Extreme DIY Kitchen Makeover (Rental Friendly) | diy countertops, diy table, diy lighting & mor

Hey guys, welcome back to my channel and today I'm so excited because I'm going to take you along on my

kitchen

and dining room renovation journey. It has taken me almost a year to tackle this project, but I have finally decided to do it. and I'm very excited without further ado let's get into it and I'll start by showing you the starting point of my

kitchen

so when I moved in almost a year ago this is the place I was greeted with. no stools, no frills or anything very basic and simple, and now almost a year later it's exactly the same thing, the only thing I added was this dining room

table

that's from my last apartment and then it swung the other way and I added in this random picture frame so it's very basic right now and honestly I'm really excited to do it so the first thing I want to address is the

countertops

they're currently this dark color and not 100 my cup of tea , they could be granite, I'm not sure either way.

I have two different types of marble contact paper that I am going to try. Let's try it and see which one looks better, so here are the two different types of contact. paper I'm trying out and the one on the right actually seems much better quality, it's just thicker and looks like it will have better longevity so that's the one I'll choose even though I like the design on the left a little better the one on the right I think is the best option so I ordered five rolls of this in matte finish and I'm going to go ahead and start installing it, applying this contact paper was really great.

Easy, all I did was spread it out a little at a time and used a card to press it into place to get rid of those air bubbles. Once I got to the edge of the counter, I simply cut off the excess using some scissors and wrapped it around the bottom to create a really neat line to cut around anything like the sink, for example. I simply placed my card against the edge to create a guide and then marked it with a utility knife. Ok so now I have all the marble contact paper on the counters here and it looks great so I'm super excited but I'm also excited because I'm going to put up a different backsplash so I just wanted to update this backsplash and It also brightens the space a little bit more and I think these things will work so this is a sticky backsplash.

We're going to go ahead and put this stuff on the backsplash and I'm really excited to see how it's going to turn out. I'm going to go ahead and remove any of the outlet covers that are there, I'm just going to take them off and then I'm going to take my first piece of the backsplash and I'm just going to cut out the shapes that I need to fit around those outlets. covers and once I put them in place, they fit so perfectly it's satisfying and I just show you a close up of how they put them on, remove the adhesive backing and put them in place and interlock with each other now I would I swore this would just It would take me very little time to apply it, but it honestly took me like four hours to get it in place, but once it was done, it looked so legit, now I'll just say that for that inside corner piece I was literally cutting out individual tiles, so no.

I have that on video because it took me probably two hours out of the four hours, but honestly it looks really good and after I've applied all the pieces, I'm just reinstalling those outlet covers and that's it. We have a new backsplash so next we're going to focus on the

lighting

and this is something where the current

lighting

is okay it's just not my favorite so I really just want to improve it a little bit in the first place by I'm going. to improve the lighting situation it is right above the dining

table

or where the dining table will currently be, it is a bit farmhouse and I want it to be boho, aesthetic, natural and very nice, so I am starting by uninstalling the existing lamp and I will save it so I can reinstall it when I move and for the new lamp while I was at the thrift store several months ago I bought this lampshade.

You may recognize what I'm doing here because I covered this in a Secondhand Video, it was one of my favorite things I've ever flipped and I'll link it below for the exact details, but basically I just removed the existing lampshade from the skeleton and then I used fiber to cover it and weave it. over and under and over and under and around and basically just covering the entire structure to create a whole new lampshade and I love how it turned out with the natural material and then to install it I just grabbed this light from Amazon and I'm just going through it down the center of the lampshade and now that that's done we can move on to the lighting that will go right above the kitchen island and for that I found this really nice wine holder that is made from cane straps and I found it on Homesense, which is home goods in the US, and I think I figured out a way to turn this into pendant lights, so using some pliers and a hammer, and you know, just brutal force, here I am taking it apart and even though it's just I'm going to show that it took like five seconds to take it apart, it actually took an hour, but once I had them all separated and that's it, I'm just grabbing some lamps that I bought on Amazon and the first thing I'm going to do.

What I do is I take the piece that would be attached to the ceiling and I'm just going to remove that little circle clamp and using a really strong glue I'm going to attach it to the pendant light so it has this little cross piece, I'm just putting it on and boom it's attached instantly and it's super super safe. I'm going to go ahead and paint that piece black to match the end and then the piece that's going to go to the ceiling, since this is renter

friendly

, I'm going to use these wood rounds that I bought online and I'm going to also paint black, so I'm just going to use a little bit of black acrylic paint and a sponge brush and then connect. this round piece that will be the ceiling piece of the pendant, I'm going to take the cord from the pendant, I'm going to take it apart and I'm just going to use that black cap piece that covers the part where the bulb usually screws in and basically I'm going to gluing it onto the round pieces that we just painted, once they're attached I'm simply cutting the wire to the desired length and putting the end of the wire into that little cap piece and screwing it into place and then for the light, we're going to use these battery operated bulbs that actually look like bulbs so they're not puck lights, they work with a remote control which is very handy so I'm just removing the adhesive backing and putting it on the crossbar and then, For an extra type of security, I'll just hot glue it into place to make it super sticky and secure and finally attach them to the ceiling.

I'm just using several command strips like so many command strips and I'm just gluing them in place and you want to make sure that the ceiling has been washed and is free of dirt and grease and all that before you glue them in place. Make sure they stay and here you can see the lights working perfectly. Hey, did you notice that I have a kitchen island and obviously I need some seats to go to that kitchen island? I was initially going to buy some matching stools online. my house, but I couldn't really find anything that was that affordable and then I was at the thrift store and I found these two puppies and guess what, they were only 4.99 each, 4.99, so when I saw it I thought I could sell it and make a little money, which I was initially going to do, or I can try to just reupholster them, change the color of the wood somehow, so that was my second option and I decided to go that route in case I didn't.

You guessed it, so the first thing I do is remove all those staples that hold the seat cover cushion in place and I'm basically using pliers to pull them out once all those staples are removed. I'm just removing the cover. and I can see that I have some foam left that's still in pretty good condition, so that's good, we'll be able to work with that, but first I'm going to remove that foam from the top of the chair and get started. sanding that color so I'm just using a pretty coarse grit sandpaper to remove the stain that's currently there and as you can see it lightened the wood a lot and once that's done sanding you can see the new color that's there all over.

It's so cute, it's so lightweight and it looks great now to add a little warmth to the wood. I'm just going to use this minwax wood finish in the gold pecan color, so I'm going to go ahead and open it up and then give it a good stir and add it to the legs of the stool, once the stain is there you can see that it's a really nice color. beautiful and next I'm going to fix the top of the stool, which as I mentioned before. It sags a little and for that I just cut some plywood to the exact size of the top of the stool.

I also have some wood glue and some clamps, so I'm just adding a generous amount of wood glue to each side. of the stool and I put the plywood on top and then I reinforce it with those wood clamps while it dries and then once it's all dry I just remove the clamps and put the foam back on top and now we can move on. I went to the thrift store to see if we could find some type of fabric to cover the top of the stool and while I was in the curtain section at Value Village I found this really pretty window curtain that I thought was beautiful because it had texture and This nice ivory color so I took it home and washed it and then I just laid the stool on top of the fabric, cut it to size and started stapling it in place.

I made sure to pull the fabric taut while stapling. and as you can see I actually learned something through this process and that is to stack something under the staple gun like I did with a bunch of pieces of wood and that makes stapling a lot easier and once all that is done did the stapling. I have two new chairs that look very nice and match my space perfectly. Now that we've transformed some of the main aspects of the kitchen area, we're now going to switch gears a bit to the dining space. and there is one wall in particular that is right in front of the dining room table that is so gray and so boring and I don't like it at all, however I have an idea to transform it into an accent wall and an arched accent wall to be specific and let's transform this boring gray wall into the

rental

arch accent wall of my dreams, so I covered this in detail in one of my other videos that I'll link below, but basically I started by painting that gray wall white and then applying some wallpaper. in an easy way to rent, it will be completely removable.

Then I went ahead and painted that wallpaper a nice orange color, but I think it will complement the entire space really well and how satisfying those crisp lines on the edge of the arch are to you. and then once that was done I wanted to build a shelf there so I cut a piece of wood and attached these pretty black wall brackets to it and then I just screwed them to the wall and then the final piece for this area was upcycling an ikea . ivory cabinet so I basically put it together and then covered the cabinet fronts with raffia fabric, cut them to size, stapled them in place and they looked so good I loved it and as I mentioned I cover this with a lot More details in another video, so check it out if you're interested.

Hey guys, I just wanted to take a second to tell you that if you're enjoying this video, it would mean a lot to me if you go ahead and subscribe. For me, on this YouTube channel I make videos about DIY decorating and room

makeover

s and I think if you're enjoying this video you'll probably enjoy my other videos too and I also wanted to tell you that if you like me and enjoy watching them. my content would mean a lot to me too if you go ahead and check me out on instagram. I'm on diy dahlia with an underscore at the end and I share all kinds of behind the scenes and sneak peeks there too. so let's go back to my kitchen

makeover

so i'm cleaning my old kitchen table and removing it along with the chairs before i start renovating my new dining room table and this is another case where i have a video that is a very recent video i just posted showing the details of how i transform this, but basically i painted the second hand table white and then i went ahead and used paint to make a nice marble design, after that i made it look like legit marble . pouring epoxy resin on the top and then for the base of the table I added a nice natural texture by gluing pieces of the semi-circular molding that I bought at a lumber yard and the end result looked so legit I'm very happy with how this table It turned out and once again I'll have this video linked below for you, but now that the table is done, I'm going to move on to the back wall where the dining room table is.

You know how hard it is to maintain painter's tape. stuck to the popcorn ceiling so hard it just falls right off, but you know what we're doing here,okay, we're doing good, so all the walls have dried and they look so good, much brighter in this white color, so I love it so much and I think the next thing I'm going to do is add something to this wall , which is the main back wall, just behind the dining room table, and I want to add some deep texture and dimension to this wall by making my wall panels tenant

friendly

.

Cut the wainscoting board and batten depending on how you want call it because there are a lot of different names, but I actually did this in my last apartment and I loved it so much that I thought I could do it here too. I'm going to go ahead and start, which means adding it directly to the wall, so I'll start with pieces of mdf that are cut to size so that they are the full vertical length of my wall, as well as the horizontal width of each section of the squares. that we're going to create after that, I went and took a bunch of command trips and bought a bunch, I mean a lot of them and basically applied them to each of the mdf boards for the small pieces that I just used. two of the small command strips and then for the long vertical pieces I used four command strips and honestly this is so simple guys I basically removed the back of the command strips and put each of the command strip pieces on. mdf instead I used. a level to make sure everything is square, level and straight and so I have my perfect wall panels that I think are so stunning it's one of my favorite things about this space and now that we have the back wall done we can officially Continue with decorating the entire space with the finishing touches on my decorative arched wall shelf.

I'm just adding this thrifted basket as well as this faux vine plant. I'm also adding this ivory colored vase and in it I'm placing some dried herbs. that I picked from a field next door, I'm adding this wooden rainbow from the dollar store that I created in a previous video and I'm also adding a couple of brass candles, I'm stacking a couple of books to increase the height and then I'm placing this really cute thrifted bowl in the raffia cabinet. I'm adding this donut vase that's from my house and adding some pampas grass and a bunny tail on the other side.

I'm adding some books, a small vase, a little more bunny. glue and a little faux plant from the dollar store next to that whole cabinet, I added this huge glass vase on the floor and placed some very fluffy pampas grass inside on this little wall next to my dining room table. Add in this art print I made and I actually have another piece of art I made, except this one was with silicone. I also made it in a recent video and I'll use it to cover the electrical panel and then move on. For my kitchen island, I bought this beautiful rattan tray on Amazon and then I wanted a nice textured vase to sit on top of it, so I grabbed this vase from the dollar store and hot glued it to a piece of fabric. raffia.

This is a very easy trick. this one actually matches the cabinet perfectly so I went ahead and filled it with some dried flowers and placed it right on top of the rattan tray and then to top it off I added this second hand milk jug which is so cute and I'm I also added this really pretty amber candle that I bought at Walmart now to my kitchen counter. I wanted to add a little coffee and tea station so I'm using this bamboo tray I bought at the dollar store and then grabbed a few of these. Bamboo and glass containers from the dollar store that I'm going to pour my sugar and tea bags into on the other side of the sink.

I'm adding this cute little letter board that says happy days, as well as a little base of dollar tree buds and some dried flowers Michael gave me to the walls next to the refrigerator. I'm just adding this little thrifted basket with some faux greens, as well as this really pretty print I made in my bathroom decorating video now just below. that I'm adding this fake plant that I put in a cute basket, I'm also pushing out my new stools that I love and the last thing I'm adding is this really cheap rug from ikea, I think it was less than five dollars and so guys the change image of my kitchen is complete.

I can't believe how far I came here and I hope you like it. I love how my kitchen turned out in the end and I really hope this video helped. A little inspiration, that's always my goal here. If you enjoyed this video, it would really mean a lot to me if you hit that subscribe button because that really helps my channel grow and even something as small as hitting the like button does too. help too thank you very much for watching and see you next time bye