Beaded board

Today I FINALLY painted the beaded board in our kitchen.

It's only taken me a year and half to get to it. :)

Looks so much better, and just fresh.

I also finished painting the beaded board in the nursery.

I hope to have a BIG nursery reveal in the next couple weeks. :)

Til next time,

Our Thrifty Nest of 7

White to Gray...the reveal.

This is a before and after pic of my latest painting project.

My kitchen cabinets went from white to gray.  Well at least the bottom ones did.

I LOVE white, but I'm also tired of cleaning white.  HA! :)

I have 5 children, and with that comes lots of finger prints, dirt, and food on cabinet doors.

My white ones were just not holding up to it, so I decided to paint the bottom ones white.

This is actually a picture of what our kitchen looked like when we moved into the house.

We bought the oak cabinets on Craigslist for $400.00, and bought the sink base separate.

This is what the kitchen looked like after I painted them white.  I did like it, but cleaning them was a daily chore. ;)

A better before pic...We purchased the whole island on Craigslist as well.

It's 5 base cabinets and a countertop for $180.  What a DEAL! ;)  We added the beaded board to the sides of the island.

AND...here...is the kitchen today.

I LOVE how it turned out.

I was so surprised at how much I actually like it!

I used Lowe's Valspar Mountain Smoke.

I'll post later on the curtain.

But the material is fun and the perfect colors to pull it all together.

This china was a Mother's Day gift to me several years ago.

It's Ironstone, has beautiful scalloped edges, and it's YELLOW.  The bottom says...Buttercup Federalist Ironstone.  I fell in love with it the first time I saw it in the antique store.

Was so thrilled to get it as a gift.  There's a story behind them, and I'll post it later. ;)

With painting the cabinets gray, I knew the china would look fabulous!  Cause it's YELLOW! :)

I still need to add hardware to this cabinet...and to the island.  

AND here is my wonderful NEW fridge!!  It's dreamy, no?  haha! :))

Also was able to update my dishwasher this year too...

We're all enjoying the change.  I was so nervous about going this dark, but just went with it. 

I still need to paint the beaded board, and a few touch ups here and there.

But WHAT a difference!

I even think it makes our dark butcher block countertops look better.

This whole project cost me under $50.  :)

Blessings,

Our Thrifty Nest of 7

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Sneak peek...white to gray.

I finished painting the cabinets.

I'm now just trying to find the right hardware for the kitchen island, along with material to make a curtain for the window.

I want to have everything finished for the GRAND REVEAL... ;)

Here's a tiny sneak peek of one of the cabinets.  :)

I'm LOVING the new kitchen redo.

Blessings,

Our Thrify Nest of 7

Kitchen...heart of the Home.

This is what our kitchen looked like when we began building...

The "oak" cabinets we bought off Craigslist, along with the dishwasher.

The countertops are butcher block we purchased from a local home improvement store

 As you can see we hadn't put down any of the laminate flooring...that's because it hadn't been purchased yet.

 After being in the house for several months, and a long winter.  We knew what we wanted to add to the kitchen and the finishing touches...

 When we purchased the cabinets, we had always intended on painting them white...

 I added oil rubbed bronze hardware, then used an ebony stain on the butcher block countertops.

All of our everyday dishes still sit on this bottom shelf, and I enjoy having them out and displayed.  Since we use these dishes everyday, they get washed just about daily.  Which doesn't leave time for dust to collect on them.  Having them out also helps for children to put away dishes, and get their own. :)

I've always loved white dishes...and they're just more practical for our family.

 

 Hanging in the window is Basil from my mother in-laws garden.

She usually grows enough, so I don't have to. :)

I love the two different sizes of my sink basin...

The island was purchased from Craigslist as well.

It came with 5 base cabinets and the countertop for $180.  (great deal)

We added the beaded board, and painted it white...

I'm still deciding on what kind of hardware, and we need to add the lights above it.

 From the original picture you can see that we swapped the pantry and refrigerator.  It works better for us this way.

I'm loving my kitchen now, even though we still need to finish a few things...

I'd like to have new refrigerator soon... ;) 

For the love of Faith, Family, and Home,

Thrifty momma