Painting the Kitchen!

     Well, I started the painting the kitchen project this week before we go on Vacation to ComicCon this coming weekend. I thought taking the wallpaper down was going to be a hassle, and I guess it was to an extent, but it was totally worth it now that I'm done. We actually only took the first layer of wallpaper down. Then we sealed the bottom, clean layer with sealing primer - so you can still see the lines where the panels were if you are really looking for them, but I think it worked out for the best. We wouldn't have been able to get every bit of the bottom layer off, and it would have looked like big, uneven spots all over the wall, even though we did prime it - so I'm glad we did it the way we did. In case you have forgotten, or didn't know - here's a before picture with the wallpaper and the red, which is going by the wayside as well.

The stools are getting a face-lift as well.

Bye Bye Red and Wallpaper! Nice knowing ya!

Also, bye bye wood paneling!

We went with light grey. It's a neutral and uplifting color, and with a kitchen this big, we wanted to keep the visual of it being big and open with the color instead of doing something dark which would make it look smaller. Here's some pics of the bottom layer of the wallpaper, after the top layer was pulled off.

Uh, the red, though... blah!

Yes, there was some caulking and stuff to be done, too. Thanks, B, for fixing it!

And then, of course here are some photos of the sealing, white primer. Looking better already!

And then, we taped. For like, two hours. Why? Because a friend of ours came over with his spray painting air gun to do the grey evenly. We had to tap off the ceiling, the trim, the floor, the table, the counters, the doors, the window... you name it, we taped it. After that - the air gun painting took, maybe, 10 minutes. Which was awesome. However, I somehow forgot to mention -or my husband ignored me - the fact that we weren't repainting the bottom of the wall under the middle trim. It was white. Now it's splattered with grey. So, I had to get some paint and go over that by hand - or by roller I should say. I went with eggshell.

Before bottom eggshell paint.

During.

After.

And then there are the stools. They were kind of a mess. Obviously, they are pretty old, and were left in the house by Lori Bell (our awesome landlord and friend) to keep with the counter space we had. And speaking of the counters...

There are 6 of them, all colors and shapes. Before.

Before.

After grey paint.

I will be sewing on new tops as well. We are trading all red in for blue.

Before Grey Paint. Covering up the wood paneling wasn't as bad as I had thought it would be.

We also (as you can see in the background of the last pic here) painted the wood paneling and door of the back wall. Here's a before and after pic.

Here, it looks white, but it's the same grey as the other walls.

We still have some work to do. The cabinets need to be painted eggshell to match the bottom half of the walls. I have already started on them, just got to get it done. Also, the red will be replaced with a light blue. 

And yes, that's new flooring below as well!

It's a whole new feeling when you walk into the kitchen now. It's light lifting. There's good vibes that come along with the light colors and I love it! I will post more pics here in this post when we have gotten rid of the red completely!