Kitchen Project!

One day i decided i was going to paint over the weird green color that was in my kitchen. Chuck had taken down the ugly paneling that was in there and replaced it with barn wood, then the ugly green was the rest of the way up. ALLLLLL i wanted to do was paint the green with the same tan that is in the living room. That's it. Just paint. But noooooo. I mention it to Chuck and he says if i'm going to paint, we might as well do it right! SO down came the barn wood, down came the paneling in the hallway, the wall paper border, all the trim, everything. Then we have to re-texture everything too...gotta love 1940's lathe and plaster walls! lol!

Re-texturing was a pain in the butt. We had our good friend Jason come help so it didn't take us nine years to finish it! Meanwhile, i'm waiting very patiently to PAINT.

This is what was behind the paneling in the hallway. LINOLEUM? Seriously?


Buh-bye ugly green!
You can see over on the right the lathe and plaster that was behind the wood, and why we had to re-texture!


Wade was SO much help!

Messy boys taking a break!

Sasquatch...err....Jason helping us texture!

Texured and ready for a coat of Kilz!

No more green! And that wood box between the stove and fridge is our garbage box. Looks kind of neat, but is kind of a pain in the butt. Garbage seems to miss the can a lot when it's hidden!

No more ugly paneling in the hallway!

Kinda bright orange!

I really like the barnwood trim! Jason even made a switch cover out of it! It's good to have carpenter friends! lol!



When they were done and i finally got to paint, i was about sick of the project! I wanted my kitchen back, i was sick of the dust and the mess, i had a halloween cake to make and Wade's birthday cake i SHOULD have made. The excitement of a new color on the walls had lost it's intrigue. I just wanted it DONE at that point! But i started painting anways. After i finished painting, Chuck and Jason used the barnwood and made trim out of it. I picked a fall colors bird hunting theme for my kitchen. Unorthodox, i know, but it fits us! I think it actually turned out pretty good! The orange i picked is WAY more pumpkin orange than i wanted. It sort of blinds you at first, but you get used to it and can eventually take off the sunglasses in the house! lol! Someday when i get another sudden impulse to change the color of my walls, i plan on putting a darker glaze on the orange to tone it down. I have no idea how this technique works, but i'm sure i'll figure it out! And HOPEFULLY Chuck wont turn it into a huge project when i do it! :D