Kitchen Reveal

Bill finally agreed to having the kitchen cabinets painted. 

Then he wanted to know how much. :/

The painters had already primed so it was too late for that.
:)

I told you about my experience with having them done professionally.
Read about it here.

  I have also painted cabinets myself--4 times.

It was not fun at all.
I sort of said I would never do it again after the last time. 

 Which is why I lived with the oak longer than I wanted to.
I am not as young as I used to be and I knew that it would take me weeks.  I was sure I would have paint in my hair. 

  Here is the deal.
If you have read this blog at all, you know that I am a do it yourself kind of girl.  

 But...
sometimes it is good to know when you can't do something. 
It was worth it just to fork over some cash and let someone else deal with the mess.

 We did this makeover over the course of the last 4 years.
Here is a picture before we did anything.

I tried to make the best of these cabinets and painted the kitchen robin's egg blue. 
I actually liked it pretty well until a friend of mine told me that a blue kitchen in un-appetizing. 
I was perfectly able to eat in a blue kitchen.
Things started to break and wearing out, so we started working on the kitchen piece by piece.
Here is an approximate break down of the cost.

Counters- $200 Home Depot
Sink $400 Home Depot

Microwave $300 Sears

Stove $800 Sears



Dishwasher $800 Sears

Refrigerator $1200

Table and Chairs $600

Ceiling $1200 (repair damage from water leak, scrape popcorn and paint)

Cabinet painting $1850

Knobs $80



I think this is a very frugal kitchen makeover. 
It literally feels like I am standing in a brand new kitchen. 

 It took time and patience but I think it was worth it.

We've got some fall birthdays coming up. 

Suddenly, I feel like having people over again.

 

I just love it. 

Katie
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It's In The Details

I hope that you are having a lovely week.

I have been spending the last few weeks paying attention to details.

Since I embarked on my ORB paloosa. 
I finally, finally got knobs and pulls for my cabinets.
We have lived in the house for almost 19 years and it is shameful that I have never added knobs. 
To be fair the knob selections at the time were ugly!! 

Here.

But I am sure that in all that time there would have been something I liked. I would have thought it was something my husband would have insisted upon because he will make me spend money when I am being cheap. But... it turns out that he thinks they are something to get caught on while working in the kitchen.???

Can you visualize an infomercial like I can?
"Are you always getting caught on your cabinet knobs? Well now there is...."
 We both think this is funny now but I almost had to be doused with water to stop laughing. 
It was just some random thought that must have popped into his head. 
I am usually the one coming up with random thoughts. It was nice it was him for a change.
I had know idea that he had a knob phobia. 

He let me get the knobs. I spent a few weeks (yes, sad it took weeks.) picking out three different types for various functions around the room. I like a variation to 
add interest. 

 Knobs for most of the cabinets. I got these at Target. They were $14.98 for 10. 

 Pulls for the drawers. 

They were a beast to hang. Get them here.

I got this other kind of pull for interest. Get them here.

I love Kilim Beige by Sherwin Williams.

The island got these. I hope Mr. Bill doesn't get caught on them!

I love how they came out.
To de-orange the cabinets a little, I "aged" them with black oil based paint.
I brushed it on in the crevasses and corners and then wiped it off while
 it was still wet.
I think it tones down the orange a bit.
We got a bid for painting the cabinets $1800.00.
We have been doing repairs to the trim outside
and fixed the hole in the ceiling.
Both of these blew our wad, so no painted cabinets for now.

I got all of these knobs and pulls for about $100.00. It makes opening the cabinets so much easier. Imagine that.
I don't know what took so long. Do you ever do that? Live with something for a ridiculously long time? Blogging has helped me evaluate some of 
my "living with" tendencies. 

Katie
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