It’s week 3 of the One Room Challenge Makeover. I can’t believe how much we have gotten done, and I am especially fond of what I am sharing with you all today. Well, lets just back track a little bit or catch you all up if it’s your first time here. For Week One, I shared our before photos of the one side of our kitchen as well as the makeover design board I put together. For Week Two, I shared The easy way to paint cabinets and some of the progress we had made; including subway tile, ardex countertops, and the newly painted kitchen using our Sherwin Williams HGTV paint in Pure White.
So, now for some decorative features. The kitchen is coming together really nicely, but one thing that I was craving in here were some floating shelves. When we replaced the cabinets, I decided I wanted to leave the kitchen open as much as I could. We have very little sunlight in our house and our layout is not even close to an open floor plan. So though knocking walls down would be amazing, but with our budget and luck we chose to keep the walls as they are in this house and make the most out of opening the space with just some small design choices. By removing the pantry and keeping no upper cabinets on the end of the wall we were able to really open the space and allow more light to shine in from the dining room window. If you’re in the space you could feel the difference (it’s great).
Anyhow, though no cabinet is great on top, it of course needed something. We first did the subway tile all the way up the wall (which I shared last week), but then I decided to do some beautiful shelves to steal the show. Of course reclaimed wood shelves would be GORGEOUS, but I wanted something different. I had already planned to do some butcher block on this part of the kitchen, so I felt that would be a little too much wood tones. White, seemed so boring, I wanted something more exciting…so I decided to use some marble!!!!
Did I just say Marble? yes, me the DIY queen that can’t even afford the slightest bit of marble…decided to splurge a bit and add some marble to this kitchen. I mean after all I am truly going for a french style bistro kitchen and what says french more then beautiful marble. Though counters will be in my future, I say if not here then my forever home (and I don’t mean the next one we mortgage). So a little marble would be a perfect way to satisfy this crave of mine. Fortunately, I have family that works in the cabinet business and I was able to buy through them the marble at cost. Not bad, right? I mean heck that was still splurging for me, but not nearly what it would have been if I bought it at retail.
So once that gorgeous marble arrived, and I stopped petting it lol, it was time to decide how we would install it. We had purchased these brackets, which were cheap and easy..but installing them to tile was going to be challenging. I mean, it really isn’t, but for this DIY couple that messes everything up before we get it right, had no second chance here. Once they were screwed in…that’s it! So can you believe we actually called a handy man to get a quote on it. Yea well after our jaws hit the floor with the $160 price he gave me, we decided to  just attempt it ourselves.
Mark hole for screw, then use tile drill bit to put hole into tile. (somehow I forgot to take photos of this part).
Use anchor to hold the weight of the tile.
Once brackets are into place, use apoxy to attach the marble to the brackets.
And …voila!
I’m not gonna lie this took us about 3 hours because every project we do has a hiccup or two in it. Thankfully nothing that sacrificed the design.
What a difference! as you can see the hubby patched the ceiling and covered the soffit. We picked up some butcher block from Ikea and finished this corner off.
Source:
Butcher Block: Ikea
Hardware: Lowes
Cabinet Paint: Benjamin Moore-Simply White
Cup Rack: TJ Maxx
Jars: Homegoods
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The shelves really complete that corner – they look wonderful, and you two were extremely brave for installing them yourselves, drilling into tile is not something I would attempt myself!!!!
Thanks Liz! yes, definitely one of our more risky projects…but we made it through lol
I absolutely love how this turned out!! This little nook looks like a completely different space no
Thanks Crystal, I know right? Crazy change!
Love the shelves, they are gorgeous!
PS: I think you mean voila by “walah,” right?
Haha Leigh, yep you got it, I’ll fix that!
Deb – your kitchen looks gorgeous…but those marble shelves are swoon worthy! That corner is just perfection now. Cheers to a great week!
Thank you so much! I am so glad the marble shelves turned out the way they looked in my head.
Beautiful!
Thank you Theresa!
Looks beautiful Deb! Love the choice of marble!
Thank you Tara, I am so happy will pulled it off. A dream of mine to have marble shelves.
Wow! Your kitchen is looking fantastic! Those shelves are great.
Thank you so much Emy!
Deb, I LOVE how these turned out! Pinning!
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Ooooh I love those shelves! This space is shaping up so beautifully!
It’s only the third week and your kitchen already looks amazing!
I love those marble shelves, simple and timeless…
I just discovered your blog and I love it, all makeover on a budget which is my favorite thing!!!
I always thought that you don’t necessarily need money to have a nice home.
Thanks for sharing and I look forward to see the progress…
Thank you so much Nadia. So happy to have you found my page and for your sweet commment.
So gorgeous!! That is one stylish little nook! Great job to you guys!! Love it. – Rachael
Those shelves are everything! Looks so fantastic, and what an upgrade!
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I dream of marble countertops…there is nothing more beautiful (or more expensive) What a great idea to just use them as a small accent in your kitchen. The shelves look amazing!!
Thanks Amanda! Yes, the only way I was getting a taste of them lol
Wow, that little nook of the kitchen looks amazing! These photos are freaking beautiful by the way, and I can’t wait to see the kitchen all finished up!
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Oh thank you Katie! That means so much coming from you! So happy to have you stop by!
OH my gosh, those are gorgeous and well worth the splurge! I am hoping to do open shelving in my kitchen remodel for the same reasons. Pinning for later, looks great!
Thanks April! Thanks for pinning, Loving open shelves right now in kitchens, wish I could of added more. Good luck on your kitchen makeover.
Your kitchen is looking so good! That corner is a wonderful improvement and I love the shelves. The marble was a great choice.
Thanks Rachel!
Great job on the shelves. I love the light open feel. Can’t wait to see all of it finished.
Thank you so much! Yes, it definitely opened up the space giving it so much more light in here.
Wow, Deb! That one little nook in your kitchen makes such a big difference on the look and feel of the whole space. I love the floating marble shelves. It definitely gives it that French bistro vibe you were going for!
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The marble shelves are amazing. I love how your kitchen is coming along.
Thanks so much Katy!
Wow, you’re really making a lot of progress! Your kitchen looks phenomenal already. The open shelves really make a difference in how the kitchen looks overall; it definitely appears to me more spacious and neat! Great post! Thanks so much for sharing!
Thanks so much Morgan!