and... more kitchen.

So after we sprayed new texture in the kitchen to match the rest of the house and the attached family room, it was time to paint.   The texture dried overnight and the next morning I put on 2 thick coats of Behr's Pale Wheat.

The above photo was of the uncompleted paint job, but I did intentionally only paint so far down above the cabinets, and around the bay window.   Why?.... 

Because the bottom does not show!

haha, no.  We're not leaving the colors like that.   Around the window, we added beadboard 60 inches tall.  The trim above the cabinets is 4 inches of beadboard, 9 inches of beadboard flipped over (to show the smooth, unbeaded side), and 4 more inches of beadboard.   I then added various widths of trim to cover the seams, and crown molding to the top.  We then centered this decorative wooden cutout from Lowes above the stove.

To add the beadboard to the window area, my husband actually removed the window sill..

The then nailed the board back, replaced the sill, and topped off the top with this:

excuse the horrible almond colored lightswitch...  they will go eventually.. just not yet. 

I'll post a photo of the completely primed kitchen in a few, but just in case you're wondering how we manage to keep our kids occupied while we're doing all of this home improvement....

We just give them our premeasured trim and a roll of really expensive painter's tape.   :x

haha, well we actually didn't GIVE him those items... we just walked outside to find him like this...   haha.

Another of the kids just for fun..

And here is the kitchen as it stands now:

No, I did not put that horrible ivy on the light fixture, haha.

More beadboard will be going in the backs of those cabinets, hence why they're not primed.

and a close up of the trimwork, which I hope is giving the cabinets a taller, more high end look..

More to come....  :)