Hubbie and I have been talking about doing a major renovation on our kitchen lately.  Here is a picture of the kitchen when we first moved in 3 years ago……

yes, yes it is pretty out of date and pretty blah.  Since we moved in we have just painted so it pretty much looks the same!   So the plan is to basically taking our kitchen and splitting it so that it becomes a suite kitchen on one side and a regular kitchen on the other.  We would get rid of the wall with the fridge so that the kitchen is opened up to the adjoining dining and living room.  Cabinetry on the left would also be eliminated to allow for a door to the backyard.

So frustrating that I have no problem at all choosing finishes and styles for other people but when it comes to our place I always find it such a struggle.  Maybe I see too much of the new and unaffordable or maybe it is because there are too many great styles to choose just one!

What do you think of no uppers in a kitchen?  Thinking that is what we want to do……I think as long as a kitchen is well thought out then it really shouldn’t make a difference!  Don’t you just love the clean lines?  And definitely we would do a chimney style hood fan!

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I’d hate to say it but as much as I love the modern style cabinetry, it doesn’t suit our home =(   We’ve decided (I think!) to go with a white painted shaker style cabinet which is a pretty universally liked and “safe” choice and with an engineered stone countertop to keep it more modern than granite.  I do quite like this kitchen by Candice Olsen….it’s clean looking but not stark and I absolutely love the skirted island look……i’ll have to see how far the budget goes on that one!  Will keep you updated as the project progresses along!  Feel free to share any ideas!!!

Image from http://www.hgtv.com