Ever since redoing the back splash in my kitchen last year, I have been pondering painting my cabinets (see - these things are not ALWAYS spur of the moment decisions). My kitchen, when we moved in, was an odd combo of log cabin and 80's sky blue laminate. Little by little I have been changing it up. I put in a new floor, but I chose it purely on durability and mud-hiding ability since I have two young boys and we use the kitchen as our main entrance. So function won out over form on that one. I put in a new neutral tile back splash and we forked over the big bucks for the new counter tops and appliances (refrigerator that doesn't tip backwards - score!) I painted it. Twice. But it still felt dark and overwhelmingly caramel (no help from my choice of floor and the first color of paint). So (probably because of my winter blues...) I finally decided to commit to painting the cabinets with the goal of lightening up the place. I also painted a floor canvas to break up the caramel by the table area. I fixed up the
ugly bulb problem over a week ago, and I sewed some new valences from a table cloth. Here is a photo history of my kitchen and it's many phases of redo.
Before we bought the house.
After we moved in - fix #1 - knobs (they didn't have ANY... weird, right?)
New boy-friendly floor (white just wasn't going to do it for my family!). Also unfortunate caramel paint color that I chose and instantly hated.
New counter tops and appliances. New paint color. Redid the blue back splash..
A couple of days ago. (This is what a kitchen in use looks like....)
See how everything is was caramel?
NOW - painted floor cloth
new valence
painted cabinets = less caramel :)
much brighter! (hmmm... wish I had closed that drawer... oh well!)
my cupboards are the same blah wood color & also have no knobs. the kitchen & bathroom cabinets are exactly the same, so i've got the ugly throughout the house and i recently did the bathroom over by painting & installing knobs. look at how handy turned out! who'd a thunk it when we were doing cartwheels & comparing eyebrows.
ReplyDeleteLooking good! Did you sand down the cabinets first or just paint them. I've been wanting to this for a while, but can't get motivated to sand everything.
ReplyDeleteDawn - sand?? ppssshhht. A quick scrub with a sponge the day before (and I mean quick) and the a coat of good primer before the paint. Sand... hahaha....
ReplyDeleteHey, I just found your blog through your ana-white.com post about your deck furniture! :) YOU MUST tell me more about this painted floor cloth....!!! I have a toddler and a carpeted dining room. 'Nuff said!
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