Kitchen

I really liked the kitchen at Shorewood.  It had enormous windows and loads of cabinets.  The lighting wasn't good at night and it didn't have a pantry, but other than that, it was awesome.  When I moved in, the kitchen was a bright yellow that reminded me of Italy.  It was great!  But, when our realtor came to look at our house, the two main things she said were to depersonalize and declutter.  I really liked our yellow kitchen, but buyers might not.  We also had 40 year old kitchen cabinets.  My mom and I worked hard to restore them to their former glory and I switched out all of the hardware to give them an updated feel.

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After

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New windows made a huge difference in this room.  The corner of the old window let in cold air and bugs.  These new windows were energy efficient and pretty!  When the weather was nice, they easily slid open.  It was nice to be able to look out while doing the dishes.

Before:

One light for the whole kitchen...it was actually an entry hall light with weird refractive pieces of glass.  There was NOT enough light in the kitchen!  Especially for making dinner.

                                                                      After: My husband installed a new light fixture and then jumped off that line in the ceiling to run an extra track light (modern design) that we could use for task lighting.  While he was up there, he fixed the light over the sink that had been broken for years!