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An Alpaca in the Kitchen

Ok. We don’t really have an alpaca in the kitchen. Although that would make for some interesting photos. We do have alpaca colored cabinets in the kitchen though.

Ok. So that’s not completely true either. We have cabinets that are partially painted in Sherwin Williams Alpaca. Partially is the key word here since so far I have only worked on the top cabinets and the doors are still covering my dining room table.

I just finished the third coat of paint on the front of all the doors and hope to start on the back side of them later today or tonight. For the most part painting has been fairly easy and quick. ”Well what is taking you so long?”, you ask. Finding the time to paint. The best time for me to paint is during Noah’s naps or after she has gone to bed. It works well but it kind of draws the whole process out.

Thankfully I (and Michael Luke) am loving the color choice. I’m not sure Noah has noticed. Kids these days!

Thank you so much for weighing in with your color choices in our little poll. A majority of you chose Alpaca. Even with all your Alpaca encouragement I still almost when with Requisite Grey. Not because I don’t value your opinion but because I was just afraid it wouldn’t be dark enough.

After seeing Alpaca on the cabinets though I can’t imagine it being any darker. The tonal value is really close to the existing cream color which you can still see on the bottom cabinets.

The difference is in the underlying tones. The original cream color had a lot of yellow in it. Too much for our taste after painting the walls yellow. The new color has a subtle pink tint. It doesn’t come across as pink at all but it picks up some of the warmer tones found in our floor tile. And because red and yellow are next to each other on the color wheel they yellow walls work well with the cabinets.

The light grey of the cabinets really allows the counters to shine in all their glory.

Which is totally what I wanted! And kind of a cool picture as we, the body of Christ (the cabinets) want God (the counter) to shine in all His glory. Like I read in my quiet time this morning… “He must increase, but I must decrease.” – John 3:30

Hopefully, painting the bottom cabinets will move a little quicker than the top. I’ll be sure to share pictures along the way as well as let you know the process I used to paint and prep our cabinets.

Have you ever painted cabinets before? If so, how long did it take you? What do you feel like has been your most labor intensive DIY project?

P.S. Don’t forget that your purchase from Color Created Family helps to cover our adoption expenses as we journey towards bringing our little girl home from Hong Kong. This month a portion of each sale will also go towards The Sparrow Fund who helps families through the adoption process.

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Time to Weigh In

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Ok, y’all! Michael Luke has finally finished grouting the tile backsplash. Let me just tell you that it looks great. Even better than I imagined because we didn’t have to pay anybody to install it! I’ll be back with more posts about all our tiling adventures but until then I need your input on paint colors for the cabinets.

We have wasted countless hours staring at all our paint samples, re-situating them around the room, switching back and forth between favorites, and now we have narrowed it down to two choices.

Sherwin Williams Alpaca and Requisite Grey.
Originally, when I started pulling finishes together for our kitchen I was picturing a medium grey tone for the cabinets.

My Sunshine Kitchen by krystle-1 on polyvore.com

But now that I have had time to think a ~~little~~ lot more about it and see what the kitchen looks like with the counters and backsplash installed I’m honestly leaning more towards Sherwin Williams Alpaca.

I like Alpaca because being a lighter color it won’t enclose the kitchen. It has been truly amazing how much bigger the kitchen looks since we painted it yellow and I just don’t want to lose that visual illusion.

So here’s where you come in. It’s time for you to weigh in and let me know which color you would choose. I plan to get the paint mixed by the end of the week and hopefully start painting by this weekend!

Have you ever debated and then debated some more a major design decision for your house? Or are you one of those who goes with their first choice and there is no turning back?

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A Splash of White

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Sometimes in the real world of DIY projects and weekend warrior attempts the project doesn’t get wrapped up in thirty minutes or less. For example, the tiling of our kitchen backsplash that began over a month ago back when we repainted the kitchen.

But now that it is completed (except for the grout) we couldn’t be happier! For total wow factor lets go back and look at how our kitchen looked just a few months ago.

I don’t think our kitchen looked bad to begin with but I definitely think we have made a change for the better. With the new lighter wall paint and white backsplash it is amazing how much larger the kitchen feels.

For the backsplash we used American Olean white subway tiles. Basic ceramic subway tiles are some of the least expensive tiles you can buy but look beautiful and timeless once installed.
Michael Luke won some major hubby of the year points for tackling this project all on his own working many light nights and several weekends. He will be the first to tell you that it was completely worth it though. Especially, since we saved so much money versus having an installer do the job.

We still lack grouting the tiles but I gave him a break from DIYing for a little while. Hopefully, later this month we will find some spare time to get the grouting knocked out. What you see in the pictures is basically what it will look like once finished though because our grout color is grey.

I love how the white sink and backsplash really compliment the dark gray counters and that the tile extends all the way down to the counters. Sometimes I have to almost pinch myself because I can’t believe it is my kitchen!
Noah doesn’t mind the changes either!

Next up on our kitchen renovation agenda is painting the cabinets, adding light valance to the upper cabinets, and installing under cabinet lighting. I’ll be back later to let you weigh in on paint color selection for the cabinets.

What kind of DIY project have you or your significant other been up to lately? Is your to-do list growing like mine? I can’t help but want to tackle projects with all this beautiful weather God has blessed us with lately.

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