Before and After

So, we decided a couple of months ago that we are going to stick around San Antonio for a while, which meant finally moving up to a bigger house. We did all sorts of stuff to pretty up the house in preparation for putting it on the market. The first thing we did (well, really, my mom did it while we mostly watched and kept the kids out of the way) was scrape the popcorn ceiling off and then have someone come in and texture and paint it for us. What a huge difference! Then we painted the kitchen cabinets "Toasted Marshmallow". Here are some photos from before (WAY before, like 2006):


And here's one we took as we were already taking the cabinet doors off. Charming, don't you think?

Here's the finished product. We were pretty proud of ourselves. My mom, who loves HGTV, spray painted all the knobs and hinges black, which looks great and saved us loads of cash. We also put on new countertops. What a difference!