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Transformation Tuesday: Kitchen Nook

This November, it will be three years since we moved into our current home. Recently I came across old photos from when we purchased the home and loved seeing the before photos. In honor of our three-year anniversary with our home, I thought it would be fun to do a Transformation Tuesday series and share a different room every week.

I’m going to begin with our kitchen nook which is one of my favorites spaces because of all the windows and natural light. Here’s what the home looked like when we first purchased it:

Transformation Tuesday: Kitchen Nook

And here is how it looks now:

Elegant-Kitchen-Nook-Decor (1 of 1)

All the updates and changes to the kitchen nook have been simple DIYs.

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Here’s what we did:

PAINTED THE WALLS. The walls using Valspar’s Cincinnati Hotel Briggs Beige. This color is also in our kitchen, hallway, and family room. This color is neutral and warm, and we used it for years in our previous home. To see all the details, click HERE.
REPLACED THE LIGHT FIXTURE. I have been obsessed with wooden beaded chandeliers for several years, and I considered DIYing one but found a good deal on one. We found it at World Market.
ADDED WINDOW TREATMENTS. I hung pretty curtains I found on clearance at West Elm (which unfortunately are no longer available but these are similar).
ADDED SHIPLAP TO MAIN WALL (the wall I am shooting the photo from). We jumped in on the shiplap trend, but let’s hope it’s not a fast revolving one. It adds texture to the space, and you can see the full tutorial HERE.
FARMHOUSE KITCHEN TABLE MAKEOVER. Our kitchen table was well-loved, and I really wanted to give it a more farmhouse look, so I transformed it with paint and new legs. To see all the details and the tutorial, click HERE. Don’t want to DIY your own, check out this look-alike table.

Kitchen Table Update

DIY easy shiplap

The large wooden sign on the shiplap wall is from here.

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I gave my kitchen table a makeover!

Kitchen Table Update

We’ve had the Pier 1 Carmichael Dining Table for close to five years.

After daily use from three kids and a move, it was beginning to look bad. The top is a veneer, and it’s starting to wear through in spots.

And there was a film over the entire top, so it never looked clean.

It was driving me crazy, so I started dreaming about replacing it. Like most of us, I started dreaming of a farmhouse table. I began looking at farmhouse tables on Pottery Barn, since many of my dreams begin there…

The price point was beyond what I was willing to spend. I could have looked for less expensive farmhouse options, but I started thinking that the only thing separating me from a pretty farmhouse table were table legs and paint. Why didn’t I just give my table a makeover? After searching online, I discovered tablelegs.com

I contacted them, and they worked with me to find the best solution.

I ended up ordering four 27″ French Farm Dining Legs in Soft Maple.

They had me measure the notches in my current legs, and they notched out my new farmhouse legs to make installation super easy.

To install my new legs with my existing braces, I placed the table upside down on the floor. Next, we removed the existing legs. (My old legs were bolted on, and I just removed the bolts.)

I could have used the old bolts, but we ran into some issues with reusing them. So, we used new bolts.

Once the old bolts and table legs were removed, I added the new table legs and marked where the new bolts should go.

Next, we pre-drilled a hole for the bolts. (We used a 1/4″ drill bit and our lag bolts were 5/16 – 9×3.) By drilling a bit smaller in diameter, the threads have something to bit into and hold.

Once the holes were pre-drilled, the legs were put back on the table and the bolts were drilled in.

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I also gave the table a paint makeover with Amy Howard at Home’s One Step Paint in Bauhaus Buff and Atelier.

One Step Paint by Amy Howard

To see more about a step-by-step tutorial for One Step Paint, click HERE. Instead of using wax, I used Amy Howard’s sealer (in matte). This sealer is great for tables, cabinets, and floors, and it’s so easy to clean. Now my table has an entirely new look thanks to new legs and a coat of paint!

Kitchen Nook Makeover

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