What We Did This Weekend – Glidden Magenta Edition

The house was officially mine back in October, but I have yet really felt like it is truly my own.  The girls’ playroom remodel helped – but it was in an outer building that I don’t see everyday.  Something needed to change. 

 Quickly, and more importantly, cheaply.

When I first moved in I was so excited to have found the place that I rushed the landlords a bit.  I told them as long as they took some money off the deposit that I would paint.  Of course I didn’t.  I have been living with grungy and yucky white walls ever since.  The grungiest was definitely the kitchen.  It was serviceable, but definitely not my favorite room in the house.  It is very small and tends to get messy often.

I submit to you the “Before” pictures of the kitchen.  Remember that when taking a persons’ picture in a “Before” shot you should not have them wear makeup, do their hair or smile.  My kitchen did not do it’s makeup, hair, nor did it smile for these shots:

So, with a can of paint in hand I went to work Friday night.  I painted and painted and painted.  It wasn’t that I was painting a lot, it is just that when painting with this particular color one must either have a tinted primer or paint numerous coats.  Unfortunately I chose numerous coats.  By 1 am Saturday morning I had finished the taping and two coats on three of the four walls.

 I still have one wall to go along with all the trim and clean up of random brush/roller mistakes…but you get the idea….