When we recently redid our kitchen, I left one wall blank because I knew I wanted a diy plate rack wall. These are great because they’re easy and affordable to build. A plate rack is also a nice way to display dishes when you don’t have much space. While a china cabinet is beautiful, it takes a lot of room. This felt like the perfect solution to display my wedding China.

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Here’s one thing I believe- if you have an old appliance and it works just fine, you can update it! For my oven, I wrapped it with car vinyl. But I was still wasn’t quite happy with how it was looking. I’m going to show how to update an old stove with paint and DIY stickers. 

before

When we first bought our house, the stove was the least of my concerns. The wood cabinets and green walls and tile countertops all were so dark, I focused on those first.

Then, after updating the rest of the kitchen with lots of paint, the stove became to feel not at place. So I decided to wrap it in car vinyl! Here’s a link to that tutorial. 

Car vinyl comes off cleanly so this works for renters and it doesn’t ruin your stove! Plus it withstands high temperatures. I’ve had the wrap on for 2 years and it has held up great! It cleans easily and there are zero issues with the heat.

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