Kitchen Updo

When we bought our house we LOVED our kitchen and called it the "WOW" kitchen compared to all the other homes.  I LOVE MY KITCHEN!  Unfortunately, it did have tile counter tops.  I really don't mind them except these were HORRIBLE!  MANY were cracked, 2 spots had fallen off the edged and it was just bad.  I also hated the sharp edges and Jaycee even got a good bruise on her head from the edges.  We wanted to do the floors since the lanolium is pretty bad in some spots but that quickly changed to the counter tops instead.  Lowes was offering 18months interest free financing back in July so we quickly jumped on the offer with plans to use tax returns & Christmas bonus to pay them off.  I was scared to go into debt again but with 18 months that would mean 2 tax returns if all else doesn't work out.  Also it was an improvement on the house so it was a good investment.

 Don't mind Jaycee being silly or the jewelry but on the back wall you can see the holes left from taking tile backsplash off.

 Minus the food here are the old counter tops.  Notice the sharp corners...ouchies-those hurt little heads.

 before from the family room

 I don't have zoomed up pics of the tops but this is basically what it looked like.  We started by painting the whole house.  YES THE WHOLE HOUSE!!!  We picked out a nice brown caramel color.  Then off came the tile.  That was a chore.  Craig did the back splash first and it left huge holes so he had to go back and fix those.  The off came the tile on the tops.  It took FOREVER and hurt!  Craig did a good part by the oven and then one day the Olympics were on so I went at it all day!  6 hours it took me with a hammer and chizel from the sink forward, the island and the desk.  That sucked!  Next off came the wood tops.  Then we had the new counter tops measured, placed and glued.  The sink is so awesome too because it's all one piece and no seems.  Then Craig put up the backsplash, and finally grout and touch up paint.  Here is our finished products and I LOVE IT!!!  Now I can't wait until we get wood floors to top it off.  That'll have to wait at least year though because no funds.  haha
Here is the final product