Check In Time!! Thursday Number 4!
A lot of painting has happened. Like, a lot.
It doesn't make for a fascinating post but it has made a huge difference.
I found out that my "white kitchen" was actually a dingy, dirty, yellow-y off white kitchen.
Like, embarrassingly dingy.
But lots of white paint to the rescue.
(Look at how dingy the previous white had become #mortified)
I am using Sherwin Williams Super Paint in basic, bright white.
So far paint is basically all I have purchased for this ORC:
One gallon of a soft blue for the eating area ceiling that I diluted with some white I had on hand to get the shade I was after, 2 gallons of white and a gallon of Naval, Sherwin Williams Color of the Year 2020!
(Mollie scraped all 48 window panes for me. Bless her!!)
We also got the microwave relocated to the book cases. We had to add a wider shelf but it works perfectly. I've wanted to do this for years to free up more counter space.There are definitely ways to place your microwave in a kitchen that is a bit more stylish but I'm working with what I have and what I can realistically expect to get done.
Add in paint and some thrifted items and there you have it!
(I am realllly sharing the unstyled, disaster area space that is my kitchen right now!)
One of the things on my to-do list was to change the black tile on the island. I considered it to be a longshot. I priced white marble slabs installed, not installed (just not something we can physically do ourselves right now), formica faux marble countertops and more. I just wasn't willing to spend what any of the above was going to require right now. BUT then I found 12 x 12 gorgeoussss white marble tiles the other day for under $5.00 a square foot!! So while a big seamless slab would be amazing this is going to be the next best thing, look so much better and cost under $75.00!!
I cannot wait for the tile to be glued down and the island cabinetry painted Sherwin Williams Naval.
Here's the back door "in progress" with just one coat of Naval. Already gorgeous!
Add in paint and some thrifted items and there you have it!
One of the things on my to-do list was to change the black tile on the island. I considered it to be a longshot. I priced white marble slabs installed, not installed (just not something we can physically do ourselves right now), formica faux marble countertops and more. I just wasn't willing to spend what any of the above was going to require right now. BUT then I found 12 x 12 gorgeoussss white marble tiles the other day for under $5.00 a square foot!! So while a big seamless slab would be amazing this is going to be the next best thing, look so much better and cost under $75.00!!
I cannot wait for the tile to be glued down and the island cabinetry painted Sherwin Williams Naval.
Here's the back door "in progress" with just one coat of Naval. Already gorgeous!
And since every picture in this post is pretty scary...
...here's my cute terra cotta pumpkin collection all ready for the big night!
I found them all in thrift stores this year. They've been a big hit on IG!
Follow along with all of the other great projects on the One Room Challenge blog.
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