kitchen progress III: paint colors

DSC_0191Now that the cabinets are up, we need paint! Paint on those beautiful cabinets, crown moldings, walls, and ceiling! That’s a lot of paint! I suggest bringing as many samples as you want home. Then, check out the lighting in your space with each of the colors. We did that during the day and at night and were able to see some of the undertones you may not see at the store. Some have blue, yellow, reds…

photoWe fell in love with one that shined through brighter than the rest, Benjamin Moore Snowfall White OC-118. It’s a perfect white-white for our space, and I love the name! Reminds me of home! Our contractor is a Sherwin Williams guy, so we had it color matched in an acrylic semi-gloss. It’s such a glossy goodness; I will suggested it to all!

IMG_7874Oh, and don’t they look gorgeous!! Below is a night picture of the cabinets drying.

DSC_0195We then moved on to the wall color! I bought a bunch of samples and painted those on the walls! We both liked Ozark Shadows AC-26, but I wanted a little less bold/dark color with the white kitchen… So, we went a step down on the color palette with Harbor Gray AC-25. Here’s the samples with both wood and white cabinets.

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DSC_0202Then the crown molding came in!! It was an easy decision to do the crown molding the same color as the cabinets. Glossy Benjamin Moore Snowfall White OC-118.

DSC_0208Lastly that ceiling, that new ceiling with all those new lights, gets some paint, too!! We went with a standard flat ceiling paint from B. Moore, which we had leftover from our other projects. We saved a little cash, too!

Painted!!I’m just loving our choices, and it’s coming together beautifully. But yes, we need to paint that door and trim to match the space – we know!! It’s on the docket for this weekend! Here’s a before/progress pic, too!

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I cannot wait for the countertops and backsplash to be here! I’ll share all that goodness next!! They are so gorgeous; I would sleep with the sample, if the hubs didn’t think I was crazy!

Thanks for reading, friends! Happy Week!

kitchen progress II: cabinets

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We’ve got cabbbbbinets!! If you say it like Oprah, it makes it that much more fun! They have been in the garage for a couple of days now, and I couldn’t help myself from sneaking a peak… or two… or ten!

Then the cabinet maker himself came in to install all the cabinet goodness!!

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We went with a traditional shaker style inset cabinets. Super sleek in my book!! Jack’s excited about it, too! Actually I was trying to get a picture of him in this shoot, but he thought I wanted him to chase me. Ha.
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And to not be confused by the original drawings here, here is where everything will be laid out. Sorry, the word pantry got cut off but I think you get the idea. We need the cabinet maker to redo the cabinet above the microwave. Our microwave is 17″ high and the leftover cooking space would only be about 10″. We plan on moving the microwave to where the bottom is ‘about 7″ above the base of the cabinets on either side, so we’ll have a little more cooking space underneath the microwave.
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Having the cabinets in makes this process a lot more real. It’s really going to look like a kitchen soon!! I’ll keep you posted. Below is a progress picture! It looks so nice and tall already!!
Before + ProgressPast kitchen posts are here and here! I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!!

kitchen progress I: dry wall and electrical

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Now that the leak has been found and fixed, the walls have been bleached and dried, and the floor has been pulled out, we can move forward with the repairs of making this space back into a kitchen!
They replaced the drywall that was affected by the leak.
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Then, we moved onto lighting! I knew we needed more light! It was always so hard to take good blog pictures of food! Ha! We decided on six can lights dispersed throughout the galley, which will be on a dimmer. They also drywalled where the furrow used to be and took out that ugly fluorescent light! Yay!!
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One pendant light will be hung by the kitchen sink window. We are thinking the pendant below from school house electric will be perfect. The pendant will be a natural bronze or polished nickel, and I cannot wait to see it in person! It’s so sleek and that glossy black will be a fun friend to the light above the breakfast nook!
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Because of all the cracks in the ceiling and that big office light in the middle, we decided to “float the ceiling”. This required them to scrape off the existing texture, tape, mud, smooth the cracks out, and re-texture to make what we have today!
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We didn’t ignore our breakfast nook in the lighting department! We added four smaller can lights in the nook, which will also be on a dimmer switch, and we plan to keep our Eldridge pendant light hung over the farm table (or another table – I haven’t decided). But I’m SO excited to see it all come together, either way!
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We also have under-cabinet lighting and a light that illuminates our oven surface! Oh, Progress!
If you missed our original kitchen post, check it out here. Happy Weekend, Friends!