On Monday I detailed our experience selling our first house and the improvements we made to get maximum value out of our house in a short period of time. I touched on the finishes briefly and today I’m including a list of sources for the updates we made to our kitchen.
As a reminder, here’s what the kitchen looked like when we bought the house. The cabinets were solid but looked dated, the appliances worked but were old, the countertops never looked clean, and we didn’t have a dishwasher or room for a microwave off the counter.
Here’s what the kitchen looked like when we sold it:
We removed a cabinet and added a dishwasher, replaced all our appliances with new stainless steel appliances, and tiled the kitchen floor. I added molding to the soffits and painted the cabinets and soffits white to make them feel taller and more interesting. I replaced all the dingy brass hinges with new satin nickel hinges and added pulls to the cabinets. Absolute black honed granite tops replaced the stained white laminate tops. The builder dome light got swapped out for a more stylish schoolhouse light fixture, and a faux roman shade makes the window look more finished. See below for sources.
- Fabric for faux Roman Shade (similar)
- Schoolhouse Semi-Flush Light Fixture
- Pull-Down Faucet
- Stainless Steel Sink
- White Hex Floor Tile
- Honed Absolute Black Countertops (check your local stone fabricator)
- Top Knobs Pulls
- Decorative Mail Box
- Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, Pure White
- General Finishes High Performance Water-Based Top Coat