Friday, January 28, 2011

So Long Faux, Hello Greek Villa!

Here's a sneek peek of my kitchen paint re-do. 
You can see my previous house tour post here. I liked our house before, but it was just WAY too many faux finishes!
Our house was a 'show home' and my husband hated to paint over these faux finsihes:
"people pay BIG money for faux finishes." Well, I agree! But, there is a thing as TOO much. 
It doesn't make it 'special' when there's TOO much of it. 
(The ceiling over the chandelier is fauxed, the tiles floors 'look' fauxed. The walls just competed.)
I felt like the walls were just 'dirty'. I like a clean crisp look.

Well,, here's a sneek peek at our kitchen...it's still a work in progress!
But, I am SO happy with the paint change! It's Sherwin Williams Greek Villa. 

BEFORES: 

AFTERS:
 
 
(The chalkboard I talked about here .Will go over the bombay chest.)
 


Did you notice my new chandelier?! LOVE IT!!!!

XOXO

 

Follow me to watch the progress

Linking to:
Monday:


It's So Very Cheri

Cottage Instincts



Tuesday:

Reinvented

Today's Creative Blog

New Nostalgia

Lucky Star Lane





Wednesday:

My Backyard Eden

Blue Cricket Design

Trendy Treehouse

The Thrifty Home

Sew Much Ado

Saturday Mornings

Life In My Pj's



Thursday:

Life as Lori

Somewhat Simple

The Shabby Chic Cottage

Beyond The Picket Fence

Cheap Thrills Thursday



Friday:

Fingerprints on the Fridge

Frugal and Fabulous

The Shabby Nest

Furniture Feature Friday

Flaunt it Friday

Remodelaholic

Simply Designing

Frugalicious Friday

Room Re-mix Paint Party


Saturday:

Perfectly Imperfect

7 comments:

  1. I agree - faux's gotta go! :-) The new paint is so much cleaner and really freshens it up. The chandy? Fabulous!

    Thanks so much for linking up the Paint party today! Have a good weekend...

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  2. So much better without the faux!! And that chandelier is so awesome!! Visiting you back from the Paint Party :-)

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  3. Very nice. Love the color and chandelier.

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  4. Love the new look! So clean and fresh...great choice in color!

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  5. Your makeover is coming along so nicely. I love the SW paint color and the chandelier. Really pretty. I'm visiting you from Finding Fabulous. Thanks for the inspiration.
    ~ Lynn at Cottage and Creek
    www.cottageandcreek.com

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  6. It really looks so clean and fresh - I bet you smile every time you walk in the room. And I am in love with your new chandy too!!

    Chelsea

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