Kitchen in our Fixer Upper

The kitchen was the FIRST thing that I tackled when I moved into the home. The kitchen had the most problems, so that is where I focused my energy. When we first moved in the kitchen was red and the attached dining room was brown. The sink had a whole bunch of scratches, the garbage disposal didn't work and the sink leaked. The vent over the oven was broken and the dishwasher had a weird smell to it.

I took down cabinents, so I could place a microwave above the stove and put a large refridgerator. I painted cabinents. I put in all new appliances, we put in a garbage disposal, new sink and a new faucet. We also put in laminent flooring and painted every inch of the kitchen and dining room (except for the ceiling). I even painted the countertops (but realized that I hated that and stripped it). We replaced all of the outlets and the covers.

Recently my husband and I put in a GFCI outlet (because we forgot that it needed one to be up to code...oops).

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