Painted Kitchen Cabinets

The paint color is Annie Sloan’s Graphite. As far as I’m concerned it could be puke green and it would be better than what it was. However, I didn’t seem to mind living with the ugliness all those years. Maybe I was blind to it, maybe I had other things to do, maybe I just

kitchen cabs going dark

It has begun.  I’ve been talking about painting my kitchen cabinets for years and now it’s finally getting done.   So far 3 out of 20 doors have been painted.  12 drawers will need painting and then the cabinets.  I don’t have a lot of cabinets but what I have is enough to keep me busy

31 Days of Before & After ~ Day 23 “Corrected & Completed”

Years. It’s been years. Many years that I had planned to do something with this eyesore. Back up. It wasn’t always an eyesore, but it became one when I began experimenting and then walked away from the project and never finished. Now you know my secret. Thus the reason for me taking this 31 Days

31 Days of Before & After ~ Day 16: “Playing in the Mud”

This post will be short and sweet, unglamorous and boring but I have committed to doing 31 days of before and after.  So before and after you will get. I spent my day, (7 hours!!!) playing in the mud.  Not the mud outside in my flowerbeds, not the mud in my garden.  No I spent

my new hue obsession

I find myself drifting away from the dark colors I’ve surrounded myself with for many years.  My den is dark red, my kitchen an olive green, my entry, small library and hallway are spiced gold, Riley’s room is dark chocolate. Believe or not these colors all blend and flow.  Crazy I know.  But it’s time

what i wanna do vs. what i gotta do

what i wanna do… what i gotta do… because this is where i started on June 3rd and this is how far i got and stopped! Now here we are July 10th gotta gitter done! sorry for the grainy photo, this was taken with my iPhone and sent to my son asking him if he