You might have thought it was springtime in the M&M house a couple weekends ago. Everything was cleared out of the kitchen and the fridge & stove were pulled out from the wall. Usually that can only mean one thing... Spring Cleaning!!
Except one of the things below is not like the other.. Behr Premium Paint!
I did a bunch of color sampling ahead of time.
Our kitchen stayed like this for well over a month while I watched how the colors changed throughout the day with different light levels.
I still wasn't happy with my 3 samples so I started over again with another set of paint swatches.
Once I finally picked a color, I got to work. It took an entire Saturday to just clean. As you all know, we do quite a bit of cooking in this house and so you can imagine the mess that has transpired over 5 years. Who knew chili & pasta sauce could boil to the point of launching splatters on the ceiling? I had no idea how messy our walls and ceiling were and I'm kind of a neat freak! Wowza!
So what drove me to do all this work? Being able to hang a magnetic knife strip in order to ditch our knife block in order to make room for our new food processor! Call me crazy... I don't mind. An organized kitchen is the only way I roll. I'd also like for it to be modern, cute & swanky. What? You don't think the country blue Formica counter top accomplishes that?
In time my friends.
For now, I shall just paint. By Sunday night, it looked like this:
My first impression was that the color had too much purple in the gray. But, I think it helps to mute some of the craptastic country blue. What do you think?
Here are the shots after putting the room back together:
I think the room does look a little more modern which was my primary goal.
I painted all the trim including the window frame and it just looks so fresh (I have to do the door yet) !
It's growing on me. I can't wait for new granite counter tops & new hardware on the cabinets.
