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April 23, 2007
She Finally Painted Those Baseboards
I did!
What I had planned to do before my mother came at Christmas has been done in this past month. I painted the baseboards and the window frames in my kitchen. Finally!
Not only did I do the painting but I have managed to also complete one set of curtains for my windows.
These curtains are a project I have worried over for almost two years. Yes, two entire years. I flipped flopped on the curtain/no curtain issue many times not wanting to put up a curtain that would close in the room and block out the wonderful sunlight this room gets all day long.
I purchased this fabric online a month or two after we moved into this house. It was always earmarked for curtains. Either in my kitchen or my bedroom. The kitchen won.
It is a great toile print of a barnyard scene with an old red bard and rooster. Although I had ordered 10 yards of the fabric there was not enough for two windows of this size and the smaller window at the end of the kitchen. Nice. Because this print is out of stock. It is a two year old print that has long been gone.
I have wanted in some way to have gingham in the kitchen but I didn't want to go overboard and look like a barn dance in here. So I thought about it alot. I looked through thousands of patterns for curtains and draperies. It wasn't until recently that I was inspired by a designer kitchen advertisement to make the curtains you now see.
Not too much gingham. The perfect matching crimson. Nice fabric for draperies. The first set I made I lined them. The lining blocked out too much of the sunlight. I do not want this kitchen to be dim. I like it flooded in natural sunlight. So I ripped out the lining and remade the curtains without it.
I like the look of the yellow walls, red accents and white trim in this room. The appliances are stainless steel with black trim. I have begun to add black and cast iron things to the room to flesh it out. The heavy black cast iron is a great contrast to the more feminine white ceramic pieces and china in the room.
I never planned to paint those cabinets white. It was sort of a last chance to have a nice looking kitchen without the expense of new cabinets. These are just too good of shape to toss for the sake of cosmetic wants.
I never planned to paint the walls yellow. I never had a color in mind but yellow just wasn't one of my choices. One day I saw a yellow cloth given as a gift in something when Steven was born. My brain said paint the kitchen that color. And so we did. Last July.
The black granite of the countertops was simply what was available without a special order. The price was right.
The white cabinets and black countertops deemed the black hardware the wiser choice. I chose them online based solely on price. I think they work.
With the brick red floors I already had a lot of red accents. The rugs and towels, the wall plates, the roosters and painted sign. As things began to come together I realized the little sofa was red with yellow(ish) and black plaid stripes. It just works without any conscious effort on my part.
Eveything is really beginning to come together after alot of hard work. I am really beginning to see and feel the room as a part of the house and not as an addition without much thought to the rest of the house.
This has been a long time in coming. I started painting the cabinets (3 coats of primer 2 coats of paint) and continued on when Steven was just a newborn. I have progressed over the past year slowly. Very slow. My infant grew into a giggly baby and then into a busy toddler and now a non-stop very active little boy.
Meaning it took me this long because instead of painting from the bottom up I painted from the top down. Little people under three feet tall do not listen to you when you tell them not to touch the wet paint on the baseboards.
I suppose you already knew that. I should have.
Speaking of which ...
His smile pretty much says it all.
Posted by Angie at April 23, 2007 02:49 PM
Comments
He is so big! And adorable!
I love your cast iron. I use mine all the time and am desperate for a cast iron griddle and a dutch oven.
Posted by: Leah at April 24, 2007 04:16 PM
He is double-adorable!! Your brain did well, Angie. I love your kitchen and it definitely doesn't look like a barn dance....LOL
Posted by: kenju at April 24, 2007 05:05 PM
He is double-adorable!! Your brain did well, Angie. I love your kitchen and it definitely doesn't look like a barn dance....LOL
Posted by: kenju at April 24, 2007 05:05 PM
Your kitchen looks so warm and inviting.
It looks like...HOME.
Well done.
Posted by: renn at April 24, 2007 07:45 PM
He is starting to look a little bit like Gracie to me. Something about the smile and the eyes.
Posted by: Miz S at April 24, 2007 09:26 PM
Love the kitchen! Love the cute boy!
Posted by: Ang at April 25, 2007 09:41 AM
That floor looks so much better in your kitchen than it does in mine. (Guess I need some clean white cupboards & baseboards :)
Steven looks so much older than 14 months to me. Maybe b/c he has lots more hair & teeth than Moe. But, man, you're right about that smile. Happy, happy, happy.
Posted by: Alison at April 25, 2007 11:14 AM
Steven is soooo adorable! Love that smile! Although your kitchen is huge, it looks so cozy. Very pretty.
Posted by: Pam at April 25, 2007 01:20 PM
GORGEOUS.
Posted by: liz at April 25, 2007 04:30 PM
Peace people
We love you
Posted by: HelloWorld at May 2, 2007 03:49 AM