As previously mentioned, we have gotten permission to paint our house. Which is very exciting, cause we are going to be here for a while, and are trying to make it feel as homey as possible.
Also as previously mentioned, we recently received a bunch of free paint from Mon Amour's parents. So, when Mon Amour found himself with a day off from work, we decided to pull out this paint and see if we liked any of the colors.
We discovered we had 2 half-cans of a green color that was very similar....but possibly a shade or two off. Knowing that we would probably need a whole can of paint, and noting that both cans were of the "Satin" variety, we decided they were safe to combine.
So, into one can went both greens, resulting and a 3rd shade of green in a totally un-reproduceable , but lovely color.
Still not being sure how much paint we would need to paint the whole kitchen, we decided we would take it one wall at a time. Making accent walls, if you will, until we ran out of paint.
Wonderfully for us - we have enough paint to do both of the main (i.e. not cabinet covered) walls in the kitchen. It looks lovely:
Also as previously mentioned, we recently received a bunch of free paint from Mon Amour's parents. So, when Mon Amour found himself with a day off from work, we decided to pull out this paint and see if we liked any of the colors.
We discovered we had 2 half-cans of a green color that was very similar....but possibly a shade or two off. Knowing that we would probably need a whole can of paint, and noting that both cans were of the "Satin" variety, we decided they were safe to combine.
So, into one can went both greens, resulting and a 3rd shade of green in a totally un-reproduceable , but lovely color.
Still not being sure how much paint we would need to paint the whole kitchen, we decided we would take it one wall at a time. Making accent walls, if you will, until we ran out of paint.
Wonderfully for us - we have enough paint to do both of the main (i.e. not cabinet covered) walls in the kitchen. It looks lovely:
My kitchen is now full decorated...at practically no cost to us.
My favorite part though....was the fact that we had a little bit of paint left. Not enough to do another whole wall.....so Mon Amour had this brilliant idea (he is the one in the family who has all the quirky ideas that end up being really cool)
Let's paint the trim around the door green!
- Curtains - Free material from Mon Amour's Mom
- Paint - Left overs from Mon Amour's Parents
- Paint Supplies - Gift from my parents and some loaners from friends
- Curtain Rods - Real cheap at walmart
My favorite part though....was the fact that we had a little bit of paint left. Not enough to do another whole wall.....so Mon Amour had this brilliant idea (he is the one in the family who has all the quirky ideas that end up being really cool)
Let's paint the trim around the door green!
So we have two walls that are green with white trim
And one wall that is white with green trim.
I love it.
And one wall that is white with green trim.
I love it.
1 comment:
That's an adorable kitchen, Emily. I'm glad you guys found something in all that free paint that looks so lovely.
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