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Our 'temporary' under cabinet lighting. They are simple wireless LEDs run by batteries. When we get back from Germany we will hard wire some better ones in when we do our backsplash. All six lights cost $15 (on sale) at Lowe's.

After the gel stain was applied and polyurethaned. The flash of the camera makes the cabinets look like they're almost black, but in real life they're between a chocolate brown and espresso color. You will also notice that we added hardware to the cabinets.

A 'before' shot of the first cabinet I refinished with the General Finishes Brown Mahogany gel stain.

Cabinets are finally done minus aligning the doors above the fridge. :)

The second set of cabinets/drawers I refinished. For some reason I forgot to take 'before' pictures. Again, door pulls were added once the drawers were refinished.

And the cabinets around the stove once refinished.

A 'before' shot of the cabinets around the stove.

Finally finished. :)

A 'before' look of the pantry. It's nearly finished, so check back soon for the 'after' picture. :)

Refinished stove side.

The sink view, refinished. Again, not quite sure why I didn't take 'before' pictures of the bottom cabinets.

More bottom cabinet shots. You might notice that our dish washer looks like a stainless steel model in this picture and black in an earlier picture. We used a product that is contact paper put really does give the look of brushed stainless steel. We will eventually be replacing the dishwasher and stove with stainless to match the refrigerator, but probably not until we return from a work-related year long trip to Germany.