DIY cheap kitchen makeover

Okay so a few months back my husband had a Monday off from work.  So we woke up that morning and decided to remodel our kitchen.  Yes we are a bit spontaneous.  Yes we are crazy. And Yes we are still working on our kitchen 6 months later.  We bought a old 1910 home with lots of character.

Unfortunately the kitchen did not have the best character.  In fact it was extremely ugly.  It had some nice brown and orange kitchen carpet, blue walls, and nasty brown painted cabinets.

Don't mind the good looking white gas stove... that was not there when we purchased the home.  Instead we had an outdated stove that didn't even turn on.  Don't you love the carpet? Tearing out the kitchen carpet was the worst project.  The previous owners had decided that brown and orange carpet glued on top of the original hardwood floor would be the best update for the home.  WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!?   Well let's just say it was extremely outdated.

After hours of priming, painting, scraping carpet, and tiling, the kitchen looked great but it seemed like something was still missing.  In no time we knew what we needed...an island.  However, our kitchen is quite large and looking into it we would be spending about 900 dollars to get one that fit.  So we got creative.  My husbands sister was moving and gave us a dresser...

Definitely not the best looking dresser, but it would look great when we were done.  We picked up two stools that were pretty beat from a local thrift store and went to work.  We began by taking out the drawers and sanding everything down.  Then my awesome husband built the support for the top of our island, added legs, and shelves, I painted, added a stain piece of oak for the top and walla we ended with this...

All for just under $150.

A little bead board on the back to add some character.

All together for our kitchen renovation we were under 1000 dollars.  We got 3 new light fixtures, painted the walls, built an island, painted the cabinets, put in 20x20 tile, new lightswitches, and painted the radiator heaters. Well thanks for checking out our kitchen renovation.  Stay tuned for the next post.