Kitchen Makeover - In Which I Am Banned...

...banned from making decisions on my own about paint color without Steve's supervision. And now I'm sorry. And I wouldn't even post these pictures because of that very fact, but I guess I should admit my mistakes and let others learn from them. Also, Mom will NOT stop bugging me about my short hiatus in posting. But please help me feel better about it by letting me explain a few things before I let you see it (because that's what I'd do if you were at my front door too).


You see, I really really really wanted to paint the kitchen red. I know it's a bold color, but there's plenty of white to tone it down a drop. Now Steve warned me that I had to make sure it was a GOOD red if I was going to do red at all, but that if I did it would look great. Now might be a good time to mention that Bob was okay with any color EXCEPT red. So I did my best to convince him that he was the only one that didn't want red. With slumped shoulders and a defeated tone in his voice Bob finally said, "It's your kitchen so it will probably end up being the way you want it anyway." I took that as a yes and decided that the kitchen would definitely be red! So my plan was to get the good red at the store on Monday morning so that it would be ready when the painter showed up that afternoon. Well Travis the Painter showed up first thing that day and I had no paint yet. I also developed a small conscience overnight and felt bad that Bob didn't want red. I talked this over with the painters and we decided that an accent wall in red would be a happy compromise. For the record, Steve also told me not to do an accent wall. Then the only problem that remained was that I still did not have the good red. Not to worry though right? These guys are painters, they just happen to have a selection of paint colors. And on top of that they have a surefire red that will look great, they say. Well to make a long story short I'll just say that Steve was right and the Painters and I were not.

Maybe you can't even tell from these pictures but the red is a little too much like ketchup in my eyes. The glossy finish only adds to that. I wanted a matte finish and a deeper red. And the accent wall just looks like the room isn't finished being painted. So my happy compromise just turned out to be me being wrong, and I hate it when that happens. But other than the paint it's a nice looking kitchen right?! I like everything else, except that light in the dining room and I'm replacing with something like this, or maybe this.

So what's the new paint color, you ask? It's not red. It's a green suede by Ralph Lauren, something close to the Durango green you can see here. It's not red, and that makes me a little sad, but so does the ketchup on my kitchen wall right now. So here's to ketchup on lots of hotdogs instead of walls this summer! This one's for you Lisa!