New Home-Kitchen Remodel

We recently purchased a new (to us) home.  Before we moved in, we (pretty much) remodeled the entire interior.  I wasn't thinking ahead at the time and I didn't take many BEFORE pictures of the house but I got a few of the kitchen.

Here are some Before and After pictures of our kitchen:

BEFORE:

AFTER:

I had so much much fun designing this kitchen.  We completely gutted it! 

We extended it about 5 feet,

had new cabinets built & painted (I distressed & glazed them),

moved the french doors (you can see that in a different picture) and added a window.

We put in granite tile countertops,

 a tumbled travertine subway tile backsplash,

new stainless appliances...including a double oven;

a granite sink,

new lighting fixtures,

and new hardwood flooring in the entire downstairs.

BEFORE:

You can see how there are french doors at the end of the kitchen, here.  We moved the doors into

the dining room & opened the dining room up into the kitchen.  We added a window over the bar.

The oven used to be in the island and there was very little counter space.

AFTER:

Since we pushed the kitchen out, there was more room for a larger island.

BEFORE:

You can see from this picture where the french doors used to be...

AFTER:

You can see that there is now a window where the door used to be...

There is also a cabinet on the backside/underneath the bar with double pull-outs

for extra storage.

AND I love my bookshelf for cookbooks!!!

Here's more pics of our new kitchen...

This is the appliance garage...I wanted a door instead of a tambour. 

I love it!  It holds several appliances and has plugs inside!

I got all the drawer pulls, knobs, and plug covers from Hobby Lobby!  :)

I LOVE our island!  I had them build open shelves for baskets...I keep bread in one, onions in another, and potatoes in the large one on the bottom...we have 7 kiddos...we are always using bread and potatoes!  :)

The double cabinet has two pull out shelves and the single cabinet on the right has a pull-out

trash can.

I love our two pantries...lots of storage!  :)

I LOVE...LOVE...LOVE our kitchen. We spend so much time here and

we feel very blessed!