The Ever Evolving Kitchen

My poor poor kitchen. I have done so much to it. Nails, sand paper, four layers of paint, a few layers of polyurethane, its been through a lot.

This is from 2009 when we were moving in. Sorry too lazy to flip it. Anyway, I hated these from the moment we toured this house. 

I did my best to fix it up.

Until I couldn't stand it anymore and had to try and give them a face lift. I spent hours adding molding to make frames around each door. 

When I finished, I was so pleased with myself. I would look at these and just be so proud that I'd took on such a big project and it actually turned out.

Fast forward a few years and my feelings about my handiness had changed a bit. Since the picture taken above, I had added two different coats of white paint to try and match the new counter tops we had put in. It never looked quite right all together, the floor, counter tops, and cabinets. All during Rocky's pregnancy I would look at kitchen's on pinterest and yearn for those beautiful rooms. But all those kitchens cost thousands of dollars. So I just accepted that the cabinets I had been so proud of now were a very strong annoyance. They were also becoming a safety hazard, since I didn't account for the weight of the crown molding and the doors were starting to want to fall of their boxes. 

Anyway after almost six years of living in this house, we decided that it was probably time to start thinking about moving. But who would want to buy a house with dangerous cabinets? So we looked into it and got them professionally fixed. We painted the boxes, put on new doors, fixtures, and crown molding.

It looks like a new kitchen. Now all we need to do is get shutters for the window, a new lighting treatment, appliances, and floors. Just kidding! I am happy that now I don't have to worry about a cabinet crushing me or my kids. Couldn't be happier, and if that other just happens to happen then I won't complain.

I also learned that I want to take some wood working classes. I really enjoyed fixing up my cabinets, but realized sometimes just winging my now work out in the long run.