Women are like that . . . yeah they are!! LOL I was really hoping you could offer me some pain free tips that wouldn't result in my feeling like I needed a neck brace when I was done!! ;~)

I love what you did on a shoestring.. but just make sure you hubs knows that it isn't an acceptable fix. :D Mine would say "Hey, now that it is fixed up, we don't need a new kitchen!" bwa-ha-ha-ha!

Seeing the before pic of your cabinets reminds me of our first apt. in 1977. In the bathroom, I got permission from the landlady to paint the one cabinet door this shade of blue. It matched the tile in the bathroom. (Yuk!) I remember being so happy and actually getting compliments on it! Just think, years ago someone painted your kitchen and stood back and admired the blue! You did a great job with all your transformations and in years to come, no one will ever say, "can you believe ...»

Oh it looks so much better Tania. I, like Donna, was brought back to the seventies when I saw the painted doors on your before picture. My Mom painted just the doors on our kitchen in yellow, avocado and off white. It looked awesome at the time. Later Daddy stripped the paint and re-stained them for her. I'm sure I must have a picture of that kitchen somewhere in her photos, but have not scanned but a small fraction of them, if I had it I'd have shared it with you.

Yes Becky, my mom had harvest gold and avocado green in her kitchen and we thought we were styling! In that 1977 apt., we also had blue and green shag carpet! We use to rake it to make it stand up pretty. Can't imagine now.

@ Tania. I thought those cabinets looked like they came from the fifties. That's when my folks house was built. They bought it in the late sixties. I much prefer the metal "Youngstown" style cabinets that were popular in homes built in the fifties. The first home I remember living in had them. Awesome modern kitchen at the time. Though I prefer stained wood I still love the looks of those metal cabinets. ...»

MAJOR transformation! Looks fabulous

TaniaC I just took a quck peek for the my wall post to over here, will look at it more closely when Ihave more time, but the difference is super! Amazing! So nice! More later!

I just went tto your blog, wonderful, and good instructions too. I sent to my buddy...she wants subway tiles but it may be a while.

Hmmm no.... I will cheer her on tho! ha Her hubs does not like subway tiles. She loves them, it is her kitchen. I dont get it. I run stuff by hubs and if it isnt a big deal, and he doesnt like it, I do it anyway.Big stuff, no, but tile as a back splash, maybe I am wrong, but, move over guy! I dont tell you what to do in your garage! Anyway she just RESPONDED and said she may have to do this as a last resort! She really likes it. She is putting up bead board in the bathroom today without ...»

Bernice H TaniaC One of the great shocks of my married life was discovering that my husband had an opinion on everything I wanted to do in the house. I kept thinking - couldn't he see from my pre-marriage home that I had good taste and didn't I see from his pre-marriage home that he did NOT? LOL

Hahahahaha Ellen...that's a good one! Well stated my friend! hahahahaaaa LOVE IT!

TaniaC you took the words right out of my head! yes my hubs was clean neat tidy,,whatever but everything was BROWN when I married him. So i too have colored hubs world!!! Later we had colors done, I am a "winter" he is an Autumn. Go figure! One time he insisted I buy a full length coat, this is before we had colors done.I bought it. I hated that thing. I loved that he wanted me to have this nice coat, but I absolutely ...»

toooooo funny.

Your Kitchen looks awesome makes it look so much brighter an all keep up good work !!!

So much nicer and cleaner looking...and makes the room look bigger not all broken up with the alternating colors...and adding the warmth of the wood is just gorgeous! Congrats.

I love the colors you went with in your kitchen makes it look so much brighter an all wtg !!!!