Emily’s Kitchen Reveal!

I am very, very excited to be posting pictures of my kitchen this morning! I am absolutely thrilled with the end product… I think you’ll see why!

To refresh your memory, here’s what they were working with:
Granite Transformations worked their magic!

Take a look…

Isn’t it lovely?? In addition to making the cabinets and counter tops look so much more appealing, the people at Granite Transformations made some other functional changes that will really make a difference.

First of all, the sink.

I love this sink and faucet from Blanco – the sink is so deep that it can hold a lot more dirty dishes there’s a lot less mess when I rinse the dishes, and I really like the 80/20 split of the basins. I also love the faucet. It turns on so easily, and I love how it turns from a steady stream to a sprayer with a touch of a button.

They also helped make my fabulous Frigidaire microwave and range fit better into my kitchen.

The way the cabinets were before, the microwave practically sat on top of the stove. They built new, shorter cabinets above the microwave for me so that the microwave is up where it should be.

The pantry:

We had two doors on the pantry that opened up from the middle, like shutters (know what I mean?), and they replaced those with a more modern-looking style that only has one door.

They shortened our island:

Before, the island part of the counter jutted out in sort of a weird shape. While it added a bit more counter space, it made it impossible to walk between the counter and the kitchen table if someone was sitting there. I often walked out the other side of the kitchen, through the living room and dining room back into the kitchen just to get to Sam’s seat. The way they reconfigured the island adds a lot more space to our eating area, and I love how the clean, straight lines make it look.

Finally, they added hardware.

Our old cabinets didn’t have any hardware at all, which gave them a really dated look. I think the brushed silver hardware adds a lot to the cabinets and drawers!

So whaddya think??

I love it, as do Andy and the kids. The white cabinets brighten up the kitchen so much – it looks like a completely different place. I also love how the white is balanced by the dark brown counter tops. After we picked out our colors and everything, I got nervous that we hadn’t made good decisions. I don’t know why I was nervous, but I just was! Once they got started, though, I knew we had made the right decision, and once I saw it complete… I was in love.

The entire procedure took exactly five days. In five days, we had new cabinets, counter tops and a new sink. The GT process of overlaying existing structures made a huge difference in the time it took to complete the project, which was great because even though I do not love to cook, having a non-functioning kitchen makes life difficult. Five days was very doable – five months would have been tough!

I really cannot stress enough what a great experience this was. During the process, we had at least six different GT people from the Dayton branch in our house doing one thing or another, and each and every one of them was incredibly nice, friendly, and knowledgeable. We absolutely felt like we were in great hands throughout the process.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to Granite Transformations for inviting Jenny and me to be “Trendsetter Bloggers.” You absolutely transformed our houses.