Coloring the Kitchen

We've lived in our white walled little home for almost 17 years. Going to our beautiful pine paneled walls will be a huge change for us. So I got the idea to add some color with the kitchen. This is one of the reasons I decided to pickle the cabinets white and paint the insides white. Now that gives us wood and white, still no color. I began looking at counter tops years ago when we first thought about possibly building a house. I had chosen black. Still no color. Then I realized, black counter tops would darken the kitchen that we have worked so hard to lighten a bit.

Back to the stores! In store, online, I've looked at so many counter tops! This stone, that stone, concrete, metal, laminate...oh my! Holy smokes! Have any of you priced this stuff lately? We do have a tiny budget and the kitchen remodel isn't part of that budget. So the updates that are being made are a cash deal. That means no stone, concrete, or metal. Honestly, that is completely fine with me.

That leads to laminate. How many laminate choices could there be? HA! There is a point where all the choices begin to look the same. Until I found this one.

This is Jeweled Opal by Wilsonart. I fell in love with it!  The picture really doesn't show the jewel tones that are on the sample I can hold in my hand. When I found this, the color scheme of the kitchen just feel into place.

While walking through a home improvement store looking for floor tile, I had my little sample of laminate in my hand. I walked by a really pretty piece of mixed stone back splash tile. It was a perfect match!

This is Bliss Smokey Mica. It's a mix material tile of glass and slate. Never had I planned on a back splash. I was able to find this on a discount online store. It's ordered and on the way. Thanks for my birthday present for 2014 and 2015 Mom and Dad!

Finally the floor. Honestly this part was easy. We knew where to look and what we wanted. We have a store here in our little town that carries "seconds." They have the color that is really close to what we wanted.

Now if I just had some lights, I could finish those cabinets to get ready for counter tops and back splash. I'm so excited the way it has all come together and can't wait to post pictures of my finished kitchen!!!

Deb