A Kitchen Look Back.
I'm a bit torn about my kitchen update. I feel like I should know exactly want I want in there and just do it. I mean, isn't this so...
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I'm a bit torn about my kitchen update. I feel like I should know exactly want I want in there and just do it. I mean, isn't this sort of thing what I am passionate about? I wish someone would just come into my kitchen and tell me what I should do, when in reality, that's actually what people to ask me to do. When I choose things for myself, I tend to over think it a bit.
Let's do a little lookback to nearly 5 years ago when I purchased my home. They say some people have vision and can see past the ugliness. I like to think I did ;)
Thankfully, the stars aligned that summer and my brother, a cabinet maker by trade, had some free time and came to the rescue. He offered to build me some new cabinets, provided I pulled my own weight, helping out where I could. Lots of help came in other forms as well. My mom was a cleaning machine, Stephane pulled up all the floors (that's when I decided he was a keeper), and my dad did everything in between.
Things started looking up..
After lots of elbow grease, new cupboards, lots of paint and new appliances, this is were I ended up. And on a very slim budget, I might add. You can read about the rest of the transformation here.
I've been very happy with the end result for 4 1/2 years now. The cabinets have held up very well and so have the wood countertops. However, it is starting to show its wear. The cabinets are in desperate need of a paint job and so are the wall. Besides, I'm so tired of the blue.
Problem is, I'm unsure what direction to go.
Should I go all white, walls and all?
What about white cupboards and a very light shade of grey on the walls? (I've narrowed it down to Benjamin Moore Intense White)
Then there is two tone. I had nixed the idea and now I keep coming back to it. I quite like it.
So here is the plan:
Let's do a little lookback to nearly 5 years ago when I purchased my home. They say some people have vision and can see past the ugliness. I like to think I did ;)
- dated brown cupboards
- stove but no fridge
- mint Formica countertop (as much as love mint now.. it had to go!)
- high gloss ceiling, seriously blinding. Due to paint sheen or grease, I'm not sure I want to know..
- layer upon layer of dated flooring and tile.
Things started looking up..
Can you believe that under all that was this:
After lots of elbow grease, new cupboards, lots of paint and new appliances, this is were I ended up. And on a very slim budget, I might add. You can read about the rest of the transformation here.
I've been very happy with the end result for 4 1/2 years now. The cabinets have held up very well and so have the wood countertops. However, it is starting to show its wear. The cabinets are in desperate need of a paint job and so are the wall. Besides, I'm so tired of the blue.
Problem is, I'm unsure what direction to go.
Should I go all white, walls and all?
What about white cupboards and a very light shade of grey on the walls? (I've narrowed it down to Benjamin Moore Intense White)
Then there is two tone. I had nixed the idea and now I keep coming back to it. I quite like it.
So here is the plan:
- Repaint the cabinets (white or with darker lower cabinets)
- Paint the walls. (White or BM Intense White)
- Share our new piece in the kitchen that has given us much more storage and dramatically changed the way we use the kitchen. (Soon I swear.. we ran into a couple of delays)
- Replace the chandeliers? I'm over them but they may have to stay for a while longer and I can live with that.
Hope you enjoyed the look back. I really shouldn't complain at all. It is so different from where it started. I would love your opinion about what direction I should take with paint!
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