You know, I'm a firm believer that if you don't like something in your home, just paint it. It's the easiest and by far the cheapest way to bring new life in to a space and if you are willing to do the work yourself, you can essentially change an entire room for less than 100 dollars.
Which brings me to my next, and final project in the house. After going back and forth, my husband has finally agreed that it's time to have our kitchen cabinets painted. This one actually pains me because when we bought our home, it was a demolished space and we could have done anything in here. At the time I had no idea what I was doing, and basically copied what I saw in every model home around the country. The standard, cherry cabinets, gray marble, cherry floors. Totally and completely beautiful, but 7 years later, now that I've actually found my style, our kitchen sticks out like a sore thumb when combined with the rest of the house, which is anything but traditional. If I could do it all over again, I would absolutely go with navy cabinets, white marble and brass hardware, but since you can't go back in time, I've figured that the least expensive way to breathe new life into our space is a fresh coat of paint on the cabinets, coupled with some fantastic new hardware.
The question then becomes what color? Of course, I would love to do navy, but I don't think it would look that great with our backsplash (which I still love with ever fiber in my body) and the dark counter. Originally, I planed to just match the blueish turquoise in the tile, but now I'm thinking the way to go is something more dramatic. Way more dramatic.
Black.
But not quite black.
Black with dark blue undertones.
Inky Black.
After a lot of thought, I think it will be the best way to mask the counter that I'm not in love with, and will also add so much drama to the space, especially paired with the brass hardware. The more I think about it, the more excited I get! The black also will make the kitchen so much more modern, which will blend so much better with the rest of the house.
Which brings me to my next, and final project in the house. After going back and forth, my husband has finally agreed that it's time to have our kitchen cabinets painted. This one actually pains me because when we bought our home, it was a demolished space and we could have done anything in here. At the time I had no idea what I was doing, and basically copied what I saw in every model home around the country. The standard, cherry cabinets, gray marble, cherry floors. Totally and completely beautiful, but 7 years later, now that I've actually found my style, our kitchen sticks out like a sore thumb when combined with the rest of the house, which is anything but traditional. If I could do it all over again, I would absolutely go with navy cabinets, white marble and brass hardware, but since you can't go back in time, I've figured that the least expensive way to breathe new life into our space is a fresh coat of paint on the cabinets, coupled with some fantastic new hardware.
The question then becomes what color? Of course, I would love to do navy, but I don't think it would look that great with our backsplash (which I still love with ever fiber in my body) and the dark counter. Originally, I planed to just match the blueish turquoise in the tile, but now I'm thinking the way to go is something more dramatic. Way more dramatic.
Black.
But not quite black.
Black with dark blue undertones.
Inky Black.
After a lot of thought, I think it will be the best way to mask the counter that I'm not in love with, and will also add so much drama to the space, especially paired with the brass hardware. The more I think about it, the more excited I get! The black also will make the kitchen so much more modern, which will blend so much better with the rest of the house.
I've looked it to it a little bit, and I was surprised at how affordable it can be to have your cabinets professionally sprayed. Because these are newer, And without and damage, the whole thing can be done rather affordably and quickly!
Okay, I'm sold.
This is not something I'm planning on tackling before the holidays, but you can bet by the time Summer rolls around our kitchen will be looking shiny and new! Here is the current state of the space. Again, it's totally, perfectly fine...it just down't really go with the rest of the house.
I am absolutely keeping this tile backsplash, and will probably have this somewhere in every house I live in for the rest of my life.
The inspiration. This is exactly the color I'm looking for.
Right now, these are the top three color contenders. They look much lighter on the screen than in person. In person they are dark, dark, dark.
F&B Pitch Black
F&B Off Black
FB Blue Black (the frontrunner.)
The hardware is pretty much my favorite part of the plan, and I'm absolutely going with these babies from Schoolhouse Electric.
Can you guys see it? I think it's going to be really fantastic. I'm not going to lie, I'll probably paint one or two cabinets myself just to make sure this is the right choice (versus going with the obvious creme) and will make sure to let you know how it turns out!
Out of everything that we've done with the place, I have to say this is the one I'm most excited about!!!!
To be continued...
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Can't wait to see
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