Our Kitchen Redo

I can’t believe it’s been so long since I posted! Days led into weeks before I knew it. Just like you, I’m sure, I’ve been busy with life and my kitchen redo has filled all my days recently. But I have missed everyone and can’t wait to catch up.

Sheila’s Heart of the Home Party was just what I needed to get back in the swing of it. Sheila, I can’t believe how timely your blog party is for me! Thanks for pulling me back in. :)

One of the advantages of having an interior designer for a daughter is just this – a kitchen we love! My daughter, LDS Design, held our hands and guided us through the whole make-over. A big thank you goes to her!!

The first thing we did was have a local carpenter extend our existing island adding the bookcase you see. He also added bead board on three sides of the island. Doing this instead of installing a new island was extremely cost effective!

Then we had it painted black and distressed.

The perimeter cabinets were painted ivory and distressed also.

New wall paint is Sherwin Williams Latte.

Here’s our kitchen before. You can see a little of the island.

Below is our island in the making.

Love the distressed detail!

Notice the cook top below is renewed from the before pic above?

Electrolux chose us as a test kitchen and installed this wonderful cook top…

and a double oven.

Thanks Electrolux! We love them both!

We replaced our Corian with a granite called Persian Cream.

We also replaced our knobs and handles with old style cup drawer pulls

and knobs in oil rubbed bronze.

New Delta faucet in the same oil rubbed bronze finish.

On our desk area, baskets serve to hold bills, stamps, etc.

For our backsplash, we chose a Travertine tumbled tile

accented with a tiny bronze tone marble inset.

Before pic…

and after.

We also changed our breakfast room chandelier

and installed a pendant light over the sink.

We love our new kitchen.

There are still many things I want to add or change, but there always is, isn’t there?

Also linking to Shabby Chic's Cottage on Transformation Thursday.

Win a $550,000 home!

Wouldn’t you like to win this beautiful home?

As you stroll through the pics below just imagine yourself in them!

Preparing dinners in this gourmet kitchen.

Hosting parties from your butler’s pantry.

Pampering yourself in the master bath.

Love this tile floor made to look like wood planks!

Relaxing in your master bedroom.

Love the carpet!

The other day, my daughter and I drove over to Westhaven in Franklin, Tennessee to see the house she (LDS Designs) did for Southern Land Homes. You see, with a ticket of $100, you could win this beautiful home and all donations go to a wonderful cause, the St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis.

It’s not been cleaned up or furnished yet, but I knew you wouldn’t mind getting a sneak peek!

Gotta go now! Off to buy my ticket! Wish me luck!

Let me tell you about my designing daughter

I call her that since her trade is interior design. She was previously employed by a home construction company until the bottom fell out of the economy and she and most of the company were put on the unemployment line. You might say, she made lemonade out of lemons by starting her own consultant company, LDS Designs.

She still works with her previous employer and other builders to design their homes, meaning everything from the exterior brick and paint selections…

to the kitchen cabinets, backsplash, counter-tops, faucets,

bathroom tub and shower designs,

flooring, trim, and EVEN THE DOOR KNOBS!

She stages homes too. I helped her load the car for this staging.

Of course, I had to take a few pics.

I couldn’t help but think what fun it was to shop and get paid for it!!

She’s also had the opportunity to redo rooms for individual clients like the one shown below.

Before:

After

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After:

More projects are on the horizon including the St. Jude House at the Westhaven community in Franklin, Tennessee to be given away to benefit St. Jude Hospital. You can count on me being there to take pics and share them with you. A LDS Designs blog is a work-in-progress and I’ll be sure to let you know when it’s here. In the meantime, Lindsay has some of her work in her personal blog, Peacock Blu.

Sharing with other designs and projects at:

Met. Monday

Woo Hoo Wednesday

Do it Yourself Day

Do it Yourself Showoff