Kitchen Corner Shelf... before...during...

Can you see from these pictures the awkward area here? The counter ends in one place, the backsplash in a different place and the cabinet in still a different place. Look at the ceiling and you can see where Tony removed a bank of hanging cabinets to open the kitchen up to the living room more. Anyway, there was an awkward space there and we couldn't decide how to bridge the gap. We came up with the idea to build a corner shelf there.

Here it is in the 'during' phase. There will be beadboard facing on the insides of the back and side walls (to match the beadboard that's on the lower cabinets and tall cabinet beside the fridge -- that cabinet is NEXT on our list! Watch for pics...)

What do you think? We are not cabinet builders! This took a long time but I'm happy with it!!! I think it 'bridges the gap' wonderfully!

Oh! Look here. I found a picture from when we looked at the house before we bought it. Looky here!!! This is the true BEFORE picture!

And then Tony stripped the paint off and got to the original stain, it looked black.

Tony sanded all the stain off and got them back to naked wood. They've come a long way!