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Oh y'all!! I can't believe this day has finally arrived! My kitchen cabinets are white! Cue the angels singing the Hallelujah Chorus, because this girl is happy, happy, happy!
It's been a long time coming, almost four years of wishing and waiting, not to mention the long, painful process of actually painting them. We'll get to the nitty-gritty DIY details another day, but for now I just want to show them off! OK?
Shall we look back at where we started? I think we shall.
Sorry for the tiny, grainy picture, but this is from the real estate listing when we bought the house. Plain, old, regular kitchen. Nothing fancy, nothing special. The minute I walked through the door, I knew that if we bought it, I'd paint those cabinets white.
That was four years ago this month.
Nothing like a real-life budget and kids to keep the home to-do list crawling along. But that's OK. We'll get there little by little.
Another reason for the delay? Let's just say I was skeeeeered with a capital S. So I painted my bathroom cabinets as a small practice project. And that went great! I still love them and they look awesome. But I was still scared. My kitchen isn't super big, but I knew it would still be a pain.
I have very few pictures of my kitchen in my files or on this blog, because I just wasn't proud of it. It didn't reflect my style or what I wanted, so I'd photograph everything BUT it.
I finally decorated it and showed it off last Christmas. Not too shabby, huh? But still not the kitchen of my dreams. Totally functional, though.
Then last November, I was tired of sitting in the house with sick kids and I caught the DIY bug. I figured it would take me two or three weeks to paint them by myself. (Ha!!) I started prepping the first week of November. (I am crazy, for sure!)
I ended up hiring a sitter to come every day the week before Thanksgiving, and I painted my heart out trying to finish before Turkey Day. I finally finished on December 7. Not too bad, but I literally busted my tail to get them done.
And looking back?
I was an idiot.
The time I spent painting cabinets should have gone into shopping for Christmas gifts and decorating my house. As a result, I was rushed and frazzled all through Christmas.
So learn from me... wait until January to tackle a big project like this. Although the warm weather in November and December made the prep work in the garage much more bearable. But still, just wait.
OK, I'll stop talking now and let you see the pictures. EEEE!!!! I'm just so excited they are DONE!
Paint Color: Benjamin Moore Simply White
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I'll be changing this wall with the EAT sign very soon! I'm selling the art and moving the EAT sign to a new spot, and replacing it with some open shelving! I just need to make a trip to shop for some old barn wood first. Hopefully I can get there soon to pick it up and get them hung.
I can't wait to have a place to store Miss A's art supplies and a few other things we need close by but don't have room for. I'll also enjoy styling them and switching things up with the seasons.
If you read my Home Goals post, you know I want to change out the countertops and add a pretty backsplash, but those big projects may take a while. We'll either have to figure out a DIY solution for the counters or save up some serious moolah.
I know this picture isn't of my cabinets, but I wanted to document it one more time. I'm about to change a bunch of things in here!! #giddy
I just LOVE it! If only it were this clean all of the time, and the pretty pink carnations would stay fresh forever. #itsneverthisclean
A close-up of my pretty flowers and my favorite new daily planner! It's the Simplified Planner from Emily Ley. I'm putting my #1 tip for making my to-do list more effective into practice. It's working so far this year.
And one final look at the before and after together. I love this picture so much, I could kiss it!
I'll share the DIY how-to soon, so stay tuned! It'll be called "How to Paint your Kitchen Cabinets in the Middle of the Holidays with Two Little Kids and Not Go Crazy!!"
Update: I posted it! How to Paint Your Kitchen Cabinets Tutorial
Kitchen Sources:
Curtains: Target (here)
Kitchen mat: Target clearance (similar here)
White and Wood Bar stools: Target (here)
Green Bar stools: they were given to me and I painted them (tutorial here)
Share a Random Moment art: Here or Here
EAT sign: DIY tutorial (here)
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