You asked, and I'll try to answer:
By far the number one question:
Q: how do you find time to re-model and update with 5 kids and a husband in grad school?
A: Very slowly. And it's not a pretty process:
Who can stop regular everyday life and take a few months to completely update their house? It has to happen a little here and a little there.
If you notice when I showed you the before pictures of the bathroom, it was October of 2008. When we finished, it was April 2009. That's 6 months!
Can I say amen sistah! to Layla? She gave a fantastic guest post at the Nesters awhile ago, and this is what she said,"
Who can stop regular everyday life and take a few months to completely update their house? It has to happen a little here and a little there.
If you notice when I showed you the before pictures of the bathroom, it was October of 2008. When we finished, it was April 2009. That's 6 months!
Can I say amen sistah! to Layla? She gave a fantastic guest post at the Nesters awhile ago, and this is what she said,"
"Don't be afraid of design challenges! Don't let the math, or the time it will take to complete a project, intimidate you. Just take your time. You CAN do it. And, oh yes, it WILL be worth it. Just think of all the YEARS you will SMILE, every time you walk into the room, once you've completed it. (Even if it does take 6 months to finish it!)"
Q: I want to see an after picture of the texture!
A: Here you go:
Q: Were you scared to death to paint your cabinets black? I would love to paint mine, but I'm too chicken.
A: Yes. Up until about 3 weeks before the bathroom was finished.
I was going to do black in the beginning, I was talking to some neighbors who thought I was crazy, especially since we're going to be selling in about a year. They were telling me just to go with a classic white like I did in my kitchen, and I caved and decided they were right,
Then, I saw Emily's new black kitchen and read what she wrote about painting her cabinets black and that very night I went to the Home Depot and bought black paint and spray paint. I've never looked back....love them! If you need some guts to do it, go read her post.
Want some more black cabinet inspiration?
Emily's kitchen in her new house
Emily's kitchen in her old house
Layla's kitchen
Nicole's kitchen
If I forgot to answer a question you've asked, remind me in the comments~thanks!
Happy Wednesday!
Such wise advice. I love walking in my bathroom now. I keep it clean (okay, clean-er) because I know the work that was put into it and I don't want to mess it up. Some weeks during the whole process, I would say to myself, "Melissa, just prime one wall this week, or spray paint 3 cabinets in the garage during naptime." It's all about baby steps here. Some weeks, nothing got done. I really do believe the hardest part is just starting. Oh, and a very patient husband who opens the garage to pull into his parking spot and sees paint cans, cabinets, and rags where his car is supposed to go also helps. :)
Q: I want to see an after picture of the texture!
A: Here you go:
Q: Were you scared to death to paint your cabinets black? I would love to paint mine, but I'm too chicken.
A: Yes. Up until about 3 weeks before the bathroom was finished.I was going to do black in the beginning, I was talking to some neighbors who thought I was crazy, especially since we're going to be selling in about a year. They were telling me just to go with a classic white like I did in my kitchen, and I caved and decided they were right,
Then, I saw Emily's new black kitchen and read what she wrote about painting her cabinets black and that very night I went to the Home Depot and bought black paint and spray paint. I've never looked back....love them! If you need some guts to do it, go read her post.
Want some more black cabinet inspiration?
Emily's kitchen in her new house
Emily's kitchen in her old house
Layla's kitchen
Nicole's kitchen
If I forgot to answer a question you've asked, remind me in the comments~thanks!
Happy Wednesday!
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