Happy New Year, everyone! Care to see pictures of my Christmas decorations/gift wrapping nine days after Christmas? No? Yeah, that’s what I thought. I had pictures all ready to blog over the break and what did we do? Left the laptop at home. Fast forward to time at home and time with friends in town, and the Christmas blog post just never happened. Ah, such is life.
But what I will tell you is that we have FINALLY decided to paint our kitchen cabinets! To say I’m excited would be a vast understatement. This is what our kitchen currently looks like, in its perpetual state of un-doneness.
With stock, yellow-y maple cabinets a-plenty, our kitchen just isn’t doing it for me. We upgraded the countertops and backsplash a while back (with the intent of keeping the cabinets as is) but the more I live with them, the more they grate on me. Or, I should say, the more clear it is that they just don’t fit with our design aesthetic.
Luckily for us, we have a good friend who is in the wood working/finishing biz and has agreed to help us re-finish our cabinets, the professional way. We considered doing it all ourselves (i.e. rolling the cabinets) but decided to spend a little dough to have the cabinets done correctly (i.e. sprayed with a super fancy paint spray gun). Here are a few ideas I’ve been pinning for inspiration (all images from Pinterest):
Obviously I’m thinking two-tone cabinets, but I’m (of course) second guessing myself. I’d like to find a picture with black appliances to put my mind at ease, but I think I may just have to take a giant leap here and hope for the best. Any thoughts? We’re hoping to paint the cabinets sometime this month, so stay tuned!
I love the two- tone look, and the gray. Can’t wait to see what you come up with.
Love Kitchen renos! I like the two-tone as well.
The two-tone look is awesome! You guys have a whole lotta cabinets so I think one color (regardless what it is) would be overwhelming. I really like the gray, but seeing that blue-ish color in the picture second to the bottom, I think that would really complement the colored tile accent in your backsplash!
Anyway, I’m glad to hear you are taking the leap and re-vamping the cabinets because that’s been on your wishlist for a while.
P.S. I love the empty milk carton in the picture of your kitchen. Gotta love that Purple 1%.
I never thought I would like grey, much less love it, but WOW! NOW! I think the black appliances will be great with the grey. My kitchen is in need of a full makeover. The thought of stripping and repainting (Again!) gives me heart palpitations! You go Audrey (is it still okay to say that?)
I fantasize about painting my kitchen cabinets daily.