Isn't it Ironic?

I wake up on Thanksgiving morning to one more thing broken.  I just had to laugh.  It has actually made me think of all the ironic things happening in our lives lately.  If you would have asked me yesterday what word I'd use to describe our lives it definitely would NOT have been ironic.  So today has been filled with lots of laughs (maybe a tear or 2...but mostly laughs).

I am thankful for a Heavenly Father that knows what I truly need, even better than I do.

I need your help

I mentioned in the last post about needing your opinion on something so here it is.  

I'm thinking of painting the section of cabinets between the fridge and the corner wall a different color, and putting up some bead board for the "back splash", also changing the counter top to wood, adding some corbels to attach the top and bottom cabinets, and lastly some furniture feet at the floor.  My hope is that it would then look like a custom furniture built-in.  Here is my sad attempt at a drawing of it.

 

This is that section of cabinets.  It goes right up to the fridge on the right hand side, and the very left of the picture is the start of the stove section.

So what do you think?  If you walked into a house as a buyer and saw it, what would you think?  Would you think it was really neat?  Or would it turn you off completely from the house entirely?  I guess I should mention that I haven't decided what color to paint it.  Maybe yellow?  I don't know....  Maybe I could keep the color the same (white) but still add the wood counter top, the bead board, furniture feet, and corbels?


Here is a pic of a corbel incase you are wondering what the crap I am talking about:

So the bottom of the pic would be attached to the bottom of the top cabinets and the top part in the picture would go straight down and end on the counter top.

Also, Ikea has a size of wood counter top that would fit for only $49.99  I think that is pretty amazeballs.

So, what do you think?  Good idea?  Lame attempt?  PLEASE let me know....and give your honest opinion.  I won't hold it against ya ;)

Kitchen Progress

When we moved in the kitchen looked like this:

Ummm...yeah.  Not gonna work for me.  The plus side was that I absolutely love white kitchens.  Not that this white was working, but at least the really hard work had already been done and I could have an "easy" job re-doing them.... yeah right!

Oh, and no, that is not wallpaper.  It is hand painted stripes and argyle...vomit and double vomit.  Let's not even discuss the nasty wood molding.  Can you say hunting lodge anyone?

You might be wondering why we would choose a place where I hated everything but the appliances.  Well, let's just say that in our price range it was either full-blown meth house, or a little elbow grease-and besides, it really was nice (I just threw up in my mouth while saying that) but just not for me.  Sorry if any of you fall in love with the before pictures.

 Even though we painted the walls and molding before we actually moved in, the cabinets still needed to be done.  Once the busy walls were taken care of, the yellow cream cabinets with a really sad attempt at a brown glaze didn't bother me as much.  I think it is safe to say that most of that probably had to do with the fact that the very idea of picking up a paint brush made me want to puke.  Lately Sean has been maxing out on overtime on top of doing his internship at the Alzheimer's Association.  We already had the primer and paint left over from painting the molding.  Add those 2 together: bored wife + "free" supplies and you get =

Step Four: Admit defeat.  Just kidding!!!!  Decide what doors need to be replaced first (medicine cabinet, silverware drawer etc.) and start priming and painting those babies!

I will say that everything looks so much better already!  The wall color I chose looks so much nicer than before.  Although in these pictures it looks quite boring, but it is a nice dreamy blue.  I've primed the front side of the doors for the bottom, and tomorrow I will turn them over and prime the back side.  Then Monday I will paint one side...you get the picture?  It is such a process, but I've already decided that it is so worth it.  Not only does it look better already, but it keeps my mind off the fact that I virtually have no husband to speak of.

The kids are also loving it.  I already mentioned that Logan is having a blast with the doors off, but they also think I'm pretty much the coolest mom ever because we eat every meal on the family room floor (on our picnic blanket).  Every meal is a picnic!  I am so over it, but I will admit that their excitement makes me a little excited about the change of pace as well.

Obviously it isn't finished yet, but I am really loving the results so far!  I need your help because I have a couple of questions about the kitchen design aspects, but I will save that for another post. 

Kitchen Updating

I got some crazy burst of energy today and decided, "hey, why don't I paint my kitchen cabinets?"  I already have the primer and paint, so really it's just about a little elbow grease....

Next thing I know, my kitchen looks like a bomb went off.  As does the rest of the house.  A couple of unsupervised hours and the kiddos went crazy!!!!  I definitely did not think this through that is for sure.

While I'm waiting for coat 2 of the primer to dry I decided I needed some new art for the kitchen.  I guess new is the wrong word since it currently has nothing.  So I hopped on Pinterest and then google all in search of some cute kitchen printables.  I could not find anything!!!  I was quite frustrated when I decided to just make my own!

I'm printing them off separately.  Each in a 12x12 size.  Then I'll mount them on some white foam core and viola!  Some art in the kitchen!

I know I keep promising pictures of my house.  I will get around to it.  The problem is that I don't have even one room complete.  If you know me, I'm sure that is absolutely no shocker to you!  Since Sean is never around with all the overtime he is working, all I have to do is sit around the house and clean.  Who wants to clean?  Not this girl.  I've decided to complete all the projects I've started.  Hopefully I'll have a picture or 2 of the kitchen by next week sometime...keep your fingers crossed.