Our Kitchen...finally finished!

Hey guys, as you know...our kitchen has been getting a new coat of paint (actually lacquer) over these last few weeks!  And I am so happy to say "IT'S FINISHED!"  Yup, the doors have been re-hung and there is order once again in our home.  If you've forgotten where this makeover began, click here.

Buh bye oaky, hello wonderful...here's what our kitchen looks like now!

The hubby and I chose to keep our existing cabinets.  These are solid oak, custom cabinets...so there was no point in ripping them out!  All they needed was a new finish.  We chose black because we love black furniture, the room gets plenty of light, and our ceilings are tall. 

I am simply blown away by how tall my ceilings look after painting the soffets and trim moulding!  And our backsplash looks so much better now with the updated cabinets! 

Our stainless steel appliances positively glow in contrast to the black cabinets...love that!  Now if I could just figure out how to keep those little finger prints off the fridge!

That bracket there below the upper cabinet is for decorative purposes only.  The desk area was looking very low in contrast to the big cabinet above.  So we used $9 wood brackets from Lowe's to help connect the two pieces together.  Now the desk area looks more like a custom hutch...such a great inexpensive solution!

The color of the lacquer on these cabinets is called "tobacco".  It's basically black with a small amount of brown added.  The color reads black, but has a warmth and keeps the space from looking too cold and modern.

This green color is very soft and neutral.  The base is a sage green color with a brown glaze on top.  We also used this green color inside the hutch cabinet.

This photo above shows how our kitchen flows right into the family room.  I like the contrast of the black cabinets with the monochromatic family room.

I gotta tell ya...it's so nice to have my kitchen back!  It really is true when they say the kitchen is the heart of the home.  I've said this before, and I'm sure I'll say it again...amazing what a little paint can do isn't it?  Or in this case lacquer!

{Okay, If anyone locally here in Charlotte, NC or surrounding areas would like to learn more about the wonderful painter's who did this work on my kitchen cabinets...check out Lloyd and Bean at their website!  And if you give them a shout...tell them I sent you!

They seriously made my old kitchen...fabulous, and they can do the same for you!}

http://www.lloydandbean.com/ . 

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