If you were lucky enough to live through the 80s and 90s, you will recall a trend called "whitewashed." There were "whitewashed" kitchen, bathroom, laundry room, and hell... even garage cabinets. The funny thing about "whitewashed" cabinets was that they weren't even white (hence the quotation marks)... they were a very pale shade of pink. Unfortunately, my poor kitchen was taken one step further, it's cabinets and center island were "whitewashed" but somehow they turned a pale shade of minty green.
This will be the second thing that goes away. I'll talk about the first thing that went away in another post (stay posted... couldn't resist).
The question is, now what? We don't have the budget to tear it all out and start all over. Plus, they are very well made oak cabinets... seems a shame to tear that all up. Refinishing? Refacing? I got quotes for both and tearing it out and starting all over proved to be cheaper, but still beyond what I wanted to spend on the cabinets. I still have the counter top to deal with (that's a whole other sad story) and a new sink to put in that requires rerouting pipes. So....
PAINT!!!
The cheapest way to update the cabinets and a great way to mix different textures into the kitchen is to paint the cabinets. I am also leaving a lot of the doors off of the cabinets and creating open shelving... this will be more true to what this 1926 kitchen looked like originally.
I got my inspiration from this book: http://www.amazon.com/Kitchen-Ideas-Better-Gardens-Decorating/dp/0470508949/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309928286&sr=8-1
Next step, picking the paint.
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