We painted our kitchen last month. It hadn't been painted since the 80′s so the color was some kind of pastel almost salmon pink and it seriously needed an upgrade and some fixing here and there.

So me and my man decided to paint the kitchen and just do it over one weekend. We thought it would be just an easy job, but the joke was on us. That weekend extended to a month and a half. We couldn’t even imagine the work involved.

First of all we had to clean the whole kitchen. Walls, ceiling, outside of cabinets, inside of cabinets, drawers, window you name it. Everything was so disgusting I still can’t believe that we ate in that room. We had to clean the walls 3 times before it was clean enough. Then we where told that the oven fan needed the filters to be replaced every 4 months. But I didn’t know that and I have been living here now for 5 years since my dad moved to Spain. The fan was broken anyway so we happily replaced it with a new one that will get its filters replaced regularly. We also used the opportunity to give some old things away and give the kitchen a more cosy feeling.

Anyways the kitchen interior is really old. I think it’s from the 50′s, and it has ornamental details on the walls and cabinet doors. We painted everything white to keep it fresh and simple. Kitchens are such colorful places that we wanted too keep it simple. But we decided to paint the ornaments and the shelves in the cabinets navy blue because we had some dark red items and we love the combination of navy blue, white, and dark red. It reminds me of Ralph Lauren, whom I love

Here are some pics

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After: