Kitchen Makeover: One Step at a Time
About 1 year and a half ago I shared with you my very ugly kitchen: my kitchen needs a makeover.
The kitchen hadn’t changed since the house was built in 1960. We had major plans for it when we bought the house 8 years ago, however the house needed more attention in other areas.
I’d love to say that we have finally got around to giving our kitchen an entirely new look, but that’s not the case. Actually, it is the case now!
Kitchen Makeover: One Step at a Time
A complete kitchen makeover costs a lot of money and unfortunately we just don’t have the budget for that right now.
However, we decided to give our kitchen a new look with a one step at a time approach. Meaning we will gradually give our kitchen a new look instead of doing it all at once.
We figure instead of waiting until we have all the budget we need, we’ll just do upgrades as we can afford them, even if certain upgrades don’t occur in the perfect order.
Before I start describing some of the changes we’ve done. How about I remind you what my kitchen looked like:
Yes, it’s ok to say yuck. It’s not like I liked my kitchen. I just made due with what we had. Anyways, here are a few things we’ve done so far to update the kitchen.
What we’ve done so far:
- We got rid of our big old dining set. We replaced it with a round table and antique chairs.
- We removed the wood shelves from the wall.
- Removed the lace window curtains.
- Fresh paint on the walls. Bye Bye Ugly Yellow! Hello Beautiful Statuesque!
- Painted all the trims in white.
- Transformed our closet door into a chalkboard door.
- New fridge, microwave, and coffee maker.
- New faucet. We upgraded to a Delta Touch2O Faucet – Trinsic Single Handle Pull-Down Kitchen Faucet Featuring Touch2O® Technology in Arctic Stainless.
Delta Touch2O Faucet
Our old faucet hasn’t been working like it should for years! We had been holding off changing our faucet until we changed the counter and sink.
However, our faucet just didn’t work like it should. It only had pressure if it was placed in the middle of the sink (not convenient when washing and rinsing dishes), it would change temperatures by itself (it would go from cold to hot), water would leak from the faucet handle, etc..
Yes, we need a new sink and a new counter, however sometimes you need to change things now and not wait until you can afford to change things around it. This is especially true when it’s something you use many times throughout the day. We can always uninstall the faucet when we get our new sink and counter and reinstall it.
Let me share with you a couple of photos and video of our old faucet:
As you can see, we really did need to change our faucet. The thing was no fun to use.
Sébastien removed our old faucet and installed a Delta Touch2O Faucet – Trinsic Single Handle Pull-Down Kitchen Faucet Featuring Touch2O® Technology in Arctic Stainless.
Oh my goodness, do I ever love it! I can start and stop the water with a tap anywhere on the spout or the handle: so practical!! I love that it instantly added a touch of modern to my kitchen!
Want to see it in action? Please say yes… I even made a video showing you how cool it is:
Cool, right?!
I love that I can tap the faucet with my arm and wash my hands without getting anything dirty. Sébastien is especially loving it, I no longer bother him to turn on the water for me so that I can wash my hands in between meal preparations. No joke!
Notice the little light on the faucet? That’s the TempSense LED light. It indicates water temperature, it shows you whether your water is cold, warm or hot by changing colours from blue to red. Such a neat feature! Want to know more about Touch2O® Technology? Learn more about it here: Touch2O® Technology
Here are more photos of our kitchen:
What we have left to do:
Paint the cupboards.How to paint kitchen cabinetsChange the hardware throughout the kitchen.We did it!- New counter.
- New sink.
New back splash.How to paint tile backsplashNew flooring. Our linoleum flooring is stained and ripped in two places from moving out our old fridge.We have changed the flooring, yay!- Install new lighting. I bought beautiful industrial pendant lights.
- Paint the french door.
Paint the round table and the non-matching chair.How paint and stain a dining table- New windows.
Get stainless steel stove, dishwasher, and range hood to match the fridge.Done.Add window treatments.How to build a Wood Window Cornice- Decorate!!
I think I’ll paint the table and the non-matching chair next. I’ll be painting the chair with a colour that matches the others. I’m not quite sure what colour I should paint the table though. What do you suggest? UPDATE: We have painted and stained our dining table.
I wish I would just start painting the cupboards already, I keep putting it off. Why? Because I’m pretty sure it’s going to be a big job. We have a lot of cupboards to fix before we can even think about painting. I should get working on them though, I’ve had the paint sitting in my basement for a couple of months now. UPDATE: We have painted our kitchen cabinets
Oh and we’ll most probably install the new lighting soon too! I have both lights begging me to install them.
So, what do you think of the progress we’ve made in the kitchen?
Do you like the new wall colour?
How about the awesome faucet we installed?
Have a FABULOUS day!
P.S. I’ll be linking this to these parties.
Disclosure: Although this post has been generously sponsored by Delta Faucet, the opinions and language are my own, and in no way do they reflect Delta Faucet.
Such a realistic approach, I love it. Even if it takes a little longer it will be well worth it in the end! Can’t wait to see all the progress along the way :)
Looking so great Christine! I love the colour of your walls, and your new faucet! We too have the Delta Touch2O Faucet and we love it! Such a great addition to our kitchen as well!
I like your Delta faucet a lot. It looks so nice in your kitchen. Nice flowers also.
Oh my goodness, do we need a new faucet! Our kitchen is in a similar slow process of renovation, but I think the faucet needs to be priority #1 since ours has tiny holes eaten through it by the minerals in our water (yes, really!) and slowly leaks whenever it’s turned on! That Delta touch faucet is definitely on my wish list!
looks so great! good luck with the rest of the project – you’ll be so glad you put the effort in:)!
Oh I want that faucet so bad! It is so, so cool!
It’s amazing how simply updating the kitchen faucet can make your kitchen feel “better!” We just updated our faucet to the same Trinsic model (without the touch feature) and I instantly fell in love with my kitchen again! Can’t wait to see more of your kitchen progress!
Hello Christine! You are so creative and your photos are perfect! I love the touch faucets and I liked your video. I would like to make some videos to post on you Tube myself. Did you use a tripod and do it yourself, or did you have someone else holding the camera? Do you have any tips? I would appeciate any help:) Also, It would be amazing if you would stop by our party, and share your favorite posts with us. We are trying to grow our link party and I believe that our readers would love to be inspired by your ideas! Join in at the Friday Favorites Link Party, live every Thursday at 7PM at mustlovehome.com….I hope I see you there – Christine @ Must Love Home
That’s a beautiful faucet, I’m in the precess of looking for a new one for my kitchen too! I’ll have to check it out.
We have a similar list for our kitchen too and just recently replaced the faucet which was leaking so badly the water company called to let us know! very cool faucet, can’t wait to see the progress!!!
Looks like it’s coming along great! Can’t wait to see the finished project!
What fun to see how your kitchen is coming along. We take that approach too and just chip away at improvements in our home. The faucet is pretty nifty. How convenient when your hands a sticky with cookie batter to be able to turn the faucet on without having to touch it. I have to admit the beautiful white lilacs (I think that is what they are) really caught my eye. Are they from your yard? Also, keep us posted when you get your new lighting. Looking forward to seeing what you choose!
It’s a ling list but I am pretty sure it will be a great transformation! Can’t wait!
Love the changes you’ve made!! We are in the midst of a long kitchen update – painted the kitchen, new floor, new wall details, new lighting, etc……Finally got the new granite countertops, sink and faucet this spring after 2 1/2 years, but still have to do the backsplash. THEN and only then will I be able to put it on the blog as a final transformation. Patience, patience, patience when doing this sort of thing.
The faucet is such a big improvement! Painting the cabinets is a big job, but we have painted the cabinets in every house we have lived in (even our rental:) and it is well worth the effort. You will be shocked by how much more you love your space after! Good luck!
I like how you are changing your kitchen one step at a time! Thank you for sharing how you are doing it. Blessings, ~Sarah (visiting from Radical Femininity)
Once those cupboards are painted Christine – it’ll look like a new kitchen !
Such an easy fix – you could even add molding !
And I LOVE your kitchen set ♥
xxx
Looks good so far! I am kind of working on the same plan, one thing at a time. I am planning on painting the cupbards this summer and go from there. Thanks for the inspiration!
Looking great! Makovers a piece at a time are so rewarding when the puzzle starts to come together! I have a touch 2o faucet and we Love it!
I absolutely love this! Thanks for sharing it with us. Pinned and tweeted. I hope to see you tonight at 7 pm. We can’t wait to party with you! Lou Lou Girls
What a great faucet….and I can’t wait to watch as you do more….great approach and so realistic.
Nancy
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Hi Christine, thanks for sharing at Friday Favorites! Your post has inspired me to keep going on my own Kitchen Makeover- which is not moving forward as I had hoped…I really hope to see you at our next party! Hugs – Christine @ Must Love Home
I love a room reveal/update post! Looks like you are off to a great start! The kitchen seems more roomy with the round table. Thanks for sharing! Stopped by via Too Cute Tuesday. —- Amy
Looking good. Love the new paint color. Isn’t paint just the best? It always has a way of making things look so fresh and new. I’m glad you shared your room with us it’s helps those of us who don’t have such a huge, new, fancy kitchen and a large budget to know we are not alone in this world..hahaha.
The halfway-kitchen looks great; can’t wait to see the finished product! In love with the circular table – it’s more family friendly and frees up so much space!