вЂњWe remodeled it on a very small budget, coming in at just under $1,300 for everything weвЂ™ve done including lighting, flooring, countertops, backsplash tiles and accessories! The most expensive thing in our whole remodel was our farmhouse sink which we got for $300 from IKEA.

The kitchen was very dated, with pink laminate countertops!вЂќ вЂњI love my kitchen because this is our very-first-house and we worked so hard to make it our own style. You can see more on RobinвЂ™s blog Decorating Tennis Girl. I love it, too! The Hoosier cabinet was my GrannyвЂ™s and I treasure its place in my kitchen.вЂќ The cabinetry is original and my stove is from 1965 and is a Frigidaire Flair like Samantha had on Bewitched in the 1960вЂ™s. It was built in 1939 and in true Cape Cod style. Lots of light and storage in our kitchen.вЂќ We have tweaked it a bit over the years, but we still have the same cabinets, floors, and counters. вЂњOur kitchen is original to our 1977 home and we designed it. Our mini-Goldendoodle snuck into the shot. The challenge was to stay within the footprint of the house (not big at all) but still open up the space. I always envisioned white cabinetry here and finally got it when we did the kitchen as part of a whole house remodel. вЂњI love it because itвЂ™s compact, efficient, and open to the main room with easy access to the decks. We did most of the work ourselves, with some sub-contract help where we needed (after lots of experience, we know our strengths and weaknesses!). It was done this last year as part of a whole house remodel. Three years after we painted it aqua, it still makes me smile everyday.вЂќ 3. While I love all the storage, and how well it functions for me, the number one thing I love about my kitchen is the color. вЂњItвЂ™s still a work in progress we have some things that weвЂ™ll get to when we can. We built the storage wall and breakfast nook at the end of the kitchen ourselves, and filled all the cupboards in the kitchen with slide-out drawers that we built strong enough to hold my collection of cast iron.вЂќ вЂњMy husband and I put a lot of elbow grease into fixing up our kitchen. I donвЂ™t usually have much placed on the counters (except when cooking) so it is easy to keep clean.вЂќ вЂњI have a very bright and efficient kitchen that is a great place to cook! There are two pantry cabinets that provide additional storage. If yours is smaller, some of these may look big to you! рџ™‚

Take a look at these 8 kitchens that were submitted for my contest: So I enjoyed seeing how these readers made their smaller, more normal-sized spaces work. LetвЂ™s face it, Not all of us have enough space in our houses for big gourmet kitchens with giant islands floating in the center of them.

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