Kitchen remodeling/decorating pictures

I love my house. When I bought it I was so geeked about buying an actual house with a back and front yard and not having to settle for a townhouse or condo, which are really just glorified apartments (I can say that now that I have a house), that I was willing to live with the tiny kitchen it came with. I figured I could spruce it up, make do until I can afford to buy another one. I have a traditional cape cod house built in the 1920s. The previous owner kept it well maintained and even included a few modern luxuries like central air and heat to go along with the old world charm of its bay windows and wood-burning fireplace, etc. But the kitchen was less than thrilling. In fact, when I took my son along for a viewing he hated it and begged me not to buy it, lol. I could see if it was a galley kitchen then I could deal with its size. But it's literally a box. It's not pleasing to the eye, theres no symmetry. SOOOOO, I took on the task of beautifying the heart of my home. Threw up some curtains and a few signs, going for a country diner look and decided to finally stop the lazy madness and put up a roll of wallpaper I'd been holding on to for oh, about a year and some change. A friend came over, we cleared off the dining room table and he and I got it cracking! Thank God he was there to help me because there is no way I could've gotten those first few pieces up by myself. Sheet after sheet went up beautifully. Then we ran out. So now only 95% of my wall is covered. I'm pretty disappointed. And to top it off! I'm still not loving my kitchen. My mother says that I won't ever love it because of its size and the way it's positioned and I think she's right. I'll just have to make due I guess, until and if I ever move or come into enough money to renovate it. I have the space in the backyard to expand, just not the clams in which to do so. Anyway, without further ado below are some pictures of the kitchen. I plan to paint the cabinets during my next burst of energy and then redo the floor with new tiles. Oh, and I'm very satisfied with the rest of the house :)

here's the wallpaper. I painted the spice cabinets with chalkboard paint and made them a menu board and a grocery list board










over the stove. The diner picture may be moved or replaced with a stainless steel backsplash, I don't know.









my baby













window, etc.














So I ran out of wallpaper and have about 3 small notebook-sized sections that aren't covered with paper and the website where I bought the wallpaper no longer carries it. I want to cry but before I do I'm going to try to see if maybe I can take a piece of it someplace and have it recreated. Wish me luck.