Kitchen – Before/After
The pictures on the left are before shots.
anywhere from around 2000 – the after picture (2011)
![Before_After-01_Corner_Towards_Sink_Lieka](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-01_Corner_Towards_Sink_Lieka-1024x364.jpg)
Inside the doorway looking towards the sink.
![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-26-Looking_Towards_Sink_Jennie_Autumn-1024x663.jpg)
Jennie and Autumn baking – I hope that they will enjoy cooking in our new kitchen.
![Before_After-28-Overal_View_Kitchen_Christy](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-28-Overal_View_Kitchen_Christy-1024x331.jpg)
Christy with our old curtains in the background – now I need to get our new curtains made.
![Before_After-02_Stove_to_Frig_Corner](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-02_Stove_to_Frig_Corner-1024x368.jpg)
This shows how we swapped the placement of the stove and the refrigerator.
![Before_After-21-Pantry](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-21-Pantry-1024x643.jpg)
The pantry.
![Before_After-22-Back_Door_Lock](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-22-Back_Door_Lock-1024x582.jpg)
The backdoor lock – we upgraded to a keypad on the new lock.
![Before_After-04_Walkway_vs_Corner](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-04_Walkway_vs_Corner-1024x673.jpg)
This shows the entrance to the basement that we used prior to the renovaton – filled in with wonderful cabinets and counter top now.
![Before_After-05_Above_Frig](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-05_Above_Frig-1024x363.jpg)
JUNK on top of the frig – not now with the 2′ wide deep cabinet.
![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-08_End_of_Wall_Cabinet-1024x644.jpg)
View towards the back wall – much more open since we moved the refrigerator.
![Before_After-09_Kitchen_Sink_Wall](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-09_Kitchen_Sink_Wall-1024x655.jpg)
Sink area – the before counter top is not very representative – I usually never had it that clean and clear of junk.
![Before_After-18-Cabinet_Between_Windows](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-18-Cabinet_Between_Windows-1024x362.jpg)
The cabinet to the left of the sink.
![Before_After-10_By_Sink_Young_Granddaughters_Autumn_Vittoria](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-10_By_Sink_Young_Granddaughters_Autumn_Vittoria-1024x635.jpg)
Two of my little granddaughters
Autumn (left) is now 8 years old – V (right) is 1 1/2 yrs old.
![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-15-In_Front_of_Dishwasher_Chuck-1024x368.jpg)
View between the end of the cabinets and the dishwasher.
![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-16-Center_of_Kitchen_Autumn-1024x369.jpg)
Autumn helping with dinner many years ago –
shows how moving the frig really opened up the kitchen area.
![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-23-Overal_View_Kitchen_Mary-Anne-1024x368.jpg)
Overall view of both before and after kitchens.
The cabinets along the wall.
![Before_After-14_Drawers_File_Cabinets](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-14_Drawers_File_Cabinets-1024x366.jpg)
View of the corner area of the kitchen.
![Before_After-19-Kitchen_Drawers_Zephyr](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-19-Kitchen_Drawers_Zephyr-1024x341.jpg)
Zephyr getting into the chocolate chips – he may be disappointed his next visit (no chocolate chips in the draw now).
![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-03_Base_Cabinet_Emily_Vittoria-1024x374.jpg)
Emily and Chuck sitting in front of the island – V standing in front of the island.
![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-12_Rocking_Chair-1024x645.jpg)
View of rocking chair – Still need to make the new cushions.
![Before_After-24-Doorbell](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-24-Doorbell1-1024x643.jpg)
Doorbell – we moved it to over the doorway to the dining room.
![Before_After-06_TV-Window-Corner_Autumn](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-06_TV-Window-Corner_Autumn-1024x658.jpg)
Autumn making something at Grandma’s with our old TV in the background – new TV hanging on the wall.
![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-29-Towards_Office_Ty-1024x647.jpg)
Ty making sugar cookie with junkie desk in the background – neat and clean desk now!
![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-11_Desk_Overview-1024x381.jpg)
Autumn and Prairie decorating cookies (see the junkie desk in the background – pretty usual state) – new office area on the left. Now to keep it clear of junk!
![Before_After-13_Desk](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-13_Desk-1024x352.jpg)
Close-up of the old desk (one of the occasional times that is was neat and organized) – the new office area.
![Before_After-20-Basement_Access(1)_Jason_Prairie](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-20-Basement_Access1_Jason_Prairie-1024x612.jpg)
Entrance into the basement (we kept this door closed with a recline in front of it (see below) – the orange walls were a whoops – stay-tune to see the real color.
![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_20-Basement_Access1_Jason_Prairie-300x225.jpg)
![Before_After-07_Top_Basement_Stairs](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Before_After-07_Top_Basement_Stairs1-1024x376.jpg)
The entrance to the basement – it will look even nicer when we refinish the wood.
Powder Room – Before/After
![PowderRoom_Before_After-01-Vanity](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/PowderRoom_Before_After-01-Vanity-1024x643.jpg)
Here is the sink area in the powder room (the after picture is missing come base and has some unfinished painting).
![PowderRoom_Before_After-02-Vanity](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/PowderRoom_Before_After-02-Vanity-1024x636.jpg)
The cabinet over the toilet.
![PowderRoom_Before_After-03-Vanity](http://www.sewingandbeyond.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/PowderRoom_Before_After-03-Vanity-1024x641.jpg)
The toilet paper holders.
We are loving our kitchen and enjoy entertaining in it!