This is my kitchen the day we signed our contract. My boss and I were in a kitchen cabinet debate, and I ended up having to count my cabinets. 28 total cabinets, I have. She has 34. She won, which means she gets to clean more cabinets.
Anyway. It's not the cabinets I am focusing on here... it's the kitchen walls. Let me see if I can dig up some more pictures.
If I were to stand in the above picture and look the exact opposite way, this is what I would see (except that I moved chairs around, etc):
Here is a more recent shot of the kitchen. Not the best picture, but the colors are pretty close:
I've recently taken a ton of things down from above my cabinets. And I decided I am not in love with the window coverings.
Don't you love how I am piecing together all these random shoots instead of just going to take new pictures. Please note, the HOME sign and the utensils are no longer there.
Now... my issue.
We eventually want to add a tile back splash. But think we should wait until we replace the counter-tops for granite or a solid surfice. In the meantime, the paint is builder grade beige (albeit upgraded builder grade), and it's FLAT. In my kitchen with the 4 kids... it's bad. Really bad.
So, I want to go ahead and just paint the kitchen. Therein lies my problem. It's an open concept house, where the entire downstairs (except the small hall to my office) is the SAME COLOR. I could add paint to the cabinet walls and leave the window wall alone (shown directly above).
Paint is a cheap way to change things around, plus - I could purchase a decent brand and ensure that it's WASHABLE (music to my ears!).
But what COLOR?!
I've whined and cried and blubbered about wanting to lighten up the downstairs (our mistake, going with darker blinds, something we will change later on). In the meantime, have you ANY suggestions on a neutral paint color that looks rad with YELLOW (accessories for the kitchen, me thinks and maybe new window coverings in a print with some yellow, green, and turquoise/teal/blue?) and that looks okay with the BEIGE in the remainder of the house.
I *could* paint the rest of the downstairs (the family room and entire kitchen), but I couldn't take that paint into the hallway just yet.
It's a little high. My legs aren't that long. I can't reach the foyer ceiling. And I am NOT ready to tackle that baby. I guess I *could* pick a neutral color that goes with the beige, but isn't the SAME beige, that I could do in the family room and the formal living and dining rooms.
I do plan on adding board and batten to one formal dining room wall. I took down the mirror already... it will be about 65" high, just like my office. However, I will go with the same white as the doors and molding in the house, and not a BRIGHT WHITE. (mistake!)
While my living and dininging room are deeper, this is what I saw that was similar to what I was looking at doing (see the back wall?!)
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I am liking white, yellow, green, and some blues. Some of those colors are already in my house. But I just need to figure out what color to paint the kitchen!! I want to keep it neutral, so that I can go bolder on the window coverings, chair coverings and toss pillows.
One more look at my cabinet colors... and then PLEASE start shouting colors at me!!
xoxo,
me
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