Why our kitchen needs an update- ORC Kitchen Makeover Week 1

Ahhhhh! I can't believe it's finally here!!! Today marks day one of the fall 2016 One Room Challenge! Not familiar with this challenge? It's hosted by Calling It Home and is a fun time for bloggers to get creative and transform an entire room in just six weeks! I am so excited to be a guest participant in this challenge for the first time!! I'll be tackling our kitchen over the next six weeks and can't wait to make it feel a little more like us.

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Okay, now let me prepare you for the before shots... Our kitchen really isn't that bad. The previous homeowners had actually just renovated it before we moved in, and plenty of people have told us how beautiful it is. The thing is, it's just not us. You know how when you move into a place and the walls are still the previous homeowners' color choices, it just doesn't quite feel like home yet? Something as simple as wall color can make it feel more like your own personality. Well, in our kitchen, three years later, it still doesn't feel like home. We painted the golden walls when we moved in, but I quickly regretted my color choice. I was trying to match our "celadon" dishes from Sophie Conran, but the color turned out a little brighter than expected. And while the granite is very pretty, it looks too warm for my taste with those cherry cabinets. Don't get me wrong, they're beautiful cabinets, but I would have never picked cherry on my own!

Okay, ready to see what it looks like now? These photos are actually a few years old, but not much has changed in the decor at all. The kitchen was actually somewhat clean here, so I decided to use these photos instead of trying to deep clean the kitchen with my 10 month old son crawling around (He actually just started walking a little bit! We're in BIG trouble!). He's going to be quite the helper during these six weeks, I'm sure! ;)

As you can see, it has nice new stainless steel appliances. And the granite really isn't so bad. I think I can pull the cooler tones out of it with the right paint colors. But that backsplash... ugh!

I love the huge oversized sliding glass door they installed. We love to be able to enjoy the outdoors even from inside. I changed that light fixture when we first moved in... there was a hideous pineapple chandelier before (yes, I said pineapple)! The current light doesn't exactly go with my design plan, but I think I have an idea to make it work!

To the left in the photo above, you can see the old doors to the laundry room. We recently overhauled that whole space and added a walk-in pantry and laundry room. Here's a look at that wall before...

And here's what it looks like currently. Now, we have a pocket door instead of the bifold doors, and a ton more wall space! It's like a blank canvas calling my name!

If you want to see more before and after photos, you can find the laundry room build here and the pantry makeover here.

We've put off working on this space for a while because we almost felt guilty for redoing a brand new kitchen, but now that it's been three years, we're going for it! I'm so excited!

Next week, I'll share our progress so far plus my design plans! I will probably share some tutorials along the way and save some of them for after the challenge. As you can probably imagine, tackling all of this in just six weeks with our little one will be no easy feat! So it may take me a while to get to everything! But stay tuned, I promise to share all of the details at some point or another!

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