Kitchen Makeover

kitchen inspiration

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So I’ve been hit by a serious case of ‘nesting’ -i.e the urge to redecorate my entire house {and drive my husband crazy in the process!}. I’m thinking of starting on the kitchen, it’s not a huge room so won’t take too long to do. Being that we rent, I’m limited in what I can do. The units and appliances will have to stay, I’ll have to make do with a coat or two of paint ;)

Currently the walls are a greeny/blue shade, and I have no idea what I’d like to put on there instead. Half of me wants a bright, but light shade, the other part wants to go for white. I painted the unit doors last year, so will be re-coating those too – right now they are a creamy colour, but considering painting them a colour if I had white walls… I’ve spent the past few evenings pouring over colour charts and trying to decide what I really want! Although having browsed Pinterest and Design Sponge for ideas, it seems the kitchens I like the most are all bright and white and airy….

I’ve actually already ordered some new flooring, it’s a small space so it’s pretty inexpensive to replace the vinyl flooring that is down at the minute. Flooring that looks like it could be as old as I am. I opted for a wood effect vinyl – can’t wait for it to come!

Once I’ve picked a colour scheme, I’ll be making a new curtain to hide the undersink storage, and maybe some to replace the scarfs that I use as window curtains at the moment. A tidy and clear out of the shelfs and worktops and I’ll have a prettier kitchen!

And then it’ll be onto the next room ;)

4 Comments

  1. K Turner

    September 3, 2014 at 12:25

    I had serious nesting with my kiddos too I was repainting and decluttering all over the house lol Love bright and light kitchens with bright pops of colour! Can’t wait to see how it all turns out :-)

  2. Alice

    September 3, 2014 at 14:04

    Oh blimey, I am such a nester – I hate to imagine what I’ll be like should I ever have kids, i’ll probably tear the house down!
    I recently painted our kitchen cabinets from dark blue / grey to white – made such a difference and somewhat cheaper than replacing the whole thing too!

  3. Life, Lately - This Enchanted Pixie //

    September 6, 2014 at 07:32

    […] house that has all been re-decorated in the past year. Am trying to pick a colour for the kitchen {please go tell me what colour you think!}. The new flooring for the kitchen is here and waiting for Papa to get home from a weekend away to […]

  4. A Bathroom Makeover - Enchanted Pixie //

    October 9, 2014 at 15:45

    […] talked about having the nesting bug bad this pregnancy, I’ve already re-decorated my kitchen as well as doing some major de-cluttering and re-organising! The one last big thing on my list to […]

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