My photographs have somehow come out back to front so to see what the kitchen cabinets looked like before you will have to scroll down to the last pic. Sorry!! It's not a huge kitchen - a thin long, galley kitchen but it has some charm and now the makeover has happened I LOVE it.
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And if you have done that you will see that they were a nasty sort of orange pine colour. We inherited them when we bought the cottage in England almost 5 years ago before we came to Australia. Here in Melbourne, if you recall, we rent a property.... the cottage in UK is where my heart is still, I have to admit.
Also if you remember, I went back to England for 6 weeks last September which was bliss and that was when I organised this mini makeover..... All it took was some paint (and a very talented kitchen man I have to admit -he works freelance for Smallbone and for Mark Wilkinson kitchens in England) and I was fortunate enough to find him. My lucky day. He did such a great job and put up with me prevaricating over a 1,000 different shades of Farrow and Ball whites.
To make it easier for me he painted 5 boards with different shades so I could make up my mind!! It was difficult but in the end I went for a 'Shaded White' .
The pic above shows the difference between the wall and the cabinets... very subtle but pleasing.
Pic below shows the butlers sink - porcelain - this was in the original kitchen and although a bit worn and scratched I would not change it - love it so much. Oh and the wooden work surfaces too - they are great.
As you can see from the BEFORE pic above the cabinets were all wood (which seemed too much with the wooden work surfaces) and the other change we made were the handles from those small metal ones shown in the photograph to large ceramic round knobs....
So there we are - my kitchen in England in our little cottage. Miss it very much... Oh and one more change were the stripey rugs I found at a bargain price on sale in our local carpet place.
