Projects for January

Here are a few projects that I hope to be completed by the end of the month.

Project #1 – Kitchen counters

This is definitely our biggest undertaking in January and potentially even this year!  I told you last year that we were going with a darker counter.  After looking at the different stones in person and browsing the Internet for pictures of kitchens with both light and dark counters, we opted for this beauty.

The stone color is called White Ash and I am absolutely in love!  The color looks great with our appliances and our existing ivory cabinets.  I will have to change paint colors for the kitchen walls but that is no big deal.  After this installation, we will be one large step closer to finishing our kitchen.  All we will have to do is put in a backsplash, paint the walls, paint the new cabinets (which I still have not done yet!), and install new hardware for the cabinets.

Update - just got off the phone with the counter top guy and this work will be done the first week in February...close enough

Project #2 – Blackboard nook

We have an old telephone nook in our house and I have been trying to figure out what to do with it.  It is too tall for a stand-alone picture frame and the shelf is too narrow for it to display odds and ends.  Here’s how it looks now.

My plan is to paint the inside area with blackboard paint and create a hallway message board!  I’ll add a pop of color along the inner frame maybe and make it look fun.

Project #3 – Paint the laundry room

This project is as easy as it sounds.  I have had the paint for this room FOREVER and keep finding excuses not to paint it!  I plan on using a color that we found during our quest to find the perfect dining room color.

It's the top right color.  I hope that by putting these in writing I’ll be held accountable for actually completing them!