I really believe that there’s nothing a coat of paint can’t fix. I LOVE to paint.
From the moment we moved in, I wanted new cabinets, but then I watched [one too many] episodes of Divine Design with Candice Olson. Mom and I watched this one where she did a glorious kitchen and I got to thinkin’ I could do that.
So I googled a video on how to paint cabinets, eh voila:
Before:

This pic is from before we moved in!
After:


So, we’ve been a little busy.
We did it in one week, and can’t believe the difference. I LOVE paint. Give me a little VOC and I’m good.
just kidding.
Really, it wasn’t that hard. This one, however, did not help:

And I’m glad it’s done. Our new website for work (the thing I was hired for) is about to launch next week – we show it to our CEO on Tuesday so it has been nothing short of crazy. I can’t wait to show it all to you!
But I have a lot of stories to catch up on so I’ll try to post a couple more before d-day.
7 Comments
November 12, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Oooh, la, la! Love them!!! Can’t wait to check them out in person…
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November 12, 2009 at 7:51 pm
Sorry about the ooh, la, la bit… I’ve been reading too much Fancy Nancy with Logan.
November 12, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Oh Kel……I love them! What a difference some paint makes! Gives it so much more personality! Ooooh La La is right! (Grandma used to say that, too)!
November 13, 2009 at 8:30 am
WOWZERS!!!!!!! Huge difference. I’ve re-read the post like 5 times now looking at the difference and can’t get over it – you guys did a PHENOMENAL job. I am so impressed. Love the two-tone. I think that was brilliant. Looks like a new kitchen from head-to-toe:)
November 13, 2009 at 8:49 am
Holy Moly….
Your kitchen looks awesome!
Do you hire out?
I almost thought for a second it was a model kitchen from Lowes.
Great Job!
November 18, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Fantastic Kel!!! I cannot show this to U. Dan since I just made him buy all new cabinets!! Mum’s the word
November 20, 2009 at 3:26 am
WOW WOW WOW!!! sorry i missed this post somehow … sorry i did is right!! awesome job!! i mean really awesome! you did great!!! i can’t wait to see it in person either!
….if i ever get there!