One Room Challenge // Kitchen Renovation Week 2
Week 2 of the One Room Challenge. I’ve had 10 break downs thinking it will be impossible to finish, followed by several todos checked off. In case you missed last week, I am working on my mom’s kitchen, which needed a MAJOR update.
It’s been a week. If you’ve been following along on Instagram, you know that my grandma passed away last Friday. It’s strange because my dad passed away during my first One Room Challenge, I almost feel like I am cursed and I’m afraid to do another. Since I am working on my mom’s kitchen, which is over two hours away from where I live, Grandma’s passing actually allowed more time for the project. In between family time, I was a working machine and had some extra helping hands, plus it took my our minds off the sadness. The kitchen is coming along really well, and currently, I actually feel like we could pull it off.
Today I’m going to share my paint palette choices. I LOVE me a white kitchen. I have painted two kitchens white, including a rental and my last home. when I asked my mom if I could help tackle her kitchen, she was totally game, basically gave my free reign. I know her style, modern country, and I wanted to push her just a little out of her comfort zone. I automatically knew I wanted to do a palette of white and grey, but oh so many choices.
I bought a few paint samples on my first trip to Home Depot. I brought back my favorite white, Polar Bear by Behr, a beautiful warm grey I used in my bathroom, Cotton Grey by Behr, as well as an off white I’ve used, Swiss Coffee by Behr.
photo: Chris Loves Julia
photo: Coco & Jack
photo: One Kings Lane
After inspiration shopping on Pinterest, I knew I wanted to do the uppers and lowers different. My initial thought was Swiss Coffee for the uppers, Cotton Grey for the lowers, and Polar Bear for the walls, but after painting a swatch on the cabinets, the Cotton Grey looked very light, and much cooler than it had when I used it before. I ended up going back to get more swatches and choosing a darker grey for the lowers. I went with a darker grey lowers, True Taupewood, which contrasts nicely against the off white uppers. My mom wasn’t loving the bright white walls, so in another twist, I put the light Cotton Grey on the walls and ceiling. The blue is for the door, I went with a color called Opera Glasses.
For hardware, I was torn, I planned on doing black or rubbed bronze, I bought all the knobs, then after more Pinterest browsing, I back tracked and went with gold tones. Mom had gold hardware before, but bad, shiny gold, I found some knobs with nice tones that add warmth and shine, without being blingy.
Here is a progress shot of how I added trim to the cabinet faces. I did a whole post on this a few years back. You can read all about the process here.
You can see the painted Cotton Grey swatch on the right drawer below. It’s the same color of the panelling and walls, but looks much lighter.
You can see a sliver of the section of butcher block we installed in the photo above. Here is what we’ve done so far:
added trim to cabinets
painted and reinstalled uppers
painted lowers
added trim to paneling
painted walls and ceiling
swapped out one light fixture
painted door
painted most of the trim
We still have to:
cut and install butcher block counter tops
tile backsplash
install sink
install two light fixtures
make and install banquet seating
accessorize
See all the before photos on week 1. Don’t forget to follow along on instagram and see our inspiration on Pinterest.
