Dill Pickle is Better than Terra Cotta.

When we bought this house every wall was covered in wallpaper.  Wallpaper with LOTS of flowers.  Big Flowers, little flowers, pink flowers, blue flowers.  FLOWERS.  I'm not a flower girl, I'm a color girl.  We covered the Waverly flowers in the kitchen with Terra Cotta.  I loved the color.  I don't love it anymore.  Today I love Dill Pickle.  The kitchen gets no natural light and even with the bright Terra Cotta it always seemed like a dark room.  Not anymore.  Dill Pickle to the rescue.  You've seen a little of it in previous pictures but here we are in the process of change.

LB had to take over cutting while I took pictures.

This is the view of the breakfast nook when you are standing in the kitchen.  You can't see the new window seat for all the crap on the table.  The little spots of seafoam green is the foam that now is covered in drop cloth with pillows on it.

LB trying not to be ugly to me.  The man is a dead game sport.  When I said I hated everything in this house he looked at me and asked what I wanted to change and did I want to start right then.  I think I'll have to keep him.

There's the kitchen in progress.  I'm still working on it but I hope to have mostly finished pictures soon.  The painting is all completed.  I'm trying to decide if I want to tile the backsplash.  Can't decide.  Still contemplating what's going on the floor.  We'll finish it sometime this lifetime.  Is there something painted that you loved the color of but now can't stand?  What room is your paint brush being used in now?

Love, Love, Kiss, Kiss!

SNM

I have had it...

Disclaimer: There is not a drop of natural light that comes into the kitchen at any point during the day and it is a horrible room to photograph so bear that in mind.  

I really hate our counter tops.  The formica is in great shape but the color screams 1980 is calling and wants it's counter tops back.  It's a greenish, sageish, sorta pale teal.  UGLY.

It's a horrid color now that we have painted the walls with Benjamin Moore Dill Pickle.  I love the wall color so I have been trying to decide what to do about the counter top color.  Needless to say there is no budget for any type of new counter top.  I've stewed about it for months now.

 Today while toodling around the interweb I came across a product.  After reading for a couple of hours, isn't it amazing how much time you can burn sitting in front of the puter, about said product I made a decision.  Sometimes you just have to go right to the edge with no fear.  I pulled myself together so I wouldn't scare anyone and ran out the door.

I went to the closest retailer listed on the companies website and got there right at 5.  Apparently they close at 5 because as soon as I walked in the lights were turned off.  Once the dude realized I was there, and I'm certain he was thinking "great it's 5 and the start of the weekend and this witch walks in wanting paint.", he was willing to answer the few questions I had.  I guess my mind was pretty much decided before I walked in.  This is what I purchased.

I ended up purchasing the chocolate brown.  I don't want really dark counter tops but the Sicilian Sand looked too white in person.  From reading on the website you can add colors as long as you use water based acrylics.  So I plan to add a couple of stone like colors to lighten it up and give it more depth.  

I'm going to an auction in the morning in search of a lamp that looks like it matches one I already have.  Once I get home I plan to start cleaning and taping and practicing my sponging technique so I have a plan once I actually start painting.  Hopefully I'll love it and it won't end up an epic fail.  I figure for the price I'll give it a whirl.  I'll keep you posted on the progress.

Love, Love, Kiss, Kiss!

SNM

Just a little tease...

It was a dreary day here today.  It looked like winter outside but if you went out there it felt like late spring.  I don't know where winter went but it needs to come on back for a longer visit.  It was well into the 70's which is entirely too hot for the 1st of February.

I was hoping to get a new project finished today but as usual it took longer than I thought it would.  I swear you get a great idea and it seems like you should be able to do it in a short short.  NEVER turns out that way.  I got about half way to the finish line but I have to call uncle.  It's late and I'm tired.  LB and RH are already sleeping like babies.  Anyway, here's a little tease of the project.  I hope to finish tomorrow and show you the completed items.

Do you start projects thinking you'll get them finished in no time and then it ends up taking way longer?  I hope I'm not the only one with that problem.  Eventually the tortoise won the race...

Love, Love, Kiss, Kiss!

SNM