Kitchen remodel

Before reading, take a look at the previous post. has some before pictures.

WHEW. longest project ever, is donezo. thank GOD. It was so much work, but i am SO. HAPPY. with the finished result.

Here is a before picture, complete with black tile, yellow walls, and cherry cabinets..

Ew. so dingy and dark. When I told people that i was going to paint the cabinets, a lot of people were like, “what?! why?! its going to look..so..different..why would you do that?!”

Needless to say, it was pretty annoying. For one, because its my kitchen. Two, because the cherry cabinets just werent my style. and three, because id say that I have pretty good taste, and i wouldnt take on the challenge of painting cabinets unless i thought that the end result would look pretty sharp.

Overall, the project took a good two weeks. Monday-Thursday of week 1 was spent painting the frames of the cabinets, one coat each day with a roller. Friday of week one was was spent sanding and cleaning the cabinets–I used a superfine sanding block. For paint, I used Behr paint and primer in one, semi gloss, ultra white. I did not do a protective top coat.

Saturday-Thursday were spent painting..and painting..and painting. Most of the cabinets had 4 coats, some had 5. I used a small roller for the sides and the inside of the front of the cabinets, then an angled brush for the beveled edges in the center and along the outside rims. I made the exec decision to skip painting the backside of the cabinets in an effort to save time and prevent the paint-on-paint sticking of the doors and the door frames. Then we put the old hardware back on and hung the cabinets.

THEN we painted the walls from the awful yellow that was there, to “seasalt” in semigloss from sherwin williams. I realized that the color totally matches the bluish greenish color of frosted glass..and matches our new light fixture.

So without further a-do…

Before, again:

The workspace…

Annnddd…ta-da!

And some little details, of course:

Our wedding toppers, and a picture of us..

Thanks for the flowers, mom! They go perfectly with the new kitchen

Butter Bell..

Wonderful chalk board from Auntie Vickie, complete with a Mr Oz drawing..

My view from the kitchen sink:

And just a few more final shots..

We picked up this adorable retro fixture at Menards for $11.99!! the color matches the walls. So cute.