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Our house...in the middle of the woods - Kitchen

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Oh man, where to start with the kitchen.  This is the listing photo:


As soon as we had the keys, little girl and I changed all the knobs to silver.  We bought a black fridge because...that's what color everything else was!  After we had been in for a bit, I took down the wallpaper - that was zero fun - and painted.  I also put peel and stick wallpaper on the back splash area because a girl can only handle so much fake wood and I had it leftover from a different project.

We've mulled over lots of ideas with what to do with this space, but they all involve $$ and so I've focused on smaller things I can do for lesser $$.  I've changed the light fixture out as well. 

Recently I've been thinking about color on the cabinets.  It's kind of hard to tell, but they are a creamy color.  I don't hate the color...too much, but the cabinet space (specifically in the uppers) is horrible, so we'll probably go with a different cabinet when we remodel.  Which meant that I could have some fun with color for these guys!  I knew I wanted dark - I'm drawn to blues, greens, greys - nature neutrals.  I saw a color on a blog and loved it!  Decided to ask for a sample size when I went to my local Ace Hardware store.  A funny thing happened, even though the paint color was Benjamin Moore - they didn't have the formula for a sample size (something about too little yellow,  I think).  So I ended up getting a quart for not the list price.

I should pause and point out that I have a knack for collecting all the sample paints that folks have tried and decided weren't for them (2 of my 3 bathrooms are painted with 1 person's "nah" greys..and I still have others!).  So I already had a couple greens and greys that I thought might work.  On a whim, I tried the one from Ace (Benjamin Moore Chimichurri).  Y'all - I sat on this for MONTHS.  It's dark, it's bold.  And then one day I went for it!  I had a helper and I let her treat the doors like a canvas - she had a blast!

And the finished product.  I was all 😳😮😱 when I finished, but that very quickly turned to 😍


The light and color are a little funny in this space, so this is a better picture of the actual color.


I have another big (for me) project planned for this space very soon that should change both how it looks and how it functions for our everyday use.


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