Replacing A Tiled Kitchen Counter Alongside Dark Granite

Jessica accomplished a major kitchen makeover in under 10K- and that is no straightforward feat when you are gutting the place and replacing everything from the appliances to the cabinets and counters. Here is her letter:

I enjoy your journal! My husband and I purchased our first home this past June and did a lot of work on it to get it ready to live in. I simply hoped to share some pictures of our kitchen redo! We got the house in the middle of June and moved in the end of July. We gutted the kitchen and redid it floor to ceiling in about a month and a half. We redid the floors, scraped the popcorn ceilings and retextured, installed new cabinets and countertops, got new appliances, painted, etc. A whole overhaul. Oh, and I was about eight months pregnant when we picked up the house! It was fairly crazy! Luckily we have plenty of handy family members and friends who came together to assist us finish the house before our daughter arrived. We did the whole kitchen for under $10,000- I am not sure of the exact total… we were simply glad to get in the house! I simply hoped to, well, show off a bit! Thanks, and keep up the good work! – Jessica

Thanks so much for the gorge makeover pics Jessica! We cannot believe that you totally transformed the heart of your new home in a month and a half and on a budget… all while eight months pregnant! My hero.