New Kitchen

With Craig's new job and compensation schedule, we'll probably be in this house for at least a few years so I decided to make some changes. Our whole house is painted the same color (even the ceiling) and I am tired of looking at it especially in the kitchen. All my floor mats and dish towels are a reddish/orange color that I've used since my Indiana house. In that house, I painted the kitchen a color called Bold Terra Cotta from Home Depot and it turned out awesome so I went ahead and got the same color to do this kitchen. I basically painted the whole kitchen in one day last week while Craig was in Phoenix. Luckily for me, the kids took 3 hour naps that day and then I finished the rest when they went to sleep that night. Once it was all done, it was darker than I had rememberd but this kitchen doesn't get as much natural light. My Indiana kitchen had tons of light and a 17 foot vaulted ceiling so of course the paint is going to appear lighter. It does give the kitchen a rich and warm feeling (or so my friend said who came over to check it out). I think it looks great and I'm happy with how it turned out. I told Craig about it so he wouldn't freak out and he is happy with it as well. Good thing too since I'm not about to re-paint it!!

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