Ta-Da!!!

I couldn't take the terra cotta kitchen anymore. Its a nice color, but its not me at all. I had a hard time deciding what color to paint it because all I could see was orange. After many hours (ok, not hours but maybe one full hour) staring at paint chips in Lowe's while holding my formica samples, I finally decided on...Betsy Ross Green (or something like that). I wanted to find a sage green color that wasn't too dark. I didn't want to walk in and think, "GREEN KITCHEN", but rather, "what a nice relaxing kitchen, it feels so peaceful I want to stand here for hours even if it means cooking and cleaning." Haha!

And of course, since I spent the entire day from 9 til 5 taping, spackling, sanding, painting, second coating, cutting in, un-taping, cleaning countertops and re-organizing the kitchen...I wasn't about to cook dinner for the kiddos. Thank you Ronald McDonald for being my chef (can you call it that???) for the day. Nolen was playing on the play place and ran up and asked me if I would take his picture with the clown on the bench. Too funny! He also asked me later if I would take another picture of him kissing the clown. I politely declined.

And here is the finished product! I absolutely love it! I think this color really looks great with the cabinets and countertop! Even the appliances look great with it. I am so happy I finally tackled this one! Hooray!

The funny thing is, it is surprisingly close to the color of our kitchen in Alabama! I did not see that one coming! It is more subdued or muted than our other kitchen and the paint chip didn't look anything like this. Its so weird how different colors look when you actually get them on the wall. I love it anyway though! I've now painted 4 rooms in this house...boys' room, living room, dining room, and kitchen! Hooray! Up next...its a toss up...I need to paint the basement so we can move on to installing a large kitchen counter style white desk along one wall. I also want to paint over the last remaining beige areas of the first floor but that involves going all the way up the stairs which is another all day project. Also on the "paint me soon" list is our yellow bedroom. Its a fine color, but it needs to be repainted regardless and yellow doesn't match with our brown and blue "decor". I don't know where this painting spree is coming from. I have never painted so much in my life! At least my technique seems to be improving!

The boys in our dining room in Alabama. It was the only picture of the green that I could find.