Before
The worlds worst blogger is back!
Did I just call myself a blogger?
Is there anyone left out there still checking my blog?!?!
Yes, I am the biggest blog slacker ever these days! I’m blaming it on my part time job, my addiction to paint and to the shall I even say the evil word…..Pinterest! So, please go pin my kitchen!
Anyway, I did it! I finally painted my kitchen cabinets! WOW! What a job. Check out a few before photo’s first!
Before
Before
Of course I will be blaming Pinterest for my evil obsession with having white kitchen cabinets. I was completely OK with my beautiful maple kitchen cabinets…until I decided I had to have WHITE! I just figured I would break out some Pure White from Annie Sloan and be on my way!
It sticks to everything right?
Well, apparently it does not stick to grease! Ugh! I’m the worlds worst cleaner. Am I the only one who does not wipe down their kitchen cabinets inside and out on a regular basis? I can’t be I say! There was a pretty nerve racking cracking and peeling paint incident on the first 4 cabinets…which failed to present itself until the second coat was applied. At this point I realized that I needed to do some major cleaning before continuing. I’m embarrassed to admit how dirty my cabinets actually were. I actually found it was just easier to sand all the crud off rather than try to clean it!
So as not to get bored and get a project high along the way, I would fully complete a section every few days for THREE WEEKS! I would pick a four cabinet area and clean then paint 3 coats of Pure White hang the doors back on and install hardware before moving on.
- White!
My original plan was to do Pure White on the top cabinets and Paris Grey on the lower cabinets. After completing all of the upper cabinets in Pure White I started on lower. At this point I realized that the Paris Grey was not working for the lower. It was just not right with my counter tops, which is a gray speckled Corian. The Paris Grey was just to washed out looking beneath the counter tops. I thought about mixing a gray, but that just stressed me out. Instead I just decided to go Pure White all the way, and put pops of Paris Grey on the cabinets above the stove and on the front of my glass door cabinet.
- Just a touch of Gray
I love how the backsplash and counters really stand out against the white!
- Bright!
I was worried about the huge contrast with the black appliances and all the white, but I think I’m really digging it!
- A little beachy too!
I know I could have done a fabulous finish with the Annie Sloan Paint. I could have distressed and waxed and done all kinds of wonderful stuff. But, in my mind all I wanted was simple and bright and white. My cabinets are plain and did not have any fancy curves or anything, so I just went with the plain and simple.
Sometimes that is all you need.
- What is next?
Besides, there is still plenty of things left in my house to paint up!!!
How long till I paint the armoire in this shot???
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