I know I'm not the only one who's been feeling the need to keep busy recently through home improvement projects. It can be hard to balance the need to update your space with a tight budget--but it's not impossible!
I took my kitchen from this:
to this:
in one week (home alone with the help of my 1 and 3 year old) for almost exactly $200.
Here's how that breaks down: $40 paint (Behr Marquee semi-gloss), $120 hinges and knobs, $40 this beautiful built-in cutting board to replace the gross old one from who-knows-when. I had the white that I used for the backsplash left over from another project (that you'll hear about eventually). I could have reused the old hinges and knobs if I really wanted to cut my budget (a $5 can of spray paint could help, but these were rusted and had stripped screws... gross).
And can I just tell you? I absolutely LOVE my new kitchen. I get tons of compliments on it, including the backhanded "I was skeptical when you told me you were going to paint your kitchen blue, but it looks really awesome!"
