The hardware is finally up...

I posted a few weeks ago about how we painted our kitchen and cabinets to transform our kitchen from this..

to this...

We have never had a kitchen that had hardware on the cabinets so we decided to try it out.  Not only does it improve the look of the cabinets, but it is so nice to have on a daily basis of opening and closing cupboards and drawers.

Tyler did an amazing job of installing them with a little help from me.  

Materials needed:

-pen or pencil for marking

-power drill

-screw driver

-hardware with screws

-we purchased this measuring device which saved us the hassle of measuring and leveling

 Step 1: Place the measuring device on the bottom corner of the cabinet and use a pen to mark where to drill the holes

Step 2: Use a power drill to pre drill the holes so it makes screwing easier

(Ty's drill has a leveler in the back that he is looking at to make sure he drills straight and level)

Step 3: Place the screws in through the back of the cabinets

Step 4: Tighten the screws to the hardware

That's all it takes.

So with a little hardware (and new stools thanks to my amazing aunt) our kitchen went from looking like this...

to this..

Now the only other update is to get a new backsplash.  I'm thinking maybe something likes this or this or this.