Well, I finished the $100 kitchen reno and as you can see in this earlier post, we managed to stay under $100 even including some other items, like the mirror I put up and the 'blackboard' I created by painting the end of one of the cabinets (just out of view in the foreground). The new counters and floors make the kitchen feel more included in the rest of the house. Lets start with the floor: it took a lot longer than I thought (but of course you knew that by now!) I put the tiles on the diagonal for more interest and it also seems to make the space bigger. Even though it is way more graphic than the

What do you think it takes to make a kitchen more livable? That's what we're trying to find out as the cost for really doing it right is quickly spiralling out of control. By 'right' I mean that in addition to new cabinets, countertop, backsplash in the kitchen itself the floor needs to be leveled. Since this will make the rest of the floor look funny (and we can't match the old worn out floors in the rest of the house) we want to carry new flooring front to back. Now it is open concept, but a very small space as you can see in other pictures here, so it isn't out of consideration, but kinda out of reach for