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Adding Charm to Our Kitchen - The Reveal

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 Hello friends!  I dug out my good camera today because I wanted to take some nice, quality shots of our kitchen upgrade project. Sadly, my card reader on my laptop wouldn't read my SD card. Ugh!!! So, since I really wanted to get pictures out to you today, I snapped a few late in the day pics on my phone.  Boo to that! Nonetheless, our kitchen project turned out so nice that I think it still shines through in the less than stellar photos. Excuses aside, let me remind you where we started.  When we built our home last summer, we weren't crazy about the backsplash and island wrap choices being offered by our builder. We decided to go without and install something ourselves.   We chose oak beadboard stained in Minwax Aged Barrel. Here we are in the beginning stages: And here it is finished! One of the issues we ran into was a variation of coloring in the way the oak took the stain.  We were very careful when selecting our panels, yet after install, one of the panels was noticeabl