mouse_chalk
Well-Known Member
Yesterday, I just had this random vision: I WANT TO PAINT THE KITCHEN!!
I was thinking about how if we had the money we'd love to buy this house and what little things we'd change if we did. First on the list was the kitchen, and then I thought 'heeyyyyy, wait a minute, I CAN paint the kitchen!':biggrin2: So we called our landlady and she was fine with it. I'm very much a 'now' person, so no sooner had we got the go ahead, we were off to the DIY shop to get supplies
This was the original colour, and bear in mind these pictures were taken in broad daylight, and I had to use a flash because the freaking place was so dark!!
I don't have anything against turqouise as a colour, I just think that THAT much of it (not to mention the blue woodwork and door), in a room that only gets late afternoon sun briefly, in a kitchen where you need light to work, is a ridiculous idea!! I'm a big fan of neutral colours, to create as much light as possible. It's always going to be fairly dark in there due to the direction it faces, but the colour was just making it so much worse.
It's going to be painted an off-white all over, and white gloss on the woodwork and doors. But we had to do 2 very thick coats of basecoat to cover up the Terrible Turquoise! And then we realised we had to paint the ceiling as well as it was just looking yellow and grimey compared!
So we've yet to get the actual colour on the walls. That's going on tomorrowThe fridge is slap bang in the middle of the kitchen, right in front of the cooker, so what a shame, we've had to order pizza for dinner tonight.
But, it will all be worth it when I can cook in my shiny new clean white-walled kitchen!!
inkbouce:inkbouce:inkbouce:inkbouce:inkbouce:inkbouce:inkbouce:
:biggrin2:
Pictures when it's done to show the difference!
And what an essay, apologies lol! :shock:
Edited to remove pictures that were causing problems.
I was thinking about how if we had the money we'd love to buy this house and what little things we'd change if we did. First on the list was the kitchen, and then I thought 'heeyyyyy, wait a minute, I CAN paint the kitchen!':biggrin2: So we called our landlady and she was fine with it. I'm very much a 'now' person, so no sooner had we got the go ahead, we were off to the DIY shop to get supplies
This was the original colour, and bear in mind these pictures were taken in broad daylight, and I had to use a flash because the freaking place was so dark!!
I don't have anything against turqouise as a colour, I just think that THAT much of it (not to mention the blue woodwork and door), in a room that only gets late afternoon sun briefly, in a kitchen where you need light to work, is a ridiculous idea!! I'm a big fan of neutral colours, to create as much light as possible. It's always going to be fairly dark in there due to the direction it faces, but the colour was just making it so much worse.
It's going to be painted an off-white all over, and white gloss on the woodwork and doors. But we had to do 2 very thick coats of basecoat to cover up the Terrible Turquoise! And then we realised we had to paint the ceiling as well as it was just looking yellow and grimey compared!
So we've yet to get the actual colour on the walls. That's going on tomorrowThe fridge is slap bang in the middle of the kitchen, right in front of the cooker, so what a shame, we've had to order pizza for dinner tonight.
But, it will all be worth it when I can cook in my shiny new clean white-walled kitchen!!
inkbouce:inkbouce:inkbouce:inkbouce:inkbouce:inkbouce:inkbouce:
:biggrin2:
Pictures when it's done to show the difference!
And what an essay, apologies lol! :shock:
Edited to remove pictures that were causing problems.