I’ve wanted to paint the kitchen forever.  I’ve waffled over this repeatedly.  One after another, paint sample cards have hung on the wall above the cabinets where I can see them from my desk.  Some were too dark, others too light, then one day a few months ago, G gave me a couple of cards she’d brought home for her own use and had used to choose her colors. 

     I narrowed my choices down to two colors.  Behr paint’s Delicious Melon and Luminary both extremely close but it was the darker of the two that seems to work best.  Luminary was my choice.  It draws on the floor tile color, it’s light enough to be cheerful, and it has a nice warmth to it. 

     This will be my spring project.  Once I can open the windows I’ll go buy the paint.  Painting anything in this house takes on a comedic shape.  Two Bull Terriers, a ladder, drop cloth, paint rollers, and fresh paint are disasters waiting to happen.  It’s good thing the wall color will be similar to the floor.

     That sounds weird, similar to the floor.  I’m telling you it will look nice.  The cabinets are a medium stain on birch and the counter top is forest green.  The floor is a pale peach tone with small accent tiles of green.  The back splash is white.  The paint will make the cabinets pop and it will brighten an ugly paneled kitchen.  When I do it this spring, I’ll post before and after pictures.

     We are not responsible for the paneling it was here when we moved in.  I’d tear it down but then that would mean hiring someone in to put up dry wall and take down the nasty drop ceiling.  We can’t afford that.