Time for a Change...

About time I got around to posting some stuff huh?? :)

We moved into our house almost 4 years ago.  Not a lot has changed - unless you count the 'rearranging' that I do from time to time.  But the main thing that has changed is the interior color.  I always wanted a RED kitchen.  Soooo, I hired someone just after we moved in to do just that.  (I didn't have the confidence to paint on my own...oh boy, has THAT changed!)  I loved it - for awhile - and then realized, it was too dark and really swallowed all the light over on that side of the room.

The other thing I did not realize was that the builder had painted flat paint right over the sheetrock - no primer, no nothin'!  Yep, learned that one the hard way!  As in, I painted our daughter's room (the first room I painted on my own) and went through 2!!!! gallons of paint!! The poor dry walls sucked everything I put on them!!  Lesson learned...prime FIRST! 

People have been asking me to post pictures of things that I have done around here - creative things, 'homemaking' things - so I'll start with the kitchen.  I had a great helper, Chelsie :), and away we went priming and painting the kitchen and attached family room.  I had 'discovered' the blog www.centsationalgirl.com and kept noticing the color she painted her kitchen and family room.  'Camouflage' from www.benjaminmoore.com 

I noticed how in different light it changed and since our rooms face south, we get light from morning until night.  I really like how it turned out.  The main part of the room is 'Camouflage', the kitchen island and the recess for the T.V. are painted 'Alligator' and the main hallway to the front door and the hallway to the garage are 'Old Prairie'. 

I'll try and post the panorama picture Kevin took of the space.  You'll like it!  Well, I know I do!!

Have a great Sunday!!

Janine