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New paint in the kitchen

August 7, 2017

I’m always amazed at the power of paint in a room!  I am working on catching you up on some changes we’ve made in our house – some were gradual and I just haven’t had a chance to blog them yet.  

We moved 3 weeks before I had our little girl so I only managed to get 3-4 rooms painted before she came… then it took a few months before I was back to tackling big projects.  The kitchen finally made that list and I was so glad to see the green paint go!

Here’s the kitchen before we moved in…

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And here’s how it looked after we moved in.    We replaced all the flooring in the house except for the kitchen/laundry room because we were trying to decide if we wanted to tile in the kitchen or continue our wood floors into the kitchen… (spoiler alert: we did the wood floors!  I’ll share that soon!)

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I am a light/bright and neutral paint girl so the green just wasn’t me. 

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So I continued the same paint color we did in our living room that we have used in all the main areas of our house – Behr Wheat Bread.  Its a nice greige color – tan without looking too warm and hint of gray without looking too cool. 

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We also snagged a major deal on appliances during the Black Friday/Christmas sales at Home Depot – I guess they were sort of our Christmas presents to ourselves.  We had budgeted to replace them when we bought the house so were just waiting for a good sale (the fridge was very small!)  After some gift cards, profit from selling the used ones on facebook marketplace, and stacking some rebates/coupon deals we got a major, major deal.

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And if you noticed I made a small change to the back splash area too.  On a whim one day, I grabbed a paintbrush and a can of white paint and just painted the back splash area (it has the same laminate on the counters going up the back splash).  I was just drowning in a sea of brown/tan and just needed something white! Winking smile  We plan on replacing the counters next – either in the fall or after Christmas and then will replace/install a new back splash too.

New paint in kitchen-8

What a difference a lighter wall color and a lighter back splash  – accomplished just with a can of paint and few hours of time.  That’s the way the kitchen looked up until May and then we made 2 more big changes which I’ll show you soon! Smile

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  1. Kaye M says

    August 7, 2017 at 2:08 PM

    Gotta love the power of paint! I’m excited to see the changes that you make to your kitchen.

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  2. Carol Bridegroom says

    August 7, 2017 at 2:54 PM

    Congratulations! Looks great! I too am getting ready to change my kitchen from green to a more neutral color but I also want to paint my cabinets. Wish me luck!

    Reply
    • Betsy Wilson says

      August 11, 2017 at 4:58 PM

      I’m dreading painting our cabinets! Lady before me antiqued them, but to me they just look dirty!

      Reply
  3. Jane says

    August 8, 2017 at 5:38 AM

    Love I!!!?

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  4. Wendy says

    August 10, 2017 at 1:48 PM

    Looks so much brighter.

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  5. Betsy Wilson says

    August 11, 2017 at 4:57 PM

    Looks like great vinyl! Sure you want to remove it with children? Love the color you chose & you will LOVE your freezer on the bottom! We moved Oct. 2016 & had to remove a small cabinet to get my fridge in. (Just like yours, only white). Good thing we did…..MOLD found! Another 600.00 to fix! Good luck!

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