✥ Reader Feature: Total {Gorgeous} Kitchen Remodel ✥

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This feature is a grade A prime example of a super fabulous blog you all should check out!
You're getting to see some of the beautiful rooms designed by Kelly from Oak House 5. She's a relatively new blogger but has been getting some major features for gorgeous rooms like the ones she's sharing today!


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We bought our home in 2003 because our family was growing and we needed the extra space. The house that we found was large and nestled in a great little neighborhood with beautiful and established trees, which is unusual for the side of town that it's on. The already open-concept floor plan, large bedrooms and endless possibilities drew us in but the work ahead of us would be labor intensive and it was easy to see why the house sat on the market for sale for such a long time, it would take just the right family to give this jewel in the rough the kind of TLC it needed.  This house was just begging for us to save it. 

Because the home is so open, we new we couldn't take it slow and do one room at a time, no, it was all or nothing and the kitchen was definitely our big ticket item. As soon as we moved in I began drawing up plans for the changes I wanted to make in the kitchen and dining areas. We lived in the house as it was for six years before we were ready to take the plunge into a full on, six month remodeling blitz.

Kitchen before:

After:

I had a list of non-negotiable's:

-must have an open space to work in

-must have gas cook top

-must have built-in refrigerator

-must have a black solid surface

-must have in-lay cabinetry

- to the ceiling cupboards

-must have wood flooring

I love this house because while it is an open concept floor plan, the home still utilizes formal and informal living without feeling stuffy or having an isolated and formal dining room that only gets used once or twice a year. We use our 'formal' dining room all the time for meals, homework or even when we have an overload of kiddos in the house.

dining room before:

Dining Room after

I am so pleased with the final result and honestly, there is nothing that I would change at this point. 

-- Kelly Lokey

OAK House 5

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 Did you just die for that kitchen makeover! I full gut job and so worth it! I would love that "after" kitchen in my home! I also love what Kelly did with the walls in her dining room, the wainscoting is gorgeous. I love the pic of the chandelier looking into the kitchen- simply stunning!


The rest of her room is just as beautiful as what you've already seen- so make sure you check out her home tour.

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