Saturday, August 22, 2009

Elbow grease updates kitchen

Our kitchen before
Our kitchen was terrible. I mean it was plaid wallpaper. Old plaid wallpaper that was originally white, or maybe off-white, but had turned this awful shade of yellow due to years of cooking and probably smoking. It was pealing in some places and curling in others. Alex spent a better part of Wednesday tearing off the wallpaper and the backing.

Primed Walls and primed panelingHe primed this morning and we painted the top half. The bottom half is wood paneling/wainscoting. We are painting it this deep blue, along with the back splash. The top is a very light brown/sand color. We're planning on pulling that into our living room and hall way, too. It's pretty neutral, but not white, and that's what I'm really aiming for.

Because we spent so much of the day painting, the poor kittens had to be locked in their room (aka the laundry room). They did get to come out and play for a while before Alex and I left for dinner and a quick trip to JoAnn Fabric.

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