A breath of fresh paint

To recap, we decided to renovate our new kitchen. We took off all the wood panel, wallpaper and then repairs the drywall. Now it’s time to finish and paint.

I’ve spent a lot of time on pinterest looking at possible colour combos that I would love. We had a lot going on with the kitchen, redish wood floors, oak cabinets, oak table and oak China cabinet. To try and tie everything together was harder than you think.

We decided to take my sister in law with us to the paint store. We picked out 30 paint chips. She isn’t an interior designer, but has the eye to be one. The moment she seen this shade, she knew it was the one we were picking.

There’s multiple reasons why we chose this colour. The first reason is the cabinets being oak, have a lot of yellow in them. This colour, which is greenish, complements the yellow. We all know yellow and blue makes green! The second reason relates to the famous colour wheel. See below.

Found on bhg.com

As you can see, green and red are opposite from each other. That means they compliment each other. Therefore, the red floors would compliment the greenish paint!

I was a little nervous with the dark tone of the paint we picked. But we have a beautiful window to bring in lots of natural light. Here is a picture to show you how it’s coming along.

The kitchen leads down the stairs to the basement. For that area, we wanted to pick a lighter colour as there was less light. We ended up picking this light green.

Once it was on the walls, it was really light. For now it will be fine, but down the road we might darken it up just a tad.

And with that being said, next post is the finishing touches!