A Swift Kitchen Update With Stenciled Floors

If you ever hoped to quiet that voice in your head that says “Kitchen makeover? Are you crazy? You do not have the money for that!” – let this transformation by Erin inspire you. Here is her letter:

I hoped to share my journal post on our kitchen remodel with you. It is a temporary remodel, as low-cost as possible, until we can afford to fully gut it and get a new kitchen in a few years (hopefully!).

The biggest purchase was new appliances, besides that we spent max $100 for paint, stenciling supplies, and a shelf above the microwave.

I also wrapped up the floor by stenciling on it, and I enjoy the results! I do not know if I would have had the guts to do the floor stencil if this was our “forever” kitchen, but since this is a “live-with-it” stage until we can do a whole gut job, I went for it! I am so glad I did!

The floor was likely the most tedious part of the whole kitchen update. It began with peeling old linoleum off of the plywood subfloor. Then it needed to be wood puttied, sanded down a bit, and at last primed and painted. This part of the process has been done for a while, but we needed to wait until the rest was done to finish the painting and stenciling part. I am glad we waited – the floor got fairly scratched up moving things around, and it had more than a couple paint drips on it! – Erin

Chalk up another one to the power of paint, eh? We enjoy how fresh and bright Erin’s new kitchen looks (and the painted brick backsplash reminds us of our first “for now” kitchen makeover back in the day). Oh, and she’s got more info on the makeover over on her journal so be sure to head over there too. Thanks so much for sharing Erin! I’d suggest we play the go-to part game, but I’d bet it’ll all be floor votes… although the painted cabinets are room-changers for sure.

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