Wallpaper is the worst.

So...my lovely H and I bought this house, with a wonderful layout, great location, (this was key...I work north, H works south) and a great yard. Wonderful school district (you know...just planning ahead!). Lots of work done to the house...except the kitchen. Well, we are excited to make this our own!

We are still in progress. We are not moving any placement of the appliances, just upgrading the whole thing.


Here's the before...horrible wallpaper, original appliances from the early 80s when this house was built, low quality cabinets.

 

 

 

My brother in law came down from Air Force training 8 hours away to help us remove the wallpaper. Turns out they had wallpapered OVER wallpaper. What a job! Thankful he knew how to do this. What a difference already! We patched the walls and primed it for painting.

 

 

 

 

Now, we are tackling painting. This is the color we chose. It's called Arid Plains from Valspar, and it's a primer/paint combo, with the walls in terrible shape from the wallpaper, we pried prior (we used Valspar primer).

For the paint, we chose a satin finish. 

 

 

 

We love it! We are painting the kitchen/eating area this color. It goes on really well. I think it will go great with this backsplash. Lucky for us, one of H's members does backsplash/detail work as a side job (who knew?) so he is going to install it for us at no cost, as long as he can take photos for his portfolio and website (we told him absolutely, of course!).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I would love to hear your comments and input!