Kitchen re-do

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As soon as Christmas is over and packed away for another year I get the urge to do some shaking up around the house.. I love to clean, re-arrange and get rid of stuff I'm sick of. My kitchen has been bugging me for ages. I've debated on painting the ugly old cabinets for months now and finally said to heck with it and did it! I don't know why I waited so long ... I love it. It's amazing how fresh and new a coat (or 3) of paint makes a room feel. In my dream of dreams I'd love to gut the whole room and start from scratch but that is not in the budget. These old cupboards were custom built in the 1940's and were looking their age. I salvaged the old hinges, the drawer pulls and added new glass knobs on the doors.. removed all the doors, hardware..sanded, primed, painted and painted some more. Stripped wallpaper and border...if I ever mention wanting wallpaper again, please just shoot me...after working 3 weekends it's almost done, just have to put things away and hang a few things .. I'm happy the way it turned out....now I just have to decide which room I will tackle next.....

I downloaded the pics backwards so veiw them from the bottom up to get the before/after effect.