If you can't stand the heat...

Where ever we have lived the kitchen has always been the hub of the house. Both Michael and I love to cook and living in rented units where the kitchens have been small and old has not always been great. When buying our house we new the kitchen was spacious with a gas stove, electric oven, dishwasher and walk-in pantry. When we moved in and went to use the oven for the first time we were surprised how small the inside of it was - our roasting pan didn't fit. Oh well we thought, in a few years time we can fulfil the dream of getting a big oven, but for now we can survive. Then we went to use the oven and it took almost two hours to cook chicken wings. So instead of having the oven repaired we decided to bite the bullet and get ourselves our dream oven and put together the kitchen we've always wanted (on a tiny budget). So below is the result of what a new oven, lick of paint and a change of door handles can do to transform a kitchen.

The before photo.

Out with the old handles and in with the new.

Look at me. I can grout.

The oven.

Michael and his two painting assistants.

The finished kitchen - 1 of 3.

The finished kitchen - 2 of 3.

The finished kitchen - 3 of 3.