Our kitchen has been green for nearly 15 years. And boy, did it look its age! We have a running punch list of things we need to do to this house and the kitchen was next on that list.
So yesterday, we both put on our Big Girl panties and prepared to deal with it.
Meet Big Daddy
It’s a big kitchen with lots of cabinets. Since I am ‘un-skilled labor’ my jobs on project days are VERY specific:
Tape girl
Get it girl
Dip it girl (meaning roller or brush)
Move the paint set up girl
Jib girl (meaning any blobs of paint)
It really bites being Un-skilled Labor Girl.
Just sayin’
And to make things just a tiny bit more interesting, I did not intend to spend any money. Big Daddy rolled his eyes at that one then said, “Oh yeah? What are you going to do for paint?” So here’s what I did.
We had just finished painting both halls, upstairs & downstairs and had about 3/4 of a gallon of paint left over and I wanted the next shade darker in the paint card.
I had heard that little ‘Rehab Addict’ girl on HGTV say that she takes her paint BACK to the paint store to have it “re-tinted” rather than buying new, so I called Lowes.
These two gentlemen were so helpful! Because I was not starting with a full gallon there was some math involved. Thank God I was not the one who had to do the math. The entire process took about 20 minutes. And the match was great! But here’s the best part:
IT WAS FREE.
Fact.
Paige spent zero dollars
So this morning all that was left to do was the fun stuff!
We have painted the backsplash at least six times over the years. Why we never tiled is beyond us.
I love these canisters! They were a Christmas gift from my Aunt Wanda. The stuff I was keeping in there before was a mess, not a cohesive look at all. I just switched it out for more neutral stuff that we previously kept behind a closed cabinet door.
Much better!
More of my old silver collection
Feet!
Then I decided to simplify that bakers rack.
I tend to junk this thing up quicker that anything in the house
This is my latest Etsy find! I had been wanting one for a while but I had not seen a book or pattern that I really fell in love with. I found this one in the Etsy shop ‘The Vintage Lime’.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheVintageLime
Nancy was wonderful to work with!
So there you have it! Our mini-kitchen make over, spending no $$.
Hope your week is great!
Paige
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Love it!!! I see where you got the book letter, but what about the others? I'm looking for one for our new entertainment center. I was going to make one from Michael's, but the T's aren't big enough to my liking!
The script letter also came from michaels. Do you have Hobby Lobby up there? They have cool ones.
Love everything…and nothing makes us feel more giddy than a new paint job on the walls of our home…I am hoping budget stretches for a new paint job here this summer. 🙂 Here from Dedicated….
All those special things in your house make it feel homely 🙂 Love the silver bowl with feet I have a similar one that sits on my bench by the stove to hold my onions and garlic!
I loved the old colour as I am a Laura Ashley fan but 15 yrs, I get it! The new colour is really smart, looks great! I think it will be a great neutral. Can't believe it was free to change the colour, brilliant!!