Just about each kitchen DIY that Lee undertook was new to her. She discovered to construct cupboards, including 4 new ones above the kitchen’s current storage. Lee custom-made her builds with glass doorways and inside lighting. The toughest half was including shiplap and a big beam to her 10-foot ceiling, which she initially tried to do solo. “The nail gun I had on the ladder fell on my oven and it shattered the door fully,” she says. “All of us make errors, however generally we do need assistance,” Lee says. Her husband helped her end up the job, and having two individuals work collectively made it so a lot simpler.
Lee gave her pantry a daring makeover utilizing a combination of black paint and plexiglass. “I reduce a gap in the midst of the door with my round noticed, fitted a plexiglass, and painted all the things black,” she says. “It makes such a giant assertion!”
She additionally added pendant lights for a personal touch and put in a encompass to shut the hole across the fridge opening.
For any fellow DIYers, Lee says to “work with the ache factors,” calling out her kitchen countertop for example. “I thought-about methods to enhance it reasonably than instantly giving up on it,” she says. “Not solely did I save some huge cash by not shopping for one thing new, however individuals additionally attain out to me now to ask what sort of countertop I’ve!”
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