A tear in my eye

I had tears in my eyes twice this weekend when it came to the house, both tears of...




Frustration.
After 20 paint samples (thankfully I work for a paint company) I think we found the colors.

Next week we will be painting.

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Joy

The kitchen is coming along nicely. There are still a lot to be done. The island will be finished soon and we can begin to paint.

I need to clean the inside of the cabinets and put down the shelving paper (and rip out the old stuff)

Because we tore out the wall and moved the island inward, we have a flooring problem. So we will but down cheap laminate until we can afford to tile it. I actually do not think it will cost much more to tile it verses laminating it because we can do it our self (I think :-D).

I am practicing a technique I recently learned to paint laminate and it looks AMAZING!! We cannot afford $1300 to replace the counter tops. So until sometime far down the road I am going to paint them. I know it sounds bad, but that pink counters are an eye sore. So what ever I do is an upgrade.