Kitchen Remodel Before & After

Here is the NOW and follow me in the time machine to the kitchen of the 90's and the 70's. We have lived in our home since 1973 and it has gone through so many changes. As I grew older and feel this is my last major kitchen change I wanted to bump it out and to add a pantry. So that is what we did and I really love it all.

Here is a picture of the in between kitchen, still dark cabinets, but we have changed out counters, backsplash, floor and appliances. This was in the early 90's to 2000 or so.

NOW~

This is the new bar area. Improvement?? Take a look below at the old area when we ate....

(I can't seem to get my pictures to move around today)

This is in 1973...I loved my Dark Walnut Pine cabinets and the bittersweet orange Formica counters. How about the Harvest Gold appliances? I was a lucky woman! Friends came to see my kitchen it was so in style. We had a Solarium pattern vinyl floor, No wax, the latest thing. See the canisters? I recently saw them in a retro kitchen. Who knew? White knobs and see the empty space? We could not afford the dishwasher at that point so it would have to wait a bit, more. Now what do you think of this wallpaper? Let's see then and now, times have changed for sure. I have always loved to cook, but now,wow!

I have a gas stove and six burners which all get used. The oven can take four cookie sheets. I have a griddle for the top and I can cook everyone's french toast or pancakes at once and if we have extras at the table I can use the warming light to keep them hot until we all sit down. I really LOVE my new stove.

The fan really pulls the cooking smells out and my husband said he knows what we are having before he comes in the door. The heat lamp is here and the shelf is not just for my nicknack's.

We bumped the room out a bit and yes we have a dishwasher.

The lights and the big window were very important to me. I can see my gardens and my bird feeders from here. I can look down to the pool and watch the kids swimming. I have had my kitchen for about 2 years now and I love it even more than before.

This is my finished kitchen, I have more pictures to share, but I am having a really hard time today. I can't seem to move the pictures and I don't want to keep adding to the top, so maybe later. Thanks for seeing my Metamorphosis. Let's all join Susan at Between Naps on the Porch and see what everyone else has done for Metamorphosis Monday.