A New Look

Good morning everyone! I hope you are having a great week. We are starting to get ready for Easter and planning on dyeing some eggs today. But first, I have a little project, which I was hoping to accomplish before Easter and I am so thrilled I did. You see, our old dining table badly needed a makeover. We have had it for a while, but I was a little tired of its look.

I decided to take advantage of the amazing weather we had a couple of weeks ago and give it a little makeover. I knew the nice weather wouldn't last, so every day that week, during my little guy's nap, I worked on it. I sanded it, painted it and added some varnish. And here it is.

I am so thrilled with how it turned out and everything looks fresh and clean. I also painted the chairs and what a big difference a coat of white paint will do. I really like how it looks and I am so glad I went for it. I have my eye on some very pretty chairs, but at the moment they are backordered, so these will have to do for now. Have a great day everyone! B

Night Table Makeover

I am not sure if I told you this, but the guest room that I was working on did not have much in there, just some old mattresses and a small side table. There was an old brown, ugly night table, but I wanted to make it look cozy and inviting in there. So, a brown night table would definitely not fit in there. How about this looker? Isn't he a gem? Gotta love Ikea.

It's the Birkeland night table for $99. I liked the heavy look to it, and the fresh white color. Only problem, it was way out of my budget. So, what is a girl to do? The room wasn't finished when my friend got home and when I mentioned my dilemma to him, he said...well, there is another ugly brown night table in the basement. Hooray!!! I had two. Two ugly brown night tables. I was thrilled. I was going to turn them to the good side. Meaning, I would transform the ugly brown suckers into gorgeous white night tables. Here is brown ugliness. 

Here is the new night table, looking mighty fresh. Whoever thought a couple of coats of white paint would make such a difference. 

How did I do it? Well here are a couple of pics that are pretty self explanatory, but I added a couple of notes. 

1. Sanding it. I probably could have done without it, but I opted to sand it, just to make sure that the paint will stick. 

2. I primed it. Absolutely love Zinsser. 

And here it is. 

I am pretty happy that I did not dish out $200 for two night stands. When I asked my friend how much these were, he told me that he had bought them for $10 each. I feel pretty great about it, especially since this way there might be a small chance I will stick to my budget. 

Have a marvelous day everyone!

Kitchen Paint Colour Reveal

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how my yellow kitchen walls had to go and that I was giving our kitchen a makeover. Last week, I shared some colour options for our kitchen walls. And it seems that Jetstream, by Para Paint and one of Sarah Richardson's colours was a favorite among a couple of my readers too. The only problem is that I had trouble finding it. :-(  I was a little disappointed, but its ok. Our bedroom walls are grey and we like the way it looks, so we wanted something similar. I tend towards beige and my husband towards grey.
I remembered seeing a gorgeous paint colour on younghouselove's website. It is called White Sand by Glidden. They used it in their dining room and it looked beautiful.

We figured it is the perfect combination between grey and beige, so we went for it.  I do have to warn you that I added a little white paint to it. Our kitchen is quite dark, so I had to lighten it up a bit.

I really love the colour and it is a great change from what it was. Had my kitchen been brighter, I would not have lightened the paint colour. It makes the kitchen feel more like a dining room and not a tiny kitchen. 

I hope you like it. I am off to finish a couple of painting projects that will be going in here soon. Stay tuned and have a good one!

Kitchen Makeover Part 1

When we first moved in, we didn't have a lot of time to paint, and since I had some leftover yellow paint, I painted the kitchen yellow. I didn't like it so much, but I thought it would grow on me. Well, it didn't. Also, some of my friends were telling me how much they disliked yellow in a kitchen. You know who you are. The challenge was on. I had to do something. So, this is part 1 of my kitchen makeover.

Here is a picture of our yellow wall. Yes, I know, the yellow looks horrible. Hopefully by the end it will be a gorgeous new colour.

Since we don't have a dining area, our kitchen serves as our kitchen / eating area / dining area. So, its the place where we cook, eat, hang out with friends and entertain. I wanted a warm and subtle colour. Here are some pictures of what I would like my kitchen/dining area to look like.

Isn't it lovely? It makes it so homey and inviting for people to sit around the table and chat. 

                                    

The above picture is from Sarah Richardson and she has some amazing tips on her website that you can check out. One of her tips is if you have a small space and don't need to entertain all the time to push the table against the wall. I love that idea, since its a must for our tiny kitchen.

Aren't they gorgeous? I love the welcoming feel that they have. Since my kitchen does not look like that, we will see what the final result will be. Off to the paint store I go. I will post some of my kitchen paint colours options later this week.