When Tricia sent me this photo of her kitchen, it took me a minute to realize it was the before shot and not the after.
It looked pretty good to begin with! Everything was nice and new, but it just wasn’t her style.
She wanted more of a cottage kitchen.
Here’s how it looks now:
She writes that it took them only 7 days to transform the room into something more cottage-y:
“We tore out the existing upper cabinets and added open shelving. We built and installed two new, deeper cabinets to flank the stove.”
Even the adjoining laundry room has a little cottage charm:
“We love our kitchen because it really reflects our style and how we function in that space. We didn’t let the oh no, it’s brand new stop us!”
Thanks to Tricia for sharing her kitchen with us!
Visit her blog to see more: The Little Cottage on the Pond.
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We, too, are creating a cottage kitchen! Beadboard + lots of it! I love the open shelves** in Tricia’s kitchen + leaving the doors off that big cab above the refrigerator. **You-know-who” is obsessed with upper cabs + nixes my shelf dreams. :-X Men!
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Love it! Thank you so much for featuring our kitchen 🙂
Tricia, did you also redo the laundry room?
I love the beadboard you have installed in there. Did you do that yourselves? Kitchen looks beautiful!
We did- it was our first redo in the house. I designed the space and hubby built it out 🙂
Wow…. Looks like a whole different kitchen.The open shelving and lighter cabinets makes the kitchen looks so much bigger and airy and really gives it that cottage feel. Nice job Tricia!
Nice! That is the neatest, cleanest, most impeccable laundry room I have ever seen!
So pretty!!! 😉
Nice job! Is that the same granite?
It is the same- just looks different with the painted cabinets 🙂 Gotta love the power of paint!
Ok, I have to digress a little and ask about the cabinet in the laundry room, to the right of the W/D… how cute is that? I love the big, barn-y hinges and plank doors! But the whole kitchen/laundry is just fantastic!
Hubby built it after I showed him a similar one for crazy money in the PB catalog 🙂
Very nice transformation! I like the open shelving, the cabinet color, the new stove, and the vintage objects. I’m not usually a granite fan, but it really fits in nicely now.
Oooo, I’m obsessed with the cottage look – beautiful kitchen! However, open shelving wouldn’t work for me – all I can think of is DUST… 😉
Oh, that’s just about perfect!! And the laundry room 🙂 As someone who values making things tidy over cooking (rather pitiful) – I actually get rather excited about laundry rooms, and that one is nice enough to have guests over! And usually, open shelving makes me a bit apprehensive (that orderly thing….) but Tricia’s are fabulous. Beautiful, beautiful re-do!
What a lovely, quaint and cozy kitchen! 🙂
Thank you so much for posting! We just bought the same appliances, GE Cafe and loved seeing them in her kitchen. Love the open shelving… great inspiration!
What a nice kitchen! I love the white cabinets and the beadboard island.
I love this!! What a transformation! I love beadboard!!! I think Hubs needs to see this one. I’ve been trying to get him on board with a style very similar. Lovely!
Love the open shelving & the homespun details. This kitchen is so well thought out & the laundry room is delightful. Lovely rooms.
Beautiful, but where is the sink in the kitchen?
It’s to the left of the stove…just not pictured! Trust me, we do have one! 🙂
i adore this
Oh, I really love this one!
You did a beautiful job!! WHere did you find that table??!! Luv it!
It was from Star Furniture. We have since sold it and replaced it with a French antique table.
I updated the post with a photo of the new table. It’s beautiful!
Love the stools! Can I ask where you got them?
Those are from World Market 🙂
Hi Love your kitchen makeover. Was wondering where you bought your hardware and what color did you painted the cupboards? Did you paint the cupboards?By yourself? I want to paint mine but I know its a big job. Thanks So Much Sylvia
The hardware is Martha Stewart from Home Depot. The upper cabinets are painted in ASCP Pure White, and the lower cabinets are in ASCP Country Grey. I painted them- chalk paint is very easy to work with! You can do it- take your time and there are TONS of how to videos on You Tube 🙂
These are some impressive before and after pictures of the kitchen, never imagines that cottages would look that great!
i like the before! I dont like open cabinets. dust gets in.
are there before pics of the laundry roooom.
I think I did take a before pic of the laundry room, but it really was just an empty box! Open shelving is not for everyone, yes, dust is something to think about but surprisingly, it is in closed cabinets too! It just works for us 🙂