DIY Creative Ways To Update Your Kitchen Using Paint
This is my storey of how I transformed my kitchen just past times using paint. It was outdated when nosotros moved in, together with I had null dollars to renovate it. So, instead, I got creative together with essentially painted everything inward sight. If you're working amongst an quondam kitchen together with a pocket-size budget, this post volition hopefully move out yous amongst tons of ideas.


If you're novel to my blog, allow me give yous some background information on my kitchen. When nosotros moved into our house three brusque years agone the kitchen needed some work. I was on a tiny budget, together with determined to transform this kitchen into a infinite I love. Since my budget was then small, I had to re-purpose a lot of what was already installed inward the kitchen, equally good equally utilization the things I already had laying some the house.
When nosotros get-go moved in, the cabinets were already painted white, but it was a ugly white, then I repainted the exterior cabinets my preferred shade of pretty white. After that was done, I had to exercise something close the insides of the cabinets. The interiors were then gross together with dirty. I hated them.
To remedy the outdated interiors of the cabinets, I painted the insides the same white as I painted the exteriors together with I painted the backside of all the cabinet doors with chalkboard paint (seen here).
And since I'm obsessed amongst organizing, equally evidenced here, I labeled everything inward sight.
Painting the insides of the cabinets made such a huge difference, together with the chalkboard doors genuinely made it then unique. It made the entire kitchen experience different. After that, I left the kitchen lonely for nearly a year, knowing that I would eventually pick out to come upward dorsum to it.
So that brings us to today.

The get-go matter I decided to tackle this yr was my niggling facial expression through bar area. This is what it looked similar when I get-go started. The homeowners earlier us did a keen task amongst arranging the tile, but the colors weren't my loving cup of tea.
Back inward Apr 2012, I tried to update it a niggling chip past times ikon the tile together with coating it amongst some poly. That was short-lived, equally it chipped later on a few months.
The 2nd fourth dimension around, I did my due diligence together with researched online. I discovered that at that spot genuinely was a agency I could paint the tile. I'm inward honey amongst the agency it turned out. See how I painted my tile here.
Painting the tile unleashed a whole serial of other projects. Isn't that ever what happens? Here's what the bar expanse looked similar correct later on I painted the tile. It wasn't awful, but I had a vision. I knew that the wall color, chalkboard trim, together with chairs needed to live changed.
I tested out a few wall colors, together with ultimately decided on a soft gray paint that I cruel inward honey with.
If yous facial expression at our kitchen earlier together with later on pictures, the alter inward wall color is difficult to notice. Seeing them side past times side below, yous tin dismiss run across what a large divergence it is. In person, the kitchen feels then much fresher, together with the novel wall color is really noticeable.
And hither it is, all cleaned upward together with finished, amongst the walls painted the novel color, too. It feels then fresh together with amazing.
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I also decided to pigment my thrift store chairs silver.
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It was a crazy move, but I genuinely remember it turned out great. Even Jesse noticed. And that is rare. He's used to me changing something on a daily basis, together with barely blinks an optic anymore.
For nearly a yr I pick out been hoping to purchase industrial metallic element stools kinda similar these.
Source: Alexander together with Pearl
But at roughly $200+ a pop, the budget never allows. Something normally comes upward that makes me seat my sugariness niggling industrial stools on the backburner. Then lastly calendar month I saw these together with had a chip of a lightbulb moment.

Source: Target via Apartment Therapy
I realized that I had ii perfectly adept barstools that I could but spray pigment silver. Since they were $5 thrift store stools, I felt similar I had null to lose. And it worked! They're no industrial metallic element stools, but they facial expression pretty cool. Plus, it adds an unexpected, fun vibe to the kitchen.
The play tricks was to utilization super high character spray paint.
and to exercise several calorie-free coats. It volition give them that super shiny, real-metallic look.
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Here's a quick before together with later on then yous tin dismiss compare how much ameliorate it looks now. By ikon the walls greige, the cut down white, the tile white, together with the bar stools silver, I was able to create a whole novel look.
The before.
together with the after.
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The littlest details oftentimes brand the biggest difference.
What exercise yous think? I'm yet drooling over the 'real deal' aka actual metallic element stools, but my twenty-four hours volition come. :)
In the meantime, I volition brand the best of what I have.
While I was inward the ikon mood, I decided I would pigment the wall betwixt the kitchen together with the invitee bedroom, correct side past times side to the fridge. It was a total unused space, exactly begging for me to mess amongst it.
After a few coats of chalkboard paint, my novel together with improved chalkboard wall was born!

I had Jesse care me install a niggling ledge for my chalk. We exactly went to the hardware store together with works life a slice of cut down amongst a groove inward it.
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It's larn the perfect identify to write my card for the week, reminders, together with the occasional honey note.
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I decided to tackle a few other things that were bugging me, too. Remember my DIY knife block?
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I loved that thing, but it works life it's agency inward the trash later on getting moisture together with warping inward the sink. So, to brand do, I decided to respect an quondam drinking glass bowl at a thrift store together with spray pigment the exterior silver. (Don't pigment the inside....your knives impact food.)
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It's non a forever plan, but I figured I would present yous anyways.
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To run across my tips on how to pigment a mirror to pick out dimension similar that, croak here. There's a play tricks to it.
And those are all of my kitchen updates for today!
I'll move out yous amongst a ikon present of Tootie together with Cheese existence destructive. Life ever gets seat on concord when at that spot are bugs inward the chandy.
And a few concluding shots of the kitchen...


The get-go matter I decided to tackle this yr was my niggling facial expression through bar area. This is what it looked similar when I get-go started. The homeowners earlier us did a keen task amongst arranging the tile, but the colors weren't my loving cup of tea.
Back inward Apr 2012, I tried to update it a niggling chip past times ikon the tile together with coating it amongst some poly. That was short-lived, equally it chipped later on a few months.
The 2nd fourth dimension around, I did my due diligence together with researched online. I discovered that at that spot genuinely was a agency I could paint the tile. I'm inward honey amongst the agency it turned out. See how I painted my tile here.
Not alone does the painted tile facial expression great, but it's super durable, together with it's a breeze to clean.
And the earlier together with later on is remarkable.
I tested out a few wall colors, together with ultimately decided on a soft gray paint that I cruel inward honey with.
If yous facial expression at our kitchen earlier together with later on pictures, the alter inward wall color is difficult to notice. Seeing them side past times side below, yous tin dismiss run across what a large divergence it is. In person, the kitchen feels then much fresher, together with the novel wall color is really noticeable.
I also decided to pigment the trim back to white.
Here is the cut down mid-paint. I got to taste the luxury of existence sloppy, since I knew I was ikon the walls when I was done amongst the trim.
And hither it is, all cleaned upward together with finished, amongst the walls painted the novel color, too. It feels then fresh together with amazing.
I also decided to pigment my thrift store chairs silver.
It was a crazy move, but I genuinely remember it turned out great. Even Jesse noticed. And that is rare. He's used to me changing something on a daily basis, together with barely blinks an optic anymore.
For nearly a yr I pick out been hoping to purchase industrial metallic element stools kinda similar these.
Source: Alexander together with Pearl
But at roughly $200+ a pop, the budget never allows. Something normally comes upward that makes me seat my sugariness niggling industrial stools on the backburner. Then lastly calendar month I saw these together with had a chip of a lightbulb moment.

Source: Target via Apartment Therapy
I realized that I had ii perfectly adept barstools that I could but spray pigment silver. Since they were $5 thrift store stools, I felt similar I had null to lose. And it worked! They're no industrial metallic element stools, but they facial expression pretty cool. Plus, it adds an unexpected, fun vibe to the kitchen.
The play tricks was to utilization super high character spray paint.

and to exercise several calorie-free coats. It volition give them that super shiny, real-metallic look.
Here's a quick before together with later on then yous tin dismiss compare how much ameliorate it looks now. By ikon the walls greige, the cut down white, the tile white, together with the bar stools silver, I was able to create a whole novel look.
The before.
together with the after.
The littlest details oftentimes brand the biggest difference.
What exercise yous think? I'm yet drooling over the 'real deal' aka actual metallic element stools, but my twenty-four hours volition come. :)
In the meantime, I volition brand the best of what I have.
While I was inward the ikon mood, I decided I would pigment the wall betwixt the kitchen together with the invitee bedroom, correct side past times side to the fridge. It was a total unused space, exactly begging for me to mess amongst it.
After a few coats of chalkboard paint, my novel together with improved chalkboard wall was born!

I had Jesse care me install a niggling ledge for my chalk. We exactly went to the hardware store together with works life a slice of cut down amongst a groove inward it.
It's larn the perfect identify to write my card for the week, reminders, together with the occasional honey note.
I decided to tackle a few other things that were bugging me, too. Remember my DIY knife block?
I loved that thing, but it works life it's agency inward the trash later on getting moisture together with warping inward the sink. So, to brand do, I decided to respect an quondam drinking glass bowl at a thrift store together with spray pigment the exterior silver. (Don't pigment the inside....your knives impact food.)
It's non a forever plan, but I figured I would present yous anyways.
While I had my silverish spray pigment out I also decided to alter out the decor over the sink. There was a free-floating shelf there, but my cats loved to jump on it together with brand things crash everywhere. So, I works life a thrift store mirror I loved, together with painted it silver.
To run across my tips on how to pigment a mirror to pick out dimension similar that, croak here. There's a play tricks to it.
And those are all of my kitchen updates for today!
I'll move out yous amongst a ikon present of Tootie together with Cheese existence destructive. Life ever gets seat on concord when at that spot are bugs inward the chandy.
And a few concluding shots of the kitchen...
Thank yous then much for stopping past times today!


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