[ArtistRemodeler]

So I've tried three times now to get these photos on here

This time I'm just going to post the photos without the very witty and clever prose (you'll just have to trust me) that I wrote earlier today.

here are the before pics of my tiny kitchen. You all get to guess WHY we're remodeling (not that hard).....

[ArtistRemodeler]

Hmmmm - any way to post multiple photos in the same message?

[chabuchie]

I think the people who post multiple photos in one post all have the photos on a website elsewhere. The easiest thing to dois just create a new post for each photo.

[ArtistRemodeler]

Thanks, chabuchie, that's what I'll do, as the photos on my website are huge.

So then, here's the single, lonely, fake butcherblock counter (atop a rusty old metal cabinet that eventually lost one door, which we never replaced).

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Then there's the sleek open shelving system.... (note the handy stool which acts as our beside the stove countertop)

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and the spacious pantry....

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The lovely powder room (no sink - just a toilet in what used to be the back porch)

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The "Starbucks-approved" coffee bar and chalk board (opposite the toilet area, although there WAS a door between them, modern convenience that). Note the liberal use of IKEA clip-on lights - our version of eyeball can lights

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And the handy coat closet (hooks lining the hall from the front door to the kitchen and dining room. The wall opposite the coats is now gone, and the coat wall will house floor to ceiling Appluad blue-grey cabinets, the first of which will hold new coat hooks, but this time, behind closed doors).

The very tall bookshelf at the end of the hall is completely filled with DH's cookbooks. Still haven't figured out where they'll go - I really DO need to find a way to fit that last Applaud cabinet in beside the chimney!)

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The dishes - exposed to all cooking grease and smoke (you'll note the absence of a hood above the stove - all we had was an old-fashioned exhaust fan above the sink. When the carpenter tore it out he found an embalmed rat family - how nice!:shock: