Kitchen Remodel * 96th Penny Pinching Party

When I moved into my new house (old, but new to me) 5 months ago, I decided not to paint the kitchen cabinets. My house was a Parade of Homes house back in the 80s and had a lot of oak built-ins. Every cabinet in the house is the exact same honey oak cabinet and there are a LOT of them. After 5 months I just got tired of seeing honey oak in every room and finally decided to do something about it. They are really great well built cabinets so replacing them is not necessary. I just need some of them to look a little different and not so matchy-matchy.

Kitchen Before

Kitchen Currently

After 3 days of solid work with DH taking 2 days off work, we still haven't finished priming everything. We are also doing the built-in bookcases in the great room and the entertainment center so there are a LOT of doors. It took about 3 hours just to take them all off the hinges. The bottom cabinets are going to be a darker color and the top cabinets will be a lighter almost white color. I haven't chosen the exact colors yet, but know that I want at least 2 different colors to break up the monotony of all the identical cabinets including the built-in entertainment center. The entertainment center is a whole project itself. It was built in the 80's and needed to be sawed up a bit and re-arranged to accommodate our large flat screen TV (pictures to come soon).

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This party is for any money saving ideas that you would like to share. Examples: Home improvement projects, recipes, ways to cut bills, thrifting, upcycling projects, tips, organizing ideas, whatever...

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1. A Vanity of Many Colors	2. Dresser Makeover	3. Children's Table Makeover	4. Upcycled Cake Platter
5. Handmade earrings	6. clacking wedding rings	7. Baked Peaches	8. Thrifty project
9.	10. Coffee Corner Revealed	11. Lady Cream Peas	12. Old Fashioned Hot Water Cornbread
13. Easy Raspberry Filled Cupcakes	14. Organizing the Play Area	15. Pocket Organizer	16. Living 4 The Blue Tuxedo
17. French sign	18. Fabric Art	19. ruffly jean pencil skirt	20. dramatic cat eye
21. Wicker Chair Updo	22. Beachy Box	23. Homegrown Spicy Fried Okra	24. Dry your own Herbs
25. Raspberry Zucchini Bread	26. sock monkey inspired kid space	27. Chocolate Frasier	28. Basement Makeover
29. Homemade Laundry Soap	30. Mac and Cheese	31. Mini Fairy Mushrooms	32. Mini Fairy Swing Set
33. Picket Fence Fairy Garden	34. Terra Cotta Fairy Garden	35. $1 Abandoned Reupholstery Project	36. growth chart
37. Simple Dress for Africa	38. Squeaky Durable Dog Toy	39. Doggy Crate Toy Box	40. Cherry Berry Clafouti
41. DIY Kate Spade Art	42. DIY Planters w/ Rollers	43. Recycled Ampersand	44. Simple Girls Summer Top

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