At Home With Maria Confer

Our next home tour guest, Maria Confer, is here to share her newly updated kitchen with us! "My husband and I closed on our first house at the end of April and couldn’t wait to make it our home. Our little 1927 bungalow was so charming, but like most old houses many of the rooms needed face lifts. The weekend that we closed, I immediately started on the kitchen. It’s such a little space, and the original dark wood cupboards made it feel even smaller. My first task was to paint the cupboards white. It took me a week from start to finish, but the results were astounding. The kitchen already felt more light, spacious and serene!" "From there I also painted the old brown and beige linoleum floor white. Another huge change. Next came the more labor intensive tasks that my husband, Cole, handled beautifully. He tore out the formica counter tops and replaced them with wood butcher block from Ikea and then replaced the outdated sink and faucet." "My husband’s last task was to install wood plank walls. This took him three weeks and me one weekend to paint. In between these renovations, I decided to give my refrigerator a makeover. Following an old DIY post by Elizabeth of Delightfully Tacky, I used some faux wood contact paper to give my boring old fridge a fun new look. My final task of stenciling the floor was such a doozy that I probably won’t ever attempt it again. It was by far the most tedious and back breaking work." "Now that all the hard work is (almost) done, I can really enjoy the transformation. I sometimes take a moment to simply stand in the doorway and marvel at my beautiful kitchen."

Thank you for sharing your kitchen with us, Maria! Be sure to stop by Maria's blog or say hello on Twitter!

Comments

well it might have been back breaking work but it sure paid off. that floor is so unique and pretty I would love to have it my self. love the fridge as well . thanks for sharing.

Posted by: Phoebe | November 28, 2012 at 04:08 PM

It looks amazing, there's nothing better for an old kitchen than some nice bright paint! I recently painted cupboards yellow + fridge red :).
But what I was really excited to read, is that you have painted your linoleum!? What kind of paint did you use? I would love to do that in my living room, where I have disgusting fake wood linoleum, covered by slightly less hideous, giant carpet, and I keep wondering how to fix it. I'm worried that paint's gonna chip off quickly... So, I'd love some details on the paint that you've used!

Posted by: Alicja | November 28, 2012 at 04:11 PM

Beautiful kitchen!! I LOVE the fridge! And the floor!

Posted by: Krista | November 28, 2012 at 04:21 PM

Two words:

Julia Child.

Totally reminds me of her kitchen in Paris. Simple, beautiful and warm.

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Posted by: Cathy | November 28, 2012 at 04:24 PM

So much cute! Reminds me of my own apartment :)

Posted by: Yelle | November 28, 2012 at 04:54 PM

ah, she didn't post all of these on her own blog. Very wonderful!

Posted by: Victoria / Justice Pirate | November 28, 2012 at 04:56 PM

swooning

Posted by: Ashley | November 28, 2012 at 04:58 PM

very nice!

Valentina
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Posted by: Valentina | November 28, 2012 at 05:12 PM

I would love to see some before and after photos! I am loving the floor. I think it was worth all the hard work you put into it! It turned out beautiful. I also really love the wood counter tops.
Carlee
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Posted by: Carlee | November 28, 2012 at 05:15 PM

I love the simple, traditional style of her kitchen!

xo Jennifer

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Posted by: Jennifer | November 28, 2012 at 05:19 PM

Nice job, it looks great!

Posted by: elise thomas | November 28, 2012 at 05:20 PM

such a great creative space!

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Posted by: Rhoda Wong | November 28, 2012 at 05:30 PM

I am in LOVE with the refrigerator and the floor. Genius!

Posted by: Amy | November 28, 2012 at 05:43 PM