cottage kitchen cabinet painting

Last night we took all the cabinet doors down in the cottage kitchen, and prepped the cabinets for painting. I made sure to label all the doors and drawers so we can get everything back in the right spots! We'll be painting the doors this week - one or two primer coats and probably 2 or 3 coats of color.

Here's the look I'm sort of after:

 

I really like the two-toned cabinets, with the dark lowers and white uppers. I have a gallon of the new Behr paint & primer in one I picked up from the oops rack -- it's about this color:

I'll let you know how well it covers. And I've got about half a gallon left over of the new Martha Stewart paint, called Glass of Milk, high gloss for the upper cabinets.

This is our starting point:

Yep - it's tiiiiiiny. But it's only a guest house, so it will do. The navy blue is just so dark. It will look so much better when we get it painted out and get a new countertop. The window is fairly large, and right over the sink, so there is a decent amount of light. And there will be even more once I change out that dingy light fixture! Plus, the cabinets go all the way to the ceiling, and that helps the space seem not so crowded.

I also really like this:

But I don't think we've got quite enough room, it may make the space feel too small. We'll see after it's all painted.

xoxo