If Walls Could Talk...

When we took out all the cabinets from our kitchen, we realized that the upper cabinets were hanging on the walls without any screws supported by a stud. All my heavy, very breakable dishes were sitting in a cabinet that very well could have broken off the wall at any moment. I was frustrated, but relieved that we took the old cabinets down before anything actually did break.

Behind the old cabinets was another surprise, this time it was a good one! There is a switch we never knew what it was for; it was wired behind the cabinets, a perfect set-up for under the cabinet lighting. I was debating on if I wanted to invest the additional money into lighting and the extra time, but now that it was already set up with the electrical, why not?

Since I wanted to make the kitchen more functional, I decided on additional cabinets on the wall that previous was bare. In the new design, I also planned to put the fridge on that wall. So I would have extra cabinets on both sides of the kitchen and more room for the fridge.

Both entryways of my kitchen have pocket doors, which are common in older homes.  If we wanted to put cabinets on the other wall, we need to have studs behind the drywall, not a pocket door. It was kind of freaky to tear down my plaster walls and remove the pocket door and add 2x4’s and new drywall. Once everything was torn down and the studs were in place, and new dry wall was up, it wasn’t so scary.

After all the construction was complete and all the walls were smooth, I decided to paint the walls. I had a gallon of this light blue, almost teal color. I loved the color and was excited to paint the kitchen that color since we had already started picking out color schemes for the backsplash and countertops.

The blue paint went on the walls. It was pretty, but I hated it for the kitchen once all the walls were that color. It reminded me of a bathroom, not at all how I wanted my kitchen to look. Hours of painting were wasted, but I couldn’t live with that blue color in my “dream kitchen". So… countless paint swatches later, we chose a cobble stone color from Lowe's. Lowe's has this new thing called My Lowe's which keeps track of all the colors and various home purchases, which is great because I don't have the time and brain power to keep track of all the details. The color matched perfectly to one of the colors in the countertops we decided on. I am excited to share the rest of the process in the coming weeks!!!