Updating our Abode - Kitchen Part 4

We still had some things left to do in the kitchen.  We had just installed a new pot rack chandelier and that made the other light fixture stick out like a sore brass & green thumb.

Here's a little bit better view up close of both of them. I wanted something that would coordinate with and not compete against the new light.

                                                                                                        

I finally settled on this simple linear Veranda chandelier from Pottery Barn.  I love how it looks like candles without the fuss (and danger) of real flames.  In case you're wondering what happened to ol' brass and greeny, I freecycled it.

Here you can see them together. What a cute couple. The lamps are nice too...ba dump bump!

Then we moved on to the oven, range hood and backsplash.  Here's a quick look at what we did.

We also added new bar stools and crown molding sometime along the way.  Here it is all decorated for fall.

Phew! I think we're all done (for now).

One more time.....

                                             

  

So that was a fun little walk down memory lane for me. What do you think?

If you want to see what we did to get here:you can see part 1,part 2 & part 3. Our powder room makeover is here.

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Deal from Tar-Jay

In honor of Earth Day.
I found this in the Sunday paper while perusing the ads.  You send in 5 Target bags, make an envelope out of the flyer and send them back to Target.  You get a $1 coupon via email towards a reusable shopping bag from Target.  Cool, huh?

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Updating our Abode - Kitchen Part 3

Let's see..where were we in our kitchen saga? If you need to be brought up to speed, you can find part 1 here  and part 2 here. We'd just had the countertops installed and gotten a new dishwasher, sink and faucet. We also got a new stainless steel fridge and microwave so almost everything would match.  The old black fridge went out in the garage and comes in handy for holding extra beverages and freezer overload.

I was really excited about this Simple Human trash can next to the island. We didn't really have the space for an under counter trash can and this one fit perfectly under the overhang of the island. It's also foot operated so it is covered in fingerprints anyway hands-free and it closes really slowly so everyone "oohs and ahhs" over it. Who knew a trashcan could cause so much excitement?

 

Around this time we also purchased a new light for over the island.  If you recall we had this lovely fluorescent beauty overhead way back when....we'll get to the brass and green one over our table later.

I searched for a wrought iron fixture and fell hard for this pot rack chandelier. Wouldn't you?  She's a beauty!

We don't use it to hang pots, that would really block the view in the kitchen,we just like it for it's blinding brightness (we put it on a dimmer for when we don't want so much bling).

We had one little problem, the old light was not directly over the island so that left this hole in the ceiling.  It's still not perfect but it looks a lot better than it did.

More to come.....

Want to see what else we've done?  You can check out  our kitchen part 1  , our kitchen part 2 and our powder room.

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Updating our Abode- Kitchen Part 2

If you've been following along (all 7 of you and you stalkers, you know who you are!) with our house renovations, here's where we left off. The countertops were ready to be updated... We had our black fridge from our previous house and it looked much better than the old white one that had been there.

Here's the granite going in and check out the dishwasher looking awful foxy in its place.

Up close and personal.  Nice!

New sink and faucet, you had me at Hello!!

Paint is up..Benjamin Moore's Jack-O-Lantern.  I always wanted a pumpkin colored kitchen and I loved it as soon as it went on the walls!!

Up next backsplash and lighting....

    to be continued...

  Want to see what else we've done to the house? Here's our kitchen and powder room makeovers.

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