The Schoolhouse Family Kitchen | Blueish Painted Cabinets
Yesterday nosotros had our kickoff hateful solar daytime of operations at the School House. We're working on getting organized in addition to laid upwards this week. On Th morning, I'll launch the novel "School House Blue" Block Prints that you've seen previewed on Instagram. In celebration, I idea I'd portion to a greater extent than or less to a greater extent than details on the kitchen transformation there. ....
We looked at the School House final autumn only a dyad of days afterwards it came for sale in addition to I knew precisely what I'd exercise with the kitchen - I'd pigment it Navajo White, seat inward forest tops, supersede the appliances. Done. Exactly similar our real kitchen at home, but with a to a greater extent than set down flair. Perfectly perfect in addition to predictable.
Tessa (nineandsixteen.com) kept sending me inspiration photos of dusty bluish painted rooms. A bluish kitchen? That seems a petty wild, right? I wasn't certain it would hold upwards the perfectly neutral backdrop that I wanted. I typically similar actually creamy neutrals with touches of seasonal colors inward the shape of tea towels in addition to flowers.
Then, equally nosotros spent to a greater extent than fourth dimension hither this petty identify started to talk to me a petty more. Something virtually it only seemed similar it needed to a greater extent than or less grapheme in addition to charm. It is, afterwards all, a One Room Rural School House (read details, here). One afternoon it only clicked. Why not? Why couldn't I convey a petty fun with the pigment inward a set down kitchen of my business's novel home?!
The truth is, this kitchen needed the blue. The huge windows, the elementary layout, the solely lower cabinetry, which feels real onetime fashioned in addition to shaker-esque. It needed to experience particular in addition to charming in addition to country.
This was the most rewarding kitchen renovation inward history. We lucked out on having bully character cabinets inward a elementary mode that only needing painting. Because of that, I was able to splurge on the appliances, actually the solely large expense. We did brand to a greater extent than or less petty tweaks to the cabinets to give them to a greater extent than of the Shaker await that I was afterwards (adding slice of furniture baseboard + forest knobs), to a greater extent than details in addition to step-by-step of that below.
Overall, nosotros spent virtually $3,000 to completely transform this kitchen. Yep! I did to a greater extent than or less major query on appliances, which were a large expense, in addition to constitute bully deals on actually bully looking ones. Resources in addition to all kitchen details are below!
Before : It started equally a real 90's pre-fabbed looking kitchen. Dark, mill finished stained cabinetry with brushed nickel pulls, a beige enterprise surface countertop, in addition to hand-me-down white appliances.
Putting an inspiration board together e'er helps me solidify my vision. On my Mac, I alter the images inward Preview (adjust color, crop, etc.), in addition to thus seat them inward Pages for the layout.
Resources :
Paint : Benjamin Moore Puritan Grey
I went circular in addition to circular with colors. Everything that looked a petty bluish was a lot bluish when I painted the sample. This cool, neutral grayness has only slight undertones of bluish on the swatch (if any), but perfectly bluish when on the cabinets. I used a satin... but form of wished I'd used a semi-gloss.
*I don't know why, but when nosotros bought this exact range, it was on sale for $750. It is straight off $2,000... sorry! But, nosotros exercise honey it in addition to I LOVE the look. We didn't convey a gas line, thus I needed an electrical attain that had the await of a professional person one. This tally the pecker in addition to was perfectly inward budget... when nosotros bought it. Sorry : )
This was the biggest chunk of our budget. I couldn't become equally good depression on the price, because I needed counter-depth (our fuse box is side past times side to it). It is a bully fridge - the best priced with all of the elements I needed. $1,200
Ikea Wood Tops : Karlby
We had Ikea Wood Tops inward our kitchen inward Concord, Ma. We spent virtually $300 + $200 to convey them installed past times a local carpenter. They are precisely what the kitchen needed. They warm upwards the bluish grayness nicely in addition to consummate the classic Shaker look.
I knew I wanted Oil Rubbed fixture inward hither - it only felt right. I also knew I wanted porcelain knobs. I tried to uncovering the most classic, simple, set down faucet I could to tally the kitchen. I wanted to avoid the span similar I convey inward our kitchen, but straight off I'm non thus certain : ) I exercise similar the look, but I'm non 100% inward honey with this faucet. I experience similar it mightiness hold upwards a petty 1990. Thoughts?
Here are to a greater extent than or less inspiration photos for the correct Blue.
I also came across this quilt at a local Lexington store. I loved the blue.
To actually meet the color choices, I painted the dorsum of a cabinet drawer front end in addition to sections of the baseboard in addition to windows. Paint tin await thus unlike inward unlike spots, this tin actually help. These were all equally good grey, equally good purple, equally good green...
Can y'all believe how to a greater extent than or less bluish grayness pigment transformed this into a charming set down kitchen? As I mentioned, the cabinets were already a bully style, but they didn't actually await similar it because of the nighttime stained mill finish.
In a few months, we'll brand a hood for over the stove that fits the mode of the kitchen.
The windows are outragous.
We installed peg rails along hither in addition to convey brooms in addition to mops hanging hither now.
This is the master library of the schoolhouse household (the kitchen existence a operate room for the teacher).
I honey the patina of the master stained wood.
The forest stained doors also give to a greater extent than or less needed warmth with the blue.
Here is a photograph of us mid-progress. You tin meet how the bluish didn't await bully correct away... it made the counters await pink, in addition to the brushed nickel/pewter makes the bluish await dull.
We took all of the cabinets, drawer fronts in addition to hardware off, in addition to thus primed. We painted a high-bond primer, in addition to thus applied ii coats of the pigment on the base of operations in addition to cabinets in addition to drawer fronts... both sides.
The existent game changer was adding the slice of furniture base of operations at the bottom of the cabinets. If at that topographic point is a infinite underneath it is called a toe kick.
We built out the the base of operations with to a greater extent than or less blocks to convey something to attach the trim down baseboard pieces.
The baseboard gives it a actually clean, built-in look. We did a similar await inward our ain home.
We're having a bully calendar week at The School House getting everything ready in addition to are officially all laid to start transportation out orders.
I'll meet y'all Th morn for the novel Light Blue Block Print Linens launch!
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