French Farmhouse Kitchen {Reveal}

Kitchen renovations are like road trips, and we LOVE road trips.  When we’re stuck in the car and all we have is each other to entertain ourselves, we have some of the best conversations.  Our kitchen renovation was just like that.  We spent last weekend trapped in the kitchen talking about everything while we worked.  It was SO much fun.  We really enjoyed the process!

When we moved into our house we said that we wanted our home to feel like a “warm bungalow” and in our kitchen we wanted a French farmhouse feeling.  I’m not sure if we captured it or not, but we really like how it turned out.  We enjoyed the process of designing everything according to what we liked best.  If you follow us on Instagram I’ve posted some teasers, but today I want to show you what we’ve been working on.  In the next week or so I will post the DIY parts of our project.

This is what we started with. Our kitchen really wasn’t bad; a great kitchen, more than we deserve, but it just wasn’t our style.  You know what I mean?

Here is the new kitchen in our warm bungalow:

Cost Breakdown

I did not include anything extra that we had to purchase to adapt our home to the 21st century as far as plumbing or electrical.  More to come on this later in the week.

Paint: $90 (Pure White from Sherwin Williams in Semi-Gloss)

Primer: $42

Hardware for cabinets & drawers: $120

Light above the sink: $70

LED lights for light above the sink (3x): $24

Light in the center of the kitchen: $54

Beadboard: $20

Faucet: $149

Sanders: borrowed!  But we found some decent ones for about $30

Sandpaper: $12

Tack cloth: $3

TSP & denatured alcohol: $14

Brushes: $20

Sponge rollers: $20

Cabinet bumpers (2 packs): $6

Plastic dropclothes (pack of 3): $4

Total: $678

So, what do you think?!

We’re so glad that it’s done and I can’t wait to share with you how we completed each part of this project. 

Have an awesome week friends!