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Before and After: J Paige's Amazing Kitchen Transformation
Su Casa member and artist J Paige bought her house six years ago, and while it was, as she notes, "dirt cheap," it also hadn't been updated in over 40 years. "The bedrooms had shag carpet and the kitchen had indoor/outdoor carpet (eck!) and ugly cabinets and plain laminate counters and matching laminate backplashes," she reports.
Instead of lamenting over the ugly, outdated look of her new house, J Paige set about remaking it into her dream home.
Before and After: Lauren's Retro-Modern Kitchen
Craftster member Lauren is an amazing crafter, but she's been taking a hiatus from personal craft projects to work on a much bigger one: making over her new house.
Lauren writes, "We bought our house in mid-August and have been going to town on every inch of it. It is a 1931 cottage style 1 1/2 story house that we fell in love with on the very first round of showings.
Room Therapy: Easy Fixes For an Outdated Kitchen
Hi CasaSugar Readers,
My husband and I are purchasing our first home, and I would love suggestions on how to "refresh" the kitchen and bathroom. In the end, we're going to only have probably $2,000 (max) to spend on both spaces. In the kitchen, I'm thinking of painting the cabinets, and the countertops (has anyone done countertops painting?).
Before and After: A Kitchen Expansion
While turn-of-the-century homes are often quite spacious when it comes to shared spaces and number of bedrooms, often the kitchens are cramped and ill-suited for modern-day home chef work. MainStreet Design Build, a Michigan-based renovation and build firm, came to the rescue, for this family, stepping in to add a kitchen and breakfast nook addition to the home.
Here's the home from the rear exterior, where a small entryway opens onto a large deck.
How-To: Renovate Your Kitchen to Accommodate a Wheelchair
Su Casa member Hihowareya recently updated her kitchen with a cool DIYed backsplash, some fresh paint colors, and new lighting. She also made an important, practical change to her kitchen as well: she added an island and sink that allowed her wheelchair-bound mother to maneuver around the space and use the kitchen to her best advantage.
To find out how Hihowareya created this island on a tight budget, read more
Before and After: Updating a '70s-Style Kitchen
While there's much to love about living in Victorian homes, one thing that's often not a coveted feature is the multitude of renovations that succeeding generations of owners have added to the homes. The '70s-style kitchen renovation in this Boston Victorian definitely fits in that category. To see how it was fixed, read more
Before and After: A Bold Kitchen Makeover
Susan Smart and Art Westerinen bought an over 100-year-old Shingle-style home two years ago. Since the home was compromised by tiny, cramped rooms, the couple decided to gut the entire home, starting with the kitchen, which was tight quarters at 11 feet square.
Here's how it looked before they started their renovation:
To see the impressive transformation, read more
Before and After: Halsig's Kitchen Makeover
TeamSugar member Halsig, who recently installed a brilliant bathroom door, has been working on remodeling her loft — which began as, in her words, "a big empty cement box" — into exactly what she wants for about five months. Thanks to her keen design sense, she now can cook in style in a warm, industrial-looking modern space with all the essentials for a great chef. She installed stainless countertops, Bulthaup open shelving, beautiful Swiss pear Bulthaup cabinetry, a Gaggenau convection oven, Dacor convection microwave, Dacor refrigerator, and an appliance storage room, which serves as a pantry, too.
What You're Wanting: A New Kitchen For Peggy
I love Peggy Olsen, the junior copywriter on Mad Men. She's tough as nails, fascinatingly complex, and a genuinely good person. While I have some hope for her personal fashion changing a bit since she's been hanging out with openly gay and Euro copywriter Kurt (he made a vast improvement to her hair), I'm not so sure if I'm so hopeful for her apartment.
Before and After: Kitchen Update
This Old House recently ran a story about a California couple who waited almost 20 years to renovate their kitchen. The original kitchen, which is shown here, was dominated by oak cabinetry and outdated accents.
To see what it looked like after the reno, read more
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