2016 Kitchen Makeovers- Our Top Before and Afters

Our most dramatic kitchen makeover of 2016 goes to this stunner!

After Kitchen Makeover

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Before kitchen makeover

This kitchen had so many good things going for it!!  The home was built in the 1960's and once owned by country music icon, Donna Fargo. The kitchen tiles were handmade in Mexico and are original to the home. The color and style decisions in this kitchen were made to make this tile and the many antique doors be the stars of the show. The homeowner wanted to lighten things up and update the color palette. The cabinet doors were refaced with new flat panels to eliminate the movement of the previous knotty pine. She chose lighter grays for the walls and ceilings and Sherwin Williams 7507 Stone Lion for the cabinets. 

After painting cabinets SW Stone Lion

after makeover

We also stained and re-finished these antique doors. 

stained antique doors

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This kitchen was super unique because we used a wood filler to cover the grain before we painted.

Kitchen after masking the wood grain, painting and glazing

Kitchen with oak cabinets before painting

The homeowner worked with a contractor to make some major updates in here including a new island, new countertops, new appliances, and they added some glass into existing cabinet doors. You can read more about this kitchen makeover HERE. ​

Stove hoods look super updated when painted the same color as the cabinets.

Here are a few kitchens where the homeowners took our advice and painted the cabinets and the stove hood the same color for a beautiful seamless update. Each of these kitchens earned a spot in our favorite updates of 2016 for this one simple change that made a huge impact. 

We painted the stove hood and cabinets the same color

stove hood painted the same as the cabinets

before/after painted stove hood

This kitchen earned a top spot in our "favorites" because we got to do something a little different in here.

This fun creative homeowner wanted something with a little drama to go with her distressed farmhouse style. We took this kitchen from traditional to "creative artsy farmhouse" with the application of an all over smokey glaze.  

painted cabinets with an all over glaze

kitchen cabinets before paint and glaze

all over glazed and painted cabinets

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The year of light glaze. 

In 2016 we introduced many of our clients to a lighter glaze color that had a more subtle contrast than the darker chocolate glazes we had used primarily in the earlier 2000's. The result is a sophisticated updated look that still accentuates the architectural details but without the sharp contrast. 

painted cabinet with light glaze details

Oak cabinets after filling the wood grain, painting and light color glazing.