Really, really red. Really.
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mrissaThe kitchen is now Roasted Pepper. It looks gorgeous. More than that, it looks like a room instead of a collection of space and objects that happened to be next to each other. And we haven't even rehung the artwork yet; Mom'll come by tomorrow to do a third coat on some of the places where finer brushwork was needed so coverage was more difficult.
From dealing with the walls close up, Mom thinks she knows what happened: some previous owner took off a set of wallpaper, washed off the paste, and just left the walls with the contractor's initial flat white paint, previously papered over. Ew. Our way isnot very sportsmanlike much better.
From dealing with the walls close up, Mom thinks she knows what happened: some previous owner took off a set of wallpaper, washed off the paste, and just left the walls with the contractor's initial flat white paint, previously papered over. Ew. Our way is
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Date: 2009-04-16 03:02 am (UTC)Leaving the flat white paint like that isn't sportsmanlike, to be sure. We couldn't believe it when we pulled up the carpet in the living room and bedrooms because there was hardwood under the carpet, but some previous owner had not put down a dropcloth or anything when they last painted the walls white . . . so there are paint splotches all over the floor. Now, the floor has stains too and needs resurfacing anyway, but still. Lame! Just because you're gonna carpet, doesn't mean you just let paint fall where it may.
Our kitchen has old dirty floral wallpaper that We Do Not Like. Kevin has just lived with it for something like 18 years, but he's wacky. I'm dying to somehow Get It Off and paint the kitchen yellow. Or else find some wallpaper I actually like and cover it up with that and paint the cabinets and rest of the kitchen yellow. I have lots of Fiestaware, I also have lots of kitchen gear that are in shades of yellow or red so I'm thinking yellow would be nice, but probably a lighter yellow so as not to have a "mustard and ketchup" effect with the red blender, toaster, etc. We also need to put in shelves so I can display my vintage kitchen gadgets and my assortment of Fiesta pitchers.
It made a world of difference when Kevin removed the wallpaper in the bathroom and painted it a lovely light shade of green that somehow works with the tan & avocado tiles so that you don't notice they're avocado.
Anyhoo. Hooray for a red kitchen that looks like a room!
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Date: 2009-04-16 11:22 am (UTC)*ahem* "red room! red room!"
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Date: 2009-04-16 01:01 pm (UTC)I'm glad to see your kitchen looks so good, and that your mom is so helpful.
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Date: 2009-04-16 08:22 pm (UTC)The one warning I have is that you may need more lighting. We are in the process of putting in task lighting because the red walls soak up more light than the white walls did, so it feels a little dark when cooking at night. Of course we painted the walls a few years ago and have survived this long without cutting off a finger, so it's not too dark.
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