The biggest make-over happened in the kitchen area. The goal was to make it look and feel like cosy mama's kitchen. Well, the result wasn't exactly like mama's kitchen but more like a surfer guy's ultimate cooking corner, or what do you think?
Before
Picked up some tile samples for the backsplash, but the awesome & rather extreme (and most expensive!) surfer tiles hit the jackpot.
In the box there're 2 different variations of this 8-piece tile.
Mood boards for kitchen accessories:
On the shopping list were also these:
Let's put the backsplash tiles!
Ready! And the wall is painted too. The color is Flügger's coffee brown. First had an idea to paint it black, but somehow it felt too strong or something, so chose a little softer tone.
Oh well,...so this was before...
And this is after. A new sink was not on the list but it wasn't possible to place the tap on the old one as the tap was pretty heavy. Had to find one without any tap hole on it. Tap was placed on the counter top so it's now more stable.
New led lights under the cabinets.
The neon sign is a custom made piece. It is completely red but my camera could only see it this way... It took some time to find a company which could deliver a sign with this size, with this font and colour. There are only five persons in Hungary who can blow these kinds of glass tubes. Were lucky to find one of them quite near Budapest.
I think the neon sign is quite a statement piece.
There was no table in the kitchen so designed a bar table there and added 4 poeces of bar chairs as well. The table with wooden top and metal legs was made by a carpenter, but the surface didn't look exactly how I had planned it, so waxed it in dark brown and it looked perfect.
The same carpenter made also a cupboard around the old fridge, and now there's place for some cleaning stuff as well.
The kitchen has a totally new look without changing the cabinets or countertop.
Talked to Joe the other day and he seemed to be very pleased with his new kitchen, and rest of the home as well.
