After my Rustoleum Cabinet Transformations Failure, I needed to finish up the kitchen cabinets before we left on vacation. Last night when we should have been going over the packing list and stuffing more goldfish into snack bags, we were instead putting cabinet drawer fronts and doors back on the frames in the kitchen. For reasons like this, I love my husband more than he can know. He has been driving me nuts carefully checking our packing list everyday for a while now, adding things to it, asking questions and making sure we don’t forget anything. I on the other hand, prefer the wing it at the last minute approach. Somehow we have made it work, although we haven’t had to actually pack the vehicle yet, that’s when it gets a little dicey. It looks like we might be ready to go except the suitcases over there are empty and that laundry basket of clothing needs to get put away and the blue hamper of clothes, those are awaiting their turn in the washing machine.
Last night I was running around picking up last minute items like a giant dog bowl for water, deodorant and lip gloss. All very important items. I also had a fabulous time at Olive Garden with the MOPS leadership team, I’m really looking forward to this coming year!
So I snapped a few pics of the kitchen this morning to share with you. No hardware on the cabinets yet, although I know what ones I want. Martha Stewart at Home Depot in brass is where it’s at baby. I tried one little egg knob out on the drawer with the gray and I love it! These photos are spur of the morning, quick take a pic, kind of photos.
Just a reminder of what it looked like a few short months ago:
I’m liking the blue chairs with the gray, so glad I waited before deciding to change the color!
Just so you know, I threw most of the stuff that was on the counter over into the corner where the hermit crabs live, I even am throwing in a pic, just to keep it real. Now I’m off to pack, do some laundry and get ready for our first ever big family vacation!
The color of the cabinets is Desert Twilight (more of a green/gray color) by Benjamin Moore, located on the same card as the wall color, Gray Owl. I used Ace Cabinet Trim and Door Paint on the bottom cabinets along with two coats of primer. So far so good! I’ll keep you updated on how they hold up as we continue to work on the kitchen. Next up, hardware, a new faucet and backsplash. Eventually new countertops, lighting and a rug. What do you think? Love it? Hate it? Unsure?
Tomorrow I’ll be back with a Blooming Blogger post and from there on out it’ll be random posting at best. If you follow me on Instagram or fb, I’m sure you’ll catch some updates and pictures of our vacation and of course HAVEN! So excited to meet my bloggy friends in real life! Are you going to be at Haven?
Ange,
Your kitchen has really come together it really looks great. I love that you chose to paint with two colors 🙂
Have a great vacation!
Ohmigoodness!! I absolutely LOVE the two-tone colors! This looks absolutely amazing. I can’t believe the transformation. Great job!! Have a great time on your big family vacation and I’ll see you next week in Haven!!
One word, WOW. I love the two tones. My cabinets are cream on the top and a dark brown on the bottom. I’m kinda loving the grey more.
Ange, I absolutely LOVE how they turned out. So good. Well worth all the effort. It just transformed the room!! And, those chairs look amazing with it! So glad you waited, too! Wow. It just pulled that whole area together. You’ve got to share all of your cabinet tips in a post – do you have to sand, what products are best and so on! Great job. It truly looks so great.
You’ve got such great creative decorating skills! Love the new look! 🙂
Oh my goodness girl, your kitchen is gawguss!!!! I love the way the cabinets turned out. That brass hardware is so sharp with the gray. Love the color of chairs and your curtains too. Everything looks so nice together. Have fun preparing for your trip!
gorgeous!!! and you are right- the chairs look AWESOME now with the gray cabinets!
Yea! LOVE i! and the blue chairs rock in that space. hope your trip goes well – i’ll be thinking about you!
It looks great, Ange! So pretty!
OH MY WORD!!!! I love it!!!! What a difference. It makes your kitchen look so airy and bright! Way to stick through the peeling paint and get the results you wanted!
Oh Ange, I absolutely love this transformation. I’ve been out of blogland for a while so I didn’t know you were considering painting those gorgeous chairs. My first thought when I saw them together with the new cabinets was “perfection”. Have a great trip!!
Looks good!
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it’s all looking fabulous
and i can’t wait to see it
all tricked out with accessories
have a wonderful trip too!
alison
I wouldn’t want to leave! I’d be dying to eat, clean & play with accessories in there! It’s such a huge difference, what a beautiful kitchen you’ve created! And, the blue chairs look fabulous with the gray! Can’t wait for the hardware and more photos! Have fun!
Looking good! The blue chairs look great with the cabs!
I love a good kitchen before and after! I also love that your top cabinets are different from the bottom ones. Are you taking that play basketball hoop with you to keep the kids busy in the car? 😉
They look awesome Ange! I’m so glad you didn’t give up on it! The grey is gorgeous and I love those brass pulls. Great job!
OH YES! Fab-u-LOUS! I’m so glad you kept the chair color and I’m dying to see that stunning brass hardware installed!
I LOVE it! Wow, what a transformation. The two colors you chose are so perfect, love the gray with those beautiful blue chairs. =) How fun! Can’t wait to see more of the hardware you picked out too!
The kitchen is looking awesome. I wish I was going to Haven. Have fun for me.
Wow, it looks great! I’ve been wanting a two-toned kitchen and gray is one of the colors I’ve been thinking of. I’m sure you’ll love it even more with the pulls! Great job!
Ange!!! They look fab.u.lous!!!!!!!
So excited that you got them done before the trip – what an accomplishment!!! I love the colors, and the brass pull looks so pretty with the gray – a warm/cool contrast that works so well together. And the blue chairs – yum with the new kitchen colors!! You must be thrilled – it all came together!!
Enjoy the road trip – sing your song about having fun allll the way and have a wonderful time!!
Great job on your cabinets! Grey looks wonderful on cabinets! Mine look like the wood color of your “before”. BLAH. The blue chairs look awesome with your grey. Think of how many fun accessories you will find that will have this color in them to tie it all together!
Wow! I love it! Nice choice on the paint colors Ange!
They look amazing. Love the grey, so fresh and clean without being boring old white {although I do love white and thats probably what I will paint mind} I love that you were brave enough to step outside of the box and it turned out fabulous!
UMMMM…It looks great! I love the dark gray on the bottom! Again, I’m jealous that someone else I “know” is going to HAVEN…
Wow! They look amazing!!! I cant believe you were and Haven too! How did I miss you??
Love how the kitchen turned out. Great job with the paint and I am so glad you left the blue chairs and did not change the color. I love those, too, as you know. Great job, Ange!
Love the white/gray combo! What a difference!