Do-overs

Our kitchen remodel seemed to be going rather well- the walls were painted and we had some of the cabinets up and we were just starting to work on installing baseboard. The base cabinets would have followed and then our appliances and we would have been done. And then we realized we had a problem with the paint. It was 10 days after we had finished painting and you could easily scratch the paint off the walls with your fingernail. It seemed it would just not set up and cure. The next problem was that we had decided on white trim which meant the existing original mahogany window and door trim was going to be painted over. We both had a problem with painting over the beautiful wood trim. Then I finally admitted I did not like the green paint. So now we were pretty much back to square one. We took the cabinets down and did a ton of research to find out what to do about the crappy paint that was on the walls and how to cover it up. We had a picked a fairly dark brown (it looks like melted chocolate ice cream) so covering the color wasn't an issue. Finally, we decided to just paint right onto the paint- with Valspar paint this time. I am certain that the Olympic paint (that I complained about originally) was a big reason we had so many problems. I was not happy with the paint when we were applying it and it was awful once we were done. But now, we have a beautiful brown kitchen that will match our new cabinets, new appliances and existing trim wonderfully.



And best of all, it seems to be staying on the walls without any issues. After just a few hours of drying, it is like iron. You can't scratch or gouge it. I love it and Rob is warming up to the color too. He was the one who wanted to go bold and now is having a hard time with it. With the lighter cabinets and floors, I think it's a great choice and am very pleased with how it turned out. And now we can get on with base boards, installing cabinets again and hooking up our appliances.