Hi, I’ve removed my shirt to look more like Ty Pennington while I write this post. On second thought, that’s pretty gross, don’t imagine that… I’ll put it back on if you promise to keep reading. Below are pictures of our kitchen repainting (which is still in progress – but I had to post something now let my fingers forget how to type).

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The first step was to repaint the cabinets a creamier white.

Here you can see the old white, the new cupboard white, and the old yellow walls.

The second step was to prime the walls gray! Gray is apparently a better primer color for red paint.

We really, really, really, really liked the gray color. Jess wouldn’t let me keep it gray so we went to the next step.

Step Three: The base coat. We added the dusty rose colored foundation. We hated this color by itself and this is where fear set in.

Fourth and Last Step: Faux Finishing Fun. Jessica whipped out the faux finishing direction and we both read them and were puzzled. However, she practiced what she thought they were saying behind the fridge so that we could ‘fix it and hide it’ if it didn’t work out. Instead, it worked out and she got all excited. I had to ask her to stop last night so that we could go to bed.

The colors turned out a little brighter than we expected, but its not bad or unpleasant. Once we’re all done we’ll post pictures here and you can see what I’m talking about 🙂