Ideas for the Kitchen

We've had our house for over a year now. We've painted, sanded, ripped, and painted again. And with each change we've grown to love it more. But somehow the kitchen has remained untouched all this time. Maybe it's because it was never horrible to begin with, or maybe the idea of painting that wine rack was enough to make our heads spin. Either way, enough is enough. The time has come.

Pinterest has us (foolishly) believing that we can tackle this ourselves, so here's the plan. We'll paint the cabinets, update the hardware, and paint the walls a cool toned color to go with the rest of the house. Then we'll decide if we need to change the backsplash. I'm also trying to sell Ben on replacing the wine rack/cabinet combo with some nice open shelving to make the room feel bigger.

I needed a visual to get Ben on board, so I created a quick mock up in photoshop to test out colors. Take a look!

OK  ignore the terrible photoshop skills. Isn't that a refreshing change? Here's another.

 I don't know where we'll end up on this project, but this definitely has me itching to get started!