Three long days wearing paint splattered clothes, paint gunking up my fingernails, my hair pulled back & no makeup.
But the kitchen & dining room are finally finished! Say it with me---PHEW!
I had painted the kitchen when we bought our house after stripping the wallpaper off. Which was oddly cathartic. The wallpaper peeling, not the painting.
We (I) chose a pretty blue that brightened up the room with a darker blue to go under the chair rail in the breakfast nook. It looked great until we pulled up the floor & counters & put in hardwood & a darker granite counter. Both of which are dark brown (dark brown/black for the counter) & threw the blue off kilter. It just didn't look right but I couldn't decide on a color. Just like I STILL cannot commit to a back splash. More on that in another post.
I finally decided that going one shade lighter than the living room would allow the colors to flow without being all one tan room, one yellow, one red, etc. I decided to go two shades darker under the chair rail in the breakfast nook as we were taking the kitchen table out of there & putting it into the dining room. The nook will be a little home office area.
On Sunday I painted the entry area by the back door & decided the color looked really nice. On Tuesday I went full force with the painting---the drop cloth, edging tool, skinny brush for corners, the roller, wet cloth for smudges & the 80's station on the tv. I had planned on stopping around 1230 to get cleaned up but it was more like 130. Same with Wednesday. Yesterday I started at 830 & finished the dining room at 11. Last night I finished below the chair rail as I realized that putting in wainscoting was a great idea but more work than I really wanted to put in. Hunter would be putting in the wainscoting (as well as replacing the chair rail & baseboards). I'm done with painting---I don't want to wait for him to finish his end so I can finish mine. So we (I) decided to keep the same color throughout & it looks great. Very warm & cozy. Well, neutral warm. Now on to the furniture flipping & decorating!
Sunshine's school is having their Military Appreciation Day today so we are off to get ready to go. They're also catering lunch for the military families which is really nice. I hope it's something yummy!
Have a great weekend!!
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