Kitchen Completed....Finally.

WOW! It has been quite a long time since I've wrote about the house. I think I ended up saying how I was gonna makeover my kitchen. Well, it is completed finally..with the exception of some final touchups here and there. I didn't end up doing the blue/aqua combo...I painted the walls that color, eww...I ended up not liking it after Bart mentioned something to me about having it being a horrible color. At first I was gung-ho about doing chocolate brown on the backsplash...the cupboards bright white...and the walls sort of the aqua/blue color. Well, the final colors as you can see are nothing like it, with the exception of the chocolate brown and bright white ! :)

My first area of the kitchen was removing the wallpaper on the walls. It was a country red check with bird houses, it bugged me from the moment we moved into the house. So bye-bye wallpaper it went with the help with my steamer...which are the absolute greatest things ever ! :) It is a Wagner...(from Lowes), case you ever wanna check one out:) Next, after wiping down the after effects of the wallpaper glue and residue, I primed all over the kitchen cupboards and woodwork with an oil based primer called Kilz. After completing all of the primer I rolled an oil based paint on the actual cupboards...it was a Valspar brand that I got on clearance for two bucks ! :) After completing the priming and the two coats on the cupboards. I worked on doing the glossy white around the cupboards and trim areas. I also used an oil based gloss on the trim and the outer cupboard areas...For this I used the brand Krylon. Next was the easy part painting the chocolate brown on the backsplash and walls. This went rather quickly since I again used the Valspar paint in Satin...covered nicely just in one coat...but still went over in two to be safe.

This took a lot of time this room since I had so much going on in our family's lives with Neela's doc appointments...and kids attending school. I lost interest in this room rather quickly since it was coat after coat after coat...and so on! :P But I am very a happy with the after looks on the kitchen now. We are going to rip down that light/fan above the kitchen table just as soon as we go and pick out a nice modern one. Also, my fridge that is in the kitchen is almost like it was built for Barbie...way, w a y too small for the Waddell family. I am longing for a giant stainless steel one in the next summer months. :) Oh yea, and possibly putting in a dishwasher,well...eventually. And as far as a new sink...we are gonna put a large, deep one in soon, I hope ! :) WOW! lots on that wish list I'd say huh? Well, next room up is the boys room...which I have a dark grayish/navy with of course bright white trim. There is just something about bright white trim color...makes everything look astonishingly clean !