Makeover Monday...sneak peek at my cabinets!

Eighteen years ago, my husband and I had our house built for us.  Way back then, I really would have liked white cabinets and trim but my husband and our realtor talked me out of it and we had oak installed.  They were concerned that it would be hard to keep it looking clean with an almost 2 year old, and another baby on the way.

The old cabinets really did look nice...it was brand new house, so of course it would.

Through the years though, I keep seeing beautiful pictures in magazines and on fixer upper shows that feature white trim and cabinets, and I secretly wish, once again that I would have had them installed when we built the house.

Over time, to our dismay, our oak cabinets have become very "yellow" (I hear that complaint from many people).  We agreed that if I wanted to tackle painting them to give it a try!  I knew it would be a lot of work, but I actually kind of like painting.

I also wanted to paint our walls gray (but that's a whole other story, lol!)...

I will write more later about my process, but here is a quick before picture (of our "pantry" wall):


And after:

I am very pleased with the transformation!  It is amazing how different they look!

My family really likes it too!

I will write more later...when I am finished with all of them...

Stay tuned!

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Home Improvement Time....frugally

I have been in a cleaning/improve our home type of mode for awhile now!  Things are slowly getting done around here, but it IS happening.  Yay!  Last weekend we brought 2 TVs, and a computer monitor to our county's recycling center.  Thankfully, they took them for us at NO COST, because we are county residents.  What a great deal!  For awhile, places were charging A LOT to take those big monsters off of your hands.

I also am currently trying to spruce up our front porch, tiny as it is.....I am just not satisfied by the way it looks to people that are coming up to our front door.  The big clincher is that I am trying to do it without much cost.  I am trying to find items that I already have around the house, that I might be able to use differently.  I also love to check out Good Will, and other local thrift stores for the "perfect item", which I don't even know what that is right now!  LOL!  I just keep thinking when I see it, I will know!!!  Ha!

The other project that has been staring my husband and I in the face, for the last few years, is the mudroom that needs the finishing work done on it.  My wonderful dad built this great mudroom for us just at the front of our garage.  My husband and I helped him with it too.  Our job was really to do most of the finishing work.  But why is it that we get 95% of a project done, and then leave the last 5% to complete????  I think it is because we get it to the place where it is totally functional, and get tired of working on it!  We actually aren't quite sure how to do a couple of the finishing touches, which is more of the reason why it still is undone!  I would love to be able to hire someone, but that is only in my dreams!!!  Frugal, remember???  :)

Do you have home improvement projects that you are working on, or need to start working on?  I would love to know if you finish things to completion in a timely manner, or if you are like me!  LOL!!  :)


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