Painting the Kitchen

Pigs flew yesterday and progress on the Kitchen mini-makeover was made. You may remember the long-forgotten Before pictures and post I shared before I was pregnant and feeling like crud for months at a time. At any rate, my mother-in-law took pity on me and asked if I'd like some help painting the kitchen before the baby arrives. She enlisted the help of my mom, who, coincidentally, has never painted anything before. Ever. She's not a DIY kinda gal, but she jumped right in!

I hesitated for NO SECONDS before accepting this proposal because, um, hi? free labor!

I tell you, the work goes by so much easier when you have your feet propped up and sip a tall glass of lemonade. I kid, I kid. 

I donned a mask to keep fumes at bay and taped and rolled for awhile. But I was mostly in charge of feeding the children, getting them ready for some time at the pool with their father, and keeping The Beast (Ellie the German Shepherd) at bay. She very much enjoyed an afternoon of leisure, jumping from the cool leather chair to the cool leather couch with no T around to shout "hey, that's my spot!" at her.

We finished priming today and plan on starting up again on Wednesday. I may do the chair rail and the lower half of the wall today because it won't take much time and then we won't have to wait for the paint to dry before retaping tomorrow. We used an inexpensive, plain Glidden primer from Wal-Mart and it was fantastic. It kept costs down, and looks like it will only need the one coat before I can add some color.

The girls were sort of sad to see the yellow go. I loved the cheery light yellow when I first painted it...years ago. The white primer was a welcome change. It's pretty stark looking, but it's a sign of a blank slate.

I'm excited to get creative in this room and add some homey touches once the paint is applied and dried! We ripped the curtains down, the mini blinds go today, and I'm planning some artwork for the walls.

What's your favorite paint color combo for a kitchen?

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