My New Kitchen!!

When we bought our house back in January, we knew we were going to be remodeling the kitchen. Because I was pregnant though, I didn’t want to jump into anything too quickly, especially with baby being due somewhere in the middle of all the work.

However, when KitchenAid wanted to work with us on finishing our kitchen, we jumped at the chance–even if it meant planning the kitchen around the baby.

Here are some before photos. As you can see in the first photo, we busted out some walls and built things up a bit to make the kitchen flow how we needed it to.

These were somewhat newer cabinets, but you could tell that they were cheaply made and had a lot of wasted space. I could have lived with this kitchen for a few years because I know it’s not THAT bad, but the cabinets were already starting to show wear and tear.

Also, the kitchen was a huge room with nothing in the center. Again, sort of a waste of space. So we planned our kitchen out and I forged ahead, trying to get cabinets, counters, appliance installers and everything planned around my due date.

Turns out babies don’t wait for anyone, even kitchen remodels, so we had the baby a few days before everything got installed and thankfully my husband was on paternity leave to not only help me but keep us organized and on schedule.

And voila!! Before we knew it, our kitchen was installed 🙂

One of my favorite things in my new kitchen in this KitchenAid duel fuel range. It’s so gorgeous!! I almost don’t want to use it because it’s so pretty. Except, I totally use it all the time. My Mom was the first one to use it making me lots of meals for my freezer 🙂 Thanks, Mom!

I got some amazing shaker style white cabinets from Canyon Creek Cabinet Company. When we were talking about getting all new cabinets from CCCC, they were all about maximizing space–something we wanted to focus on. I’ll talk a lot more about the cabinets in a later post. Basically, I LOVE them.

Over by the window is our HUGE Moen sink and shiny faucet. One of the first things we did once the sink was installed {besides all our dishes} was bathe our little one 🙂 It’s the perfect size for him, and will probably be that way until he’s 2! It’s seriously so huge.

To the right of the sink is our KitchenAid dishwasher and fridge. This dishwasher is the quietest thing in the world. I thought it was broken at first because I could hardly hear a thing when I turned it on.

Opposite the dishwasher and fridge is this Microwave-Oven from KitchenAid in our…..ISLAND! We’ve waited a long time to get this in and I LOVE all the counter space. I also love that we chose white cabinets for the wall and black ones for the island. We still did the same shaker style, but in a stained black ebony. It turned out so great. And, I love the silver handles on the black cabinets with the granite.

Here’s another view to give you an idea of what everything looks like. We got these bar stools from Ikea.

Oh, AND before I forget–our granite we picked out is from Oregon Tile and Marble. Once we picked out our slab from their show room, we worked with Elite Granite and Marble to get it cut and installed.

I love the finished look of the granite on the white and black cabinets. I originally wanted cararra marble but my husband wanted something that would be a little more practical and last longer. Darn husband…..

Overall though, I love the look that we achieved. Our backsplash was also from Elite Granite and Marble that my husband and Dad installed just the other day! That was the last thing we had to do to finish the kitchen!

Thank you to KitchenAid, Canyon Creek Cabinet Company, Moen, Oregon Tile and Marble and Elite Granite and Marble who helped us make our dream kitchen a reality! We love it!

For updated blog posts on each separate item in my kitchen, click through here:

KitchenAid appliances

Moen Faucet and sink

Canyon Creek Cabinets

Oregon Tile & Marble + Elite Granite and Marble