Yes, we promised to show off our "after" shots today, but for the sake of following our own suggestion to photograph your home in natural daylight (and seeing as how we've been night-owls as of late), we'll be back with part 2 later this week. In the meantime, a reader asked what we did with the kitchen paneling so we thought we'd refresh your memories...
We're true believers in the power of paint....big change, eh? Changing out the floors is in our long-term plans, but we think we might try to hit the grout with a couple coats of grout coat in the meantime. And yes, that door will get painted at some point....
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(Edited from this post published on 05.23.08)
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Make a whole lot of difference! Great job!
view weckster's profile
what white did you use for paint?
view cherrybomb's profile
love all the greenery
view jln3681's profile
so glad you added that you were doing the door too, eventually.
well done, lots of work...
view sassydo's profile
Brings a whole new meaning to a fresh coat of paint. What an improvement.
view hrhprincessfiona's profile
Haven't we seen this before and after - before.
view peachpie's profile
Ack- the door makes me hurt!
But I LOVE the painted paneling. My mom did this in the early 80's and people thought she had lost her mind... but I think it brightens things up so much!
Amazing how much more open it looks with the shelves and swinging saloon doors gone. Good job!
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cherrybomb: benjamin moore brand, can't remember the exact name...i'll look around to see if i can find it
peachpie: yes, you did (good eye)! i received a few questions regarding the kitchen paneling from readers who missed this post the first time around and thought it might be helpful to re-post.
view shayna r's profile
wow...huge improvement...it looks wonderful
view hanako66's profile
I like this, Shayna -- but then again, you haven't showcased anything I didn't like!
view madampince's profile
good job! how about the door?
view cscamp20's profile
SWEET! When you do paint the door, would you paint it yellow for me? It would look SO pretty!
view aweekinparis's profile
looks great - even the floor is transformed! congrats.
view wc_canuck's profile
I didn't recognize the space! BEAUTIFUL! The new paint even refreshes that old tile, very nice job! :)
view Kimber's profile
One of my favorite kitchen flooring options is black-and-white squares. It would look great in your space, and it's cheap.
view Lisa Hunter (Montreal)'s profile
well done! congratulations :-D
view maike's profile
terrific
go crazy with the door color...
view Philip_Littell's profile
Oh I do hope that door goes a hot color of Kitchenaid mixer red. =D
view barbidahll's profile
paint the door white with greeny greyish trim, if the tile is cream, i would go to home depot and get those big square laminate tiles, they come in many interesting colors and they stick to the floor. put those down it doesnt take long, and it would have a great impact on the space. the white looks great.
view itsthehouseshow's profile
it looks like an entirely different room! inspiring.
view universal mod's profile
ahw. way to play it boring and safe. sure wood paneling has an overbearing character and is hard to deal with, but painting it white totally neutered this room.
and you took out the only charming and wonderful detail about the room - those saloon doors!
view saraesc's profile
hope you post an after-after pic of everything fully done
view formosagirl's profile
formosagirl: i definitely will! as the weather gets colder we'll be moving our projects back inside and picking up where we left off...
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