Sunday, August 22, 2010

I picked a color!

I spent more money on paint samples than anything else... I hate being indecisive!
This contact paper is my favorite! Thank goodness for Target!

After living in chaos I am almost finished with the kitchen! I love the way it turned out... of course now I am obsessively shopping for new things to put in there... (I will save so much money when we go back to school and I am not shopping alllll day). I can't wait for Bill to come and help redo the floor! The best part is that I did this ALONE! Took the cabinet doors off, taped up the room, painted the cabinets, put in new contact paper, drilled holes and added new hardware, put the cabinet doors back on and painted the wall. It was so much more work than I thought but soooo worth it!
Almost there... shopping again to today for a few things to finish up and then making curtains! :)

Sunday, August 8, 2010

I have painted each room in my house. Each room that is except for the kitchen. I have put it off for lots of reasons but after reading online about how easy it was to paint kitchen cabinets I thought I was ready to tackle the kitchen. I think I already regret it. But I am so very tired of the knotty pine cabinets and white walls so here we go...

I started by taking e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g out of the cabinets and room and piled it in the already too small dining room :(


Since I thought I had already picked a color this was no problem. I was going to prime and paint and be done in a day. Then after I really thought about it I decided that painting the walls brown would not be the best idea. Unfortunately, this thought process took place after the kitchen looked like this:
Not only did I start second guessing my paint choice but the terrible tile floor started to stick out muchhhh more. There was only one thing for me to do... call my Uncle Bill! I'd like to say I sweet talked him but I think he was two steps ahead of me anyway and was already thinking about coming to Virginia (I'm sure because he misses me soooo much) anyway here are some beautiful kitchens I found while looking for a color to use... yes I am aware my kitchen will never look like these but it's nice to dream....
can i just build 1,000 more cabinets while i'm at it!?!?
This last one is my favorite! It could work right!?!?