Hillside Manor Kitchen Renovation
I’m so thrilled to share my kitchen renovation on my Hillside Manor house with you all today. I was lucky enough to team up with the incredible people at Hobby Builder's Supply for this renovation project, which is like teaming up with Home Depot if I were a home decor blogger. :-) Hobby Builder’s Supply has absolutely everything you need for your mini building projects and I’m just so thrilled with how my kitchen turned out.
First let’s start with the flooring. I knew I wanted real wood floors throughout this house, including the kitchen, and Hobby Builder’s Supply has these gorgeous high quality Black Walnut Real Wood Flooring Sheets. I simply made a template out of thick cardstock, glued the wood flooring sheet to it and installed it in my kitchen. For me these floors really make the kitchen.
The centerpiece of this kitchen has got to be the open shelf cupboard. I love this piece so much and it was really easy to make. I used the Large White Open-Back Shelving Unit which I painted the same colour as my kitchen cabinets and added Oak Beadboard Sheets to the back of the cupboard, which I stained to match the rest of the woodwork in the kitchen. I then filled the cupboard with tons of kitchen goodies including:
The stove was my next project in the kitchen. I got this beautiful Antique Cook Stove, but the gold was just a little too gold for me, so using a little paint I antiqued it and toned it down. It also sat a little low, especially because my kitchen has 9”+ ceilings so I added a black stone hearth which I cut from some slate stones we had in our backyard. This type of antique stove would have most likely sat on a hearth anyway, so I think it works perfect.
Of course no antique stove scene can be complete without a Copper Tea Kettle. For all my copper pieces I tarnished them with a little brown paint because I wanted them to look well used and loved. I also got this cute Unfinished Wooden Stool, which I stained, and that gorgeous Hammered Copper Watering Can to complete the look on this side of the kitchen.
I could not be more please with how the entire kitchen turned out. I still have to add some lighting and of course I will always restyle it from time to time, but other than that I am done! So what’s left to do but go grocery shopping and fill the fridge!
Hope you all enjoyed the kitchen tour and if you have any questions at all please don’t hesitate to leave me a comment and I will be sure to answer them.
Have a wonderful week everyone!
