Kitchen, longest ongoing project ever

Does this wall below & above the cabinets look purple to you?

It fricking looks purple to me, when it's supposed to be a shade of grey! Just one though. (pun intended)











Back in July, I painted my kitchen cabinets & walls. Back then, I thought it would be a good idea to modify & paint over the yellow on the walls white. So, after the paint sitting on the counter waiting for me to make the time, I made time a couple weeks ago & painted the walls white.

Still unsatisfied by the stark, too bright, too clean (temporarily) white I thought it'd be a good idea to make it a light grey. That way it'd match the cabinets, but not be so dark. ... Went to the hardware store, picked a swatch, & decided on a color of light grey (Dance Light). I let the color dry on top of the can, so I can see what it'll do. It still looked white. So I dabbed a bit on top of the first coat. Maybe the second would make it look darker. That didn't work.

The hardware store doesn't take back specialized-color paint, so I asked that they look at the difference between the last formula for Dance Light & program in the difference for the Gizmo color, next on the swatch value line. Sounds like a reasonable idea, right?

... Dab of paint on the top of the can. Wait for drying. Looks like the color on the swatch. Great!

... Wait another week, because that's how long it takes me to get around to painting again. Have I mentioned that I don't really like to paint? I put it on the wall. And it looks p-u-r-p-l-e!

I'm going to do the second coat, just for the hell of it & PRAY that it looks grey. :-) This wall already has five layers of paint from me, plus a couple from the previous owner. I'm not sure when it will start to rebel.

Wish me luck!

New Paint Makes Everything Feel So. New.

Then:

You get the picture. Even though the wall is partially covered, you can see that (below) the end result is so fantastic.

My theme music? Loud. Blaring. Insane Clown Posse & Lindsey Stirling. Separately, of course.










& Now:

Clearly, Baker is practicing for his career in modeling. Is it for the paint? The pictures? The projector screen? Who can tell?

The next project: A contraption to hold my projector, & all of it's appendages, on the ceiling. It's going to have to be able to pull back, so that I don't hit my head all the time.


Medium: Satin, Pinot Noir.

Kitchen Cabinets

I've been meaning to do this one for a while too. Thanks to my sister & dad being here, I finally kicked into gear. Tess washed down all of the cabinets, walls & stove. Thanks, sis!!


Before:

After:

The gray has non-sanded grout in it to make it a chalkboard.


I'm contemplating repainting the walls to make them white & leaving the cabinets yellow & gray.






(Warning: Add water to the paint & grout, or just mix what you need! After sitting overnight the left over paint turned to putty. I added a lot of water & took it back to the store to be crazilly shaken, which helped.)