Cottage Style Cabinet Makeover Trim Work Begins, Undercabinet Lighting, & New Window Trim!

I have a moment to post a few photos of what we were busy working on this weekend. Hubs was a busy man! Though I started priming and painting the inside of the cabinets a couple of weeks ago, this weekend we finally began adding the beadboard and trim work to create our cottage style (or farm house style) kitchen cabinets. Before hubs began the trimwork, he did the hardwiring for the new undercabinet lighting. We're both pretty excited about that! The lights aren't in yet, but the wiring is there and when we finish painting under the cabinets, we'll install those.

We also added the kitchen window casing and trim and I'm thrilled with how it turned out! Before, there was only a sill and no casing (it was just drywall). This is the first window in our house that has real trim, lol! I can't tell you how much this trimwork has so far changed the look and feel of both the window and cabinetry, so I'll just show you instead! We still have to add the crown molding to the top of the cabinets and under that will be rope molding. We hope to get to that later this week, but I'll show you a few photos of what we've done so far...click on any photo to enlarge (There will be more before and after explanation pics later when we complete the cabinets)

Here's a photo of our sad, plain cabinets. I've already painted the inside of it and primed the outside.



This photo is a good shot of our window which was stripped of it's old sill. Also, you can see where we added the beadboard to the sides of the cabinets.



Yay! New window trim and sill! The new sill is six inches deep and now accomdates my sprawling ivy. See the new trim hubs added to the bottom of the cabinets?



A couple of closeup shots of the beadboard and trim...I think it's not only pretty, but it will help hide our undercabinet lighting. Of course, we still have to prime, caulk, and paint everything for a seamless look.



I think hubs did such a wonderful job, not just with the trim but with everything we've worked on in this house so far. With just about everything he's done, he's had no prior experience. He's picking up all these skills as we go along. Great job, hon!