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Before & After: Our Kitchen/ Office Space

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before

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...

 
 
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after, still in progress

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!

posted by weckster on September 24th 2008 at 11:00am
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what white did you use for paint?

posted by cherrybomb on September 24th 2008 at 11:08am
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love all the greenery

posted by jln3681 on September 24th 2008 at 11:10am
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so glad you added that you were doing the door too, eventually.
well done, lots of work...

posted by sassydo on September 24th 2008 at 11:11am
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Brings a whole new meaning to a fresh coat of paint. What an improvement.

posted by hrhprincessfiona on September 24th 2008 at 11:11am
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Haven't we seen this before and after - before.

posted by peachpie on September 24th 2008 at 11:24am
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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!

posted by elisabethlaw on September 24th 2008 at 11:52am
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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.

posted by shayna r on September 24th 2008 at 11:55am
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wow...huge improvement...it looks wonderful

posted by hanako66 on September 24th 2008 at 11:55am
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I like this, Shayna -- but then again, you haven't showcased anything I didn't like!

posted by madampince on September 24th 2008 at 12:01pm
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good job! how about the door?

posted by cscamp20 on September 24th 2008 at 12:14pm
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SWEET! When you do paint the door, would you paint it yellow for me? It would look SO pretty!

posted by aweekinparis on September 24th 2008 at 12:17pm
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looks great - even the floor is transformed! congrats.

posted by wc_canuck on September 24th 2008 at 12:30pm
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I didn't recognize the space! BEAUTIFUL! The new paint even refreshes that old tile, very nice job! :)

posted by Kimber on September 24th 2008 at 12:38pm
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One of my favorite kitchen flooring options is black-and-white squares. It would look great in your space, and it's cheap.

posted by Lisa Hunter (Montreal) on September 24th 2008 at 12:38pm
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well done! congratulations :-D

posted by maike on September 24th 2008 at 12:46pm
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terrific

go crazy with the door color...

posted by Philip_Littell on September 24th 2008 at 12:51pm
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Oh I do hope that door goes a hot color of Kitchenaid mixer red. =D

posted by barbidahll on September 24th 2008 at 4:01pm
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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.

posted by itsthehouseshow on September 26th 2008 at 6:36am
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it looks like an entirely different room! inspiring.

posted by universal mod on September 26th 2008 at 10:29am
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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!

posted by saraesc on September 27th 2008 at 12:33pm
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hope you post an after-after pic of everything fully done

posted by formosagirl on September 27th 2008 at 3:46pm
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formosagirl: i definitely will! as the weather gets colder we'll be moving our projects back inside and picking up where we left off...

posted by shayna r on October 1st 2008 at 9:01am
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