Kitchen Reveal : Before and After

It’s finally time to show you all the kitchen! We’ve been working on this for a pretty long time. We do all of the work ourselves and had to save for a couple of things so that equals time. We’re pumped about it being done now! It has been life changing to have our kitchen updated.

I’ll include some before shots of what our kitchen used to look like! It wasn’t terrible at a glance. It was updated-ish but nothing was taken care of. Plus the countertop was pretty awful. It had grease and oil caked on near the stove from never being wiped by previous owners. The cabinets and handles had the same problem.

We changed almost everything except for the actual cabinets. We saved those because the bones of it aren’t bad. I also debated open shelving but let’s be real… that means more dust. I’m good with our cabinets, ha!

Check out the tour below!

Countertops

My favorite change is the countertops! We ended up going with Crossville porcelain countertops from Garden State Tile! We chose the State of Grace Polished countertop style. Porcelain is a little tricky to work with by totally worth it because it doesn’t stain, crack or yellow like other materials. The porcelain is extremely strong and non-porous. This material can even be used outside.

I decided to go with a thinner look. I didn’t want the new countertops to have a thick clunky look. Our old countertops had about an inch and a half over hang. You can also do that with the porcelain countertops if you’re going for that waterfall edge look or overhang.

If you’re going with porcelain countertops make sure you get a good fabricator because working with this material can be tricky. We used Premier Marble in NJ.

Backsplash Tile

We went with tiles from Garden State Tile for the backsplash. They are the ceramic Maritime tiles in matte Clearwater white in size 3×12. They also come in a 3×6 size. I loved that they have a handmade style to them. I wanted to keep a classic look with the way we placed them but a more whimsy natural feel because of the shape. They come in 8 different colors, matte or polished.

Sink & Faucet

I’m absolutely obsessed with our new sink and faucet situation! First of all, we have a touch activated faucet — and the cat knows how to use it. Don’t worry it has an automatic shut off or we would be in trouble. We got our sink, faucet and drain from Build.com.

I knew when I was picking our sink items I wanted the drain to be brass to match the faucet. I fell in love with the Delta drain pictured below. Its a nice delicate touch and it gives the sink area that extra character.

Wicker Cabinet Material

Another fun little DIY we did in the kitchen was the wicker/ rattan material in the corner cabinet. It used to have that foggy looking glass in it but I really disliked being able to see the mess inside. I was initially debating doing cane but I wanted something a little different. I think cane would’ve looked fantastic though. I ordered the material from Online Fabric Store. I used the open box weave cane webbing.

Small items for BIG change — knobs!

If you’re looking to make big changes but not looking to do a total kitchen reno I strongly suggest changing your knobs and pulls out! Paint and a change in hardware can make a world of a difference. I love how our Top Knobs handles made a huge difference for us. They look really high end, trendy and timeless all at once. The brass is absolutely beautiful on any color cabinet but against that green makes my heart pump!! We went with the Kingsbridge pulls and Kinney knobs.

More Before & Afters

Sources

Cabinet Color (top) – Swiss Coffee by Benjamin Moore
Cabinet color (bottom) – At Ease Soldier by sherwin Williams
Knobs – Top Knobs
Pulls – Top Knobs
Countertops – Garden State Tile
Tile – Garden State Tile
Faucet – Delta, Build.com
Sink – Allia, Build.com
Sink drain – Delta, Build.com
Chandelier – Mitzi
Pendant Lights – Walmart
Art – thrifted
Rug – Etsy

Thank you so much to Chelsie from Flower Child Floral for helping me source some beautiful flowers for the shoot and helping me style!

I hope you all enjoyed this and got some ideas for your own kitchen! Please leave any comments and questions below! Love you guys!

Xo,
Cara