This is my storey of how I transformed my kitchen just yesteryear using paint. It was outdated when nosotros moved in, in addition to I had null dollars to renovate it. So, instead, I got creative in addition to essentially painted everything inwards sight. If you're working amongst an onetime kitchen in addition to a pocket-sized budget, this post volition hopefully exit y'all amongst tons of ideas.


If you're novel to my blog, allow me give y'all some background information on my kitchen. When nosotros moved into our house three brusk years agone the kitchen needed some work. I was on a tiny budget, in addition to determined to transform this kitchen into a infinite I love. Since my budget was in addition to therefore small, I had to re-purpose a lot of what was already installed inwards the kitchen, equally good equally utilisation the things I already had laying precisely about the house.
When nosotros showtime moved in, the cabinets were already painted white, but it was a ugly white, in addition to therefore I repainted the exterior cabinets my preferred shade of pretty white. After that was done, I had to practise something close the insides of the cabinets. The interiors were in addition to therefore gross in addition to dirty. I hated them.
To remedy the outdated interiors of the cabinets, I painted the insides the same white as I painted the exteriors in addition to I painted the backside of all the cabinet doors with chalkboard paint (seen here).
And since I'm obsessed amongst organizing, equally evidenced here, I labeled everything inwards sight.
Painting the insides of the cabinets made such a huge difference, in addition to the chalkboard doors genuinely made it in addition to therefore unique. It made the entire kitchen experience different. After that, I left the kitchen solitary for nearly a year, knowing that I would eventually choose to come upwardly dorsum to it.
So that brings us to today.

The showtime affair I decided to tackle this twelvemonth was my piffling aspect through bar area. This is what it looked similar when I showtime started. The homeowners earlier us did a swell task amongst arranging the tile, but the colors weren't my loving cup of tea.
Back inwards Apr 2012, I tried to update it a piffling chip yesteryear epitome the tile in addition to coating it amongst some poly. That was short-lived, equally it chipped later on a few months.
The 2d fourth dimension around, I did my due diligence in addition to researched online. I discovered that at that topographic point genuinely was a agency I could paint the tile. I'm inwards honey amongst the agency it turned out. See how I painted my tile here.
Painting the tile unleashed a whole serial of other projects. Isn't that e'er what happens? Here's what the bar expanse looked similar correct later on I painted the tile. It wasn't awful, but I had a vision. I knew that the wall color, chalkboard trim, in addition to chairs needed to endure changed.
I tested out a few wall colors, in addition to ultimately decided on a soft gray paint that I roughshod inwards honey with.
If y'all aspect at our kitchen earlier in addition to later on pictures, the modify inwards wall color is difficult to notice. Seeing them side yesteryear side below, y'all tin run across what a large divergence it is. In person, the kitchen feels in addition to therefore much fresher, in addition to the novel wall color is really noticeable.
And hither it is, all cleaned upwardly in addition to finished, amongst the walls painted the novel color, too. It feels in addition to therefore fresh in addition to amazing.
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I also decided to pigment my thrift store chairs silver.
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It was a crazy move, but I genuinely yell upwardly it turned out great. Even Jesse noticed. And that is rare. He's used to me changing something on a daily basis, in addition to barely blinks an oculus anymore.
For nearly a twelvemonth I choose been hoping to purchase industrial metallic element stools kinda similar these.
Source: Alexander in addition to Pearl
But at roughly $200+ a pop, the budget never allows. Something normally comes upwardly that makes me set my sweetness piffling industrial stools on the backburner. Then in conclusion calendar month I saw these in addition to had a chip of a lightbulb moment.

Source: Target via Apartment Therapy
I realized that I had ii perfectly skilful barstools that I could merely spray pigment silver. Since they were $5 thrift store stools, I felt similar I had naught to lose. And it worked! They're no industrial metallic element stools, but they aspect pretty cool. Plus, it adds an unexpected, fun vibe to the kitchen.
The play tricks was to utilisation super high lineament spray paint.
and to practise several low-cal coats. It volition give them that super shiny, real-metallic look.
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Here's a quick before in addition to later on in addition to therefore y'all tin compare how much ameliorate it looks now. By epitome the walls greige, the trim back white, the tile white, in addition to the bar stools silver, I was able to create a whole novel look.
The before.
in addition to the after.
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The littlest details oftentimes brand the biggest difference.
What practise y'all think? I'm nonetheless drooling over the 'real deal' aka actual metallic element stools, but my twenty-four hours volition come. :)
In the meantime, I volition brand the best of what I have.
While I was inwards the epitome mood, I decided I would pigment the wall betwixt the kitchen in addition to the invitee bedroom, correct adjacent to the fridge. It was a total unused space, precisely begging for me to mess amongst it.
After a few coats of chalkboard paint, my novel in addition to improved chalkboard wall was born!

I had Jesse aid me install a piffling ledge for my chalk. We precisely went to the hardware store in addition to institute a slice of trim back amongst a groove inwards it.
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It's decease the perfect identify to write my carte du jour for the week, reminders, in addition to the occasional honey note.
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I decided to tackle a few other things that were bugging me, too. Remember my DIY knife block?
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I loved that thing, but it institute it's agency inwards the trash later on getting moisture in addition to warping inwards the sink. So, to brand do, I decided to notice an onetime drinking glass bowl at a thrift store in addition to spray pigment the exterior silver. (Don't pigment the inside....your knives touching on food.)
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It's non a forever plan, but I figured I would demonstrate y'all anyways.
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To run across my tips on how to pigment a mirror to choose dimension similar that, decease here. There's a play tricks to it.
And those are all of my kitchen updates for today!
I'll exit y'all amongst a moving-picture demonstrate of Tootie in addition to Cheese existence destructive. Life e'er gets set on concur when at that topographic point are bugs inwards the chandy.
And a few terminal shots of the kitchen...


The showtime affair I decided to tackle this twelvemonth was my piffling aspect through bar area. This is what it looked similar when I showtime started. The homeowners earlier us did a swell task amongst arranging the tile, but the colors weren't my loving cup of tea.
Back inwards Apr 2012, I tried to update it a piffling chip yesteryear epitome the tile in addition to coating it amongst some poly. That was short-lived, equally it chipped later on a few months.
The 2d fourth dimension around, I did my due diligence in addition to researched online. I discovered that at that topographic point genuinely was a agency I could paint the tile. I'm inwards honey amongst the agency it turned out. See how I painted my tile here.
Not entirely does the painted tile aspect great, but it's super durable, in addition to it's a breeze to clean.
And the earlier in addition to later on is remarkable.
I tested out a few wall colors, in addition to ultimately decided on a soft gray paint that I roughshod inwards honey with.
If y'all aspect at our kitchen earlier in addition to later on pictures, the modify inwards wall color is difficult to notice. Seeing them side yesteryear side below, y'all tin run across what a large divergence it is. In person, the kitchen feels in addition to therefore much fresher, in addition to the novel wall color is really noticeable.
I also decided to pigment the trim back to white.
Here is the trim back mid-paint. I got to relish the luxury of existence sloppy, since I knew I was epitome the walls when I was done amongst the trim.
And hither it is, all cleaned upwardly in addition to finished, amongst the walls painted the novel color, too. It feels in addition to therefore fresh in addition to amazing.
I also decided to pigment my thrift store chairs silver.
It was a crazy move, but I genuinely yell upwardly it turned out great. Even Jesse noticed. And that is rare. He's used to me changing something on a daily basis, in addition to barely blinks an oculus anymore.
For nearly a twelvemonth I choose been hoping to purchase industrial metallic element stools kinda similar these.
Source: Alexander in addition to Pearl
But at roughly $200+ a pop, the budget never allows. Something normally comes upwardly that makes me set my sweetness piffling industrial stools on the backburner. Then in conclusion calendar month I saw these in addition to had a chip of a lightbulb moment.

Source: Target via Apartment Therapy
I realized that I had ii perfectly skilful barstools that I could merely spray pigment silver. Since they were $5 thrift store stools, I felt similar I had naught to lose. And it worked! They're no industrial metallic element stools, but they aspect pretty cool. Plus, it adds an unexpected, fun vibe to the kitchen.
The play tricks was to utilisation super high lineament spray paint.
and to practise several low-cal coats. It volition give them that super shiny, real-metallic look.
Here's a quick before in addition to later on in addition to therefore y'all tin compare how much ameliorate it looks now. By epitome the walls greige, the trim back white, the tile white, in addition to the bar stools silver, I was able to create a whole novel look.
The before.
in addition to the after.
The littlest details oftentimes brand the biggest difference.
What practise y'all think? I'm nonetheless drooling over the 'real deal' aka actual metallic element stools, but my twenty-four hours volition come. :)
In the meantime, I volition brand the best of what I have.
While I was inwards the epitome mood, I decided I would pigment the wall betwixt the kitchen in addition to the invitee bedroom, correct adjacent to the fridge. It was a total unused space, precisely begging for me to mess amongst it.
After a few coats of chalkboard paint, my novel in addition to improved chalkboard wall was born!

I had Jesse aid me install a piffling ledge for my chalk. We precisely went to the hardware store in addition to institute a slice of trim back amongst a groove inwards it.
It's decease the perfect identify to write my carte du jour for the week, reminders, in addition to the occasional honey note.
I decided to tackle a few other things that were bugging me, too. Remember my DIY knife block?
I loved that thing, but it institute it's agency inwards the trash later on getting moisture in addition to warping inwards the sink. So, to brand do, I decided to notice an onetime drinking glass bowl at a thrift store in addition to spray pigment the exterior silver. (Don't pigment the inside....your knives touching on food.)
It's non a forever plan, but I figured I would demonstrate y'all anyways.
While I had my silvery spray pigment out I also decided to modify out the decor over the sink. There was a free-floating shelf there, but my cats loved to jump on it in addition to brand things crash everywhere. So, I institute a thrift store mirror I loved, in addition to painted it silver.
To run across my tips on how to pigment a mirror to choose dimension similar that, decease here. There's a play tricks to it.
And those are all of my kitchen updates for today!
I'll exit y'all amongst a moving-picture demonstrate of Tootie in addition to Cheese existence destructive. Life e'er gets set on concur when at that topographic point are bugs inwards the chandy.
And a few terminal shots of the kitchen...
Thank y'all in addition to therefore much for stopping yesteryear today!

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