like change. It makes my house feel new again. Am I alone in thinking that?
So here are my before pictures—my kitchen is a wreck. I took then last minute before I painted. I almost forgot to take them at all!
BEFORE:
AFTER:
I saw this Rodney White print in a Ballard Designs catalog and fell. in. love…. but fell back out. of. love with the $249 they wanted for it .
I found this one at Target form $50!!!! And its Rodney White, too!
Looks great on my wall, eh??
Do you like the monogram collection? I loooove it! I’m collecting more to add to it.
And those yummy damask panels? Lowes. They have the best selection of curtains!!!
My goal for the re-do was a lighter-brighter kitchen. I went with fruit for the “brighter”. Faux lemons, oranges, and pears top my desk cabinets.
The photo-less photo board was a re-do as well. I don’t have any before pictures, but I’ll tell you… it was boring and beige. I covered it with some AMY BUTLER fabric. (Those of you that know me, know that I love Amy Butler!!!) Then I added some detail around the buttons. ( I made the buttons to match with a button kit from Hob Lob, my bff.)
I put together a couple faux flower arrangements, too. I had this little teapot but it would get lost on my black glass-top stove. It stands out now with a few hydrangea blossoms in it! (You can see it in it’s new home in the photo of my table above.)
I needed something “natural” on the top of my fridge. I had a flower box I took some hideous faux ivy out of that I had been wanting to use.
I took some of this:
and some of this:
and did this:
Got a couple stems of some faux fluffy pink flowers that I think are so super-cute and stuffed them in.
And this is how it turned out:
Oh! Those plates? Meijer. CLEARANCE! $1.49 each. Super-love them! I used them on top of the fridge and here:
Here’s the new valence. I made it. Sooo easy. Sooo cute.
So did you notice? The backsplash that started it all? Not in. The tile hasn’t even been purchased.