Change takes time

I'm going to start out with a few pictures.  Please keep in mind these pictures span a 3ish year time frame.  But it's just to prove a point that while we all like change in our lives sometime, unless your my husband and prefer all white walls and would be happy with just plain starkness, it doesn't have to be a sudden change.

So let me begin.  And we will start from the beginning.  We moved to our current location fresh out of college.  Hubby announced his acceptance of a job literally on our wedding day.  Two weeks later we moved.  Then fast forward a few years.  Decided that even though we loved our landlords, it was time to start putting the money we were paying towards something of our own.

And so, almost 4 years ago, we purchased our cute little house, on the not so smancy side of a pretty nice neighborhood in town.  Not the ideal location for the two of us farm raised kids, but it would do for now.  Hubby wanted to just move in as soon as we closed.  In the picture that follows, you will see why I DID NOT.  Ignore the fact that these are screen shots from my tablet.  I was being lazy tonight and not wanting to find my other memory stick

Don't you love the wallpaper??  That was directly on the drywall!?!

 

 

 

So that was immediately stripped.  It took, a scoring tool thingy, spray bottles, a steamer, and LOTS and LOTS of time.  But then we painted it a lovely sage green color.  I liked it because our kitchen joins directly to the living room and we had a sage green microfiber couch and loveseat at the time

 

See, isn't that better?

 

 

However, now you will notice everything is a shade of white.  The cabinets were off white, the countertop was a shade of white, the fridge IS white, the stove and vent hood are off white.  The floor is even off white!  But I lived with that for a couple years.  The two baths had wallpaper too so that took my next bit if painting time.   So jump forward to this fall.  I was finally tired of the white cabinets.  Even my nephew (8 at the time mind you) said they were "So ooooollllldddd".  So we had looked at the Rustoleum Cabinet Transformation paint.  I really liked the idea.  I did not however like the price.  But this is when it pays off to check out the clearance section of paint at Lowe's.  Someone had gotten the dark kit, tinted to the color I wanted.  But then decided it wasn't the right color for them.  HALF OFF!!!!

 

Now that stuff was a lot of work.  You have to scrub it wil SOS pads and deglosser.  We sanded down some of the spots, got off all the bits of oil and grease from a few years, and then you paint with the dark color.  Two coats.  Front and back.  Once that is dry you put the glaze on and wipe off with cheesecloth.  Then once that dries you can clearcoat it.  Oh yeah, you have to paint with a brush cause that's what the glaze uses to make the woodgrain appearance.  Then new hardware and we have....

 

Isn't it WONDERFUL? 

Oh yeah, and we got a new fridge cause ours died one night and we had too. 

 Scratch and dent is our friend.

 

I realize we don't have all the doors back on in this pic but again, didn't feel like finding the memory stick, and the other one I had on my tablet didn't show the color and faux woodgrain as well.

 

 

And now, that's been 6 months ago (I know cause I had to get it all back together by Thanksgiving) and we are looking a new floors.  Just another linoleum on here.  Maybe a nice tile look in a neautral tan color.  And I'm getting ready to paint the walls.  It's a little dark now with the darker cabinets.  So we, read I, and painting the wall Honey Butter from Olympic. 

 

 

I plan on painting this weekend while the hubby is at a car show.  So I'm sure I will post pics once it's done.

 

Alright, need to go get some food.  Blogging is hard work.  Hope you enjoy my first post!  And if you have any questions about the Cabinet Transformation system, let me know and I will do my best to answer them.