Kitchen Clean and Quaint.

I am a little eclectic when it comes to my style. I think that is why I love the idea of flipping because its almost like every home has its own character to take and run with.  With the fireplace, giant windows and "secret garden" back yard - this home already felt peaceful and cozy to me. So the finish out was almost like just putting make up on an already pretty face. I was taking what was already existing and enhancing it and drawing attention to its good features.

The kitchen already had clean lines and quaint details. I love clean and quaint. There was an existing huge sink, and a lot of room for improvement. But my favorite part about the kitchen was and still are the windows! One giant window, a door with windows, and a sink window. Although the walls and floors were painted the same shade of navy blue, I could already envision a light, crisp, clean kitchen flooded with  natural light.

Before: Navy blue concrete floors and walls, washer and dryer in the kitchen, old red and white cabinets, rusted white sink, no refrigerator, a water heater in the pantry, and one light fixture that didn't give off much light.

We still have this antique if anyone wants to buy it let me know - as far we know it still works.

The insides of these cabinets were fire engine red, the grout on the white hexagon tiles were pretty nasty

 The washer and dryer were below this window and covering part of it.

                           This was the original pantry with the water heater in the corner.



After: We put in new tile floors, moved the water heater into the attic and put a stackable washer and dryer into the old pantry, installed granite counter tops, new subway tile backsplash, fresh coat of an oil base paint on the cabinets, new hardware, kept the quaint metal detailing under the sink (love that), re-finished our sink, had four can lights installed as well as a single pendant, Kept the same cabinets for the most part but added a cookie sheet slot and took some out to add a dishwasher and bought all new appliances.

 No more washer and dryer and no more navy blue! So natural and bright. I feel like I am in a sanctuary when I am cooking (except for the time the oven caught on fire).

 Brazilian Black granite with black hardware makes my white subway tile and white cabinets look very clean and crisps. I love my butchers block - my parents gave me that as a house warming gift - and it has made this kitchen not only cute, but incredibly functional. Its on wheels to I can wheel it around to the stove when I am chopping food... its awesome!

 Chrome! I love chrome - its just enough pop to keep it clean. I put a chrome sink faucet and light fixture in. My counter tops look a little cluttered...but like I said we live here so its going to look a little lived in :).

We put Sea Salt on the walls (Sherwin Williams) which is in my opinion one of the best paint colors ever created. It has just enough blue/ green for some character, but enough grey to be a neutral.

 I love this little ditty :) - I painted the stool and the wooden frame the same color as the wall. I wanted them to blend it and not carry any weight. This kitchen is not big by any means so to have something heavy and bulky there would make me feel cramped. I am eventually going to get a tall, small table so Wes can set his drink down while he watches me cook. He likes to be in the kitchen with me so he needed a stool. He is so sweet! I love these tea cups they pull in the quaint detailing under the sink.

 This is our washer dryer creative solution. We re-located the water heater and put them in the original pantry. I am more than happy to not have a washer and dryer in my kitchen. They are so quiet and do a great job we are thrilled with this investment. When I close the door I cant hear them at all.

This is my storage solution. Because the closet we had to work with was a little on the narrow side I decided to hang baskets on the wall. Perfect! They hold all my cleaning supplies and laundry detergent no problem.



The Colcord kitchen is one of my favorite parts about the flip. As a newly wed learning to be a great wife I needed an inspiring kitchen. 

**Side note I don't have a big fancy camera - so these pictures are just taken with my iphone. Sorry they aren't the best quality maybe a few flips down the road the blog and the pictures will improve a little :)**