Yellow and Gray

I love yellow. I always have. In fact, the first time I could pick a color for my room (after my baby pink room), I chose yellow. I always wanted yellow for my wedding. I picked yellow and white flowers and people wore yellow and gray. Now I have my own kitchen to do with what I want (of course there are some budget restraints...) so I picked gray walls and yellow accents. Love it.

I'll start off with some befores. The walls were burgandy and pink. Oh and you'll have to excuse my photography...bad lighting and camera in a tiny kitchen make for not that great photos. You can click on the photo for a larger view.



Unpacking



Afters





Things we did:

Painted the walls, changed light switches and outlets to white (instead of tan..we did this through out the whole house), changed light fixture, switched from vertical blinds to curtains (my talented mom made the curtains) and cleaned a lot of cat hair..eww.

I also made this chalkboard.

Here are the materials I used: A piece of sheet metal, abt. $6; Spray chalkboard paint, abt. $5; leftover primer, free; and dad's leftover molding and labor to make the frame, free. Total for chalkboard, $11.




Things we want to do:

Paint cabinets white..we'll probably be doing this in the next couple weeks, new countertops and new sink, new hood/exhaust fan, paint ceiling, and possible new tile floor.


And to go along with the Yellow and Gray theme...today is our 2nd anniversary! Ronnie bought me some beautiful yellow and white flowers and yesterday, we spent the day at the beach, eating at Chili's and icecream at Brusters and watching a couple movies. A nice relaxing day!