At last. After what? Six months? Nine?
At last, I think I can call the kitchen finished. Or at least close enough to finished that I will not spend every waking moment thinking about painting, flooring or cabinet hardware. Before we see the finished project, let’s take a walk down memory lane, shall we?
The day we moved into the house…
Most hideous kitchen, but most cutest model.
And it just gets better and better…
Remember – the guy who owned our house before us was blind. Not that I needed to tell you that…you probably could’ve figured it out by that last pic. no?
So we took down the wallpaper, which made a difference. And we took down the cabinet that everyone hit their head on and that made a HUGE difference.
We changed out the light fixture and then my birthday gifts arrived.
And then the great floor debacle ran its course, but we ended up with lovely floors just the same.
And finally…I bit the bullet, picked some colors and painted up the cupboards, the walls, some family rules art and a chalkboard spice cupboard to use as our shopping list spot. And finally we have this…
I can’t even tell you the difference in the lighting situation in the kitchen. It has SO MUCH LIGHT. It is awesome. I did include that last pic there so you can see the new back door – which helps a lot in the lighting situation!
The colors are not perfect in the photos, but here is the rundown on what is what.
Wall: Benjamin Moore Manchester Tan
Upper Cabs: Benjamin Moore Bleeker Beige
Lower Cabs: Benjamin Moore Alexandria Beige
(All three are just different shades from the same swatch family. If BMs site wasn’t being so difficult I’d try to put the paint colors up there…but, well, it is being difficult. So you can go check them out if you are interested.
The cabinet hardware we got from Lowe’s. It is the same oil-rubbed bronze as the light fixture and it brings out the brown in the grout (I hardly notice the old tile…in fact, I think I kinda like it now!) and the floor tile. And the paint colors have just enough gray in them that they look great next to the stainless steel appliances.
I think at some point we might want a little more color – but I have artwork and window treatments to find still and I figured I can pull in the blue from the tile into these. We also need to find a microwave/vent for over the range to get rid of that old hood. And I’d love to get a new faucet at some point, too.
But like I said…it is close enough to finished for me. And I’m sure for you all, too. So, NO MORE KITCHEN posts! Well…at least for a few months, ok?
