When they originally bought the house, the kitchen featured reddish-orange cabinetry, a mottled brown laminate countertop, white appliances, and beige/brown ceramic tiles on both the floor and backsplash. The walls were painted in a buttercream yellow. The kitchen had clearly undergone a complete renovation in the '90s or early aughts.
Yvonne sought inspiration from Pinterest and found one style she liked: a kitchen with black lower cabinets and warm wood upper cabinets. This would also blend perfectly with the non-negotiable tile floors.
Yvonne and Michael painstakingly hand-sanded the varnish off the uppers and stained them in a natural American oak finish. Some cabinets got another DIY makeover: two upper cabinet doors had glass inserts, and the couple bought reeded glass cling film from Amazon to give the cabinets another pop.
The checkerboard tile floor install took them 10 days, including ripping out the existing tile and heated floor system. [...] If you plan on doing the same, I hope you have a great massage therapist or chiropractor.
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