Kitchen Update #1

What do you look at most in period movies?

Costumes? Jewelry?

Not me, I am drawn to the scenery and backgrounds.

As I wax the woodwork in my kitchen,

I am convinced that they stain their woodwork in these old painted homes or sets.

Anyway....

 Here is the next section of the kitchen I worked on.

I usually have a corner cupboard here that holds my China.

I wanted to show you the difference the wax makes for the paint.

I am going for an old-timey feel.

I'm loving the character that the dark wax brings to the hardware and the wood work.

I left the inside of the cupboards burgundy.

I was too lazy to paint it, but I really like it. :)

When I started painting the trim, I thought I was in the "depths of despair" "Have you ever been in the depths of despair?"  Okay, okay, enough of Anne of Green Gables.

I was scared and a bit sad when I saw the first coat of the trim.

It looked very much like mud.  I painted the second layer, and it just looked like darker mud, but then I put it up next to the wood work I had painted and it looked identical to the wood work.

I guess the color of the wall brings out a different tint of color in this paint.

Amazing isn't it!

I was almost sad to put my corner cupboard back.

I love both of these built in cabinets, especially now, but I need the storage.

or I could get rid of my "Stuff".... :(

Here is the opposite corner with the trim.

Love it!

I am coming up to the final section of the kitchen before we get to the cabinets.  

I really can't believe how fast it is going!

Again, here is the before:

and after:

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