Well, this has been FUN, hasn’t it? Taking our little rental kitchen from what it was to what it is really had me going…for six whole weeks. I’ve never gotten an entire room finished in six weeks! It’s kind of a big deal. And you know what else is kind of a big deal?
OUR KITCHEN!
It’s week FOUR of the One Room Challenge and that means that I’ve been working solely on this kitchen for five whole weeks. Maybe that doesn’t sound crazy to you but I’m a jumper – I jump from room to room with projects and never spend more than a week or two in one so this is kind of a big deal for me. While it feels so good to have an entire room almost finished, I have to admit, I’ve been feeling a little antsy and am excited to move into other rooms. One more week…
One more week for me and for all of the other featured designers and guest participants. I’m really excited to see all of those final reveals! I have a date with an ice cream bowl and a studying husband to sit and browse one night next week! :D
This week in our kitchen, I brought the boring backplash to life. When I say “backsplash” what I really mean was a four-inch countertop lip and a painted wall.
Here we are today:
Workout edition…
Which is comical since this mom is NO workout guru…not even close. For the first year of my kids’ lives while I’m breastfeeding, any semi-intense cardio makes my milk supply drop like it’s hot so I get my arms toned by lifting babies and my legs toned by walking to the toilet after I hear “ALLL DONE MAMA!!” a thousand times. My grandma gave me a step-counter and it’s still buried in my nightstand which is still full of stuff I put in there to move BUT before we moved, I wore it during a few average, stay-at-home mornings and no joke, I was up to 3600 steps by noon…in my own, small house. Who needs a gym? ;)
Anyway, I thought it’d be fun to write about something other than our mini-kitchen reno that’s going on at the moment so why not a Five Faves post? It’s been awhile and I’m due to share some stuff I’ve come across that I genuinely like.
So…
You say pot, I say rack…
pot…
pot…
YES! That’s it! Let’s get excited over here! We are the proud owners of a neeeewwww pot rack!
Having a pot rack hanging on our kitchen wall wasn’t something either of us has ever desired. But then enter small kitchen, very little lower cabinet space and oh, looky here, a big empty wall.
Hey hey! It’s week T H R E E of the
and over here, things are looking UP!! No really, they are. I got all of the upper cabinets painted this week and, oh my, it is CRAZY how much more light bounces through what I already thought was a fairly bright kitchen!
Check this out:
And then take a look at the same area pre-move:
The Almighty said it best with “Let there be light!” Have you ever gone white in the kitchen (or any room really) and experienced the added light? It’s great, right?
I’ve written a few posts on how I paint cabinets in the past and time around the paint can wasn’t much different in the way of technique but I did use a new-to-us paint than I have in the past and got a little smarter as far as set-up goes.
