A Giant Fancy Kitchen— our DIY remodel, using repurposed antiques! *video*

Once upon a time, there was a kitchen…

The kitchen was in a falling-down old house.

A woman lived in the falling-down house.

She loved old broken garbage, and other fancy things. 

I mean… she REALLY loved it.
Like… it was her *MOST ABSOLUTE FAVORITE.*

A man lived in the house, too.
He also had some favorite things. 

The man’s favorite things were marching-at-dawn, and spending-no-money.

The man said— today we will march to the cabinet store and get cabinets and the kitchen will be finished in three days.

The woman was like…

…

…

…

lol.

The woman had a different idea.
A most-tremendous idea.

She said— WHAT IF:  
We make a kitchen out of *magic.*

And.
Glorious wonder.

AND.
FREE STUFF I FIND ON CRAIGSLIST.

The man was like— WOW. 
That sounds totally amazeballs.

No.
I’m lying. 

The man did not think it was totally amazeballs. 
Not at all.  

The man thought it was NEGATIVE amazeballs.
Illegal, even.

He said— total disaster idiocy.

But. 
The thing is:
The man didn’t have a choice. 

He HAD to do the total disaster idiocy; because the woman had spoken aloud, the idiocy-forcing-spell-binding-sorcery-incantation:
FREE.

So the man was like— fine… but it definitely absolutely is not possibly going to be anything like you imagine… unless what you are imagining is a pile of flaming garbage. 

Then the man made exactly what the woman wanted; which made him really super mad, because it definitely ABSOLUTELY could NOT be done.

The woman was like— I told you it was easy. 

Now it is time for a video— the entire project, start to finish; it’s my favorite thing I’ve ever made, I hope you enjoy it!!

Two tips: make the video full screen (4 arrows in corner of video), AND turn up the brightness on your device! You’ll see more detail!

The song is Dive Bomber, Rob Rio.

Here are some links:

Index/search all 115 kitchen posts– the answer to any question is somewhere in there!!

Original kitchen, before remodel.
Posts with video.

Antique FREE grand piano repurposed into kitchen island.
Giant mirror on wall.
Gilt sconces.

A post illustrating the man’s love of spending no money.
Another post illustrating the man’s love of spending no money.

Building our DIY kitchen cabinets– with EXTRA deep countertops, LOVE THEM!
My first (and still favorite kitchen inspiration)– Pilar Guzman’s kitchen.

A checklist for your next remodel– all of my obsessive kitchen research.
My custom sink design– I wanted to use ALL of the available space!
Wall ovens that are ALSO the microwave– why have two boxes?

My first post about induction cooking– I’d used gas forever and had no idea what induction was…Our trip to see the totally-hidden-in-counter induction units– I updated this post, at the bottom with our final choices.

AND.
The Kingdom Mirror– if you are going to read any of my posts, it should really be this one.