I teased you all on Facebook about a month or two ago with a picture of our painted kitchen cupboards. But it took me a LOOOOONNNNNNGGGGG time to finish them. Well, I did one set of cupboards, but I was busy and had to wait a couple of weekends (!) to do the other set. And then I didn’t want to show you all until I had finished painting the OUTSIDE as well. Of course, that didn’t happen right away either. Ryan finally just took over the duty himself. But then we needed new hinges because the old ones were so booty and painted-over that he stripped half of the screw heads trying to get them off. So that took a little longer. Of course, all the doors STILL aren’t on, but I couldn’t wait anymore. Plus, I realized that it would be harder to show the effect with the doors ON the cupboards, so here you go.
A few notes:
1 - Yes I do live in Southern California and I know this would be a very bad earthquake mess. The doors are in the process of being put on.
2 - Excuse the errant coffee mug in front of the bowls and plates. Ryan put the dishes back into the cupboards and decided to reorganize everything which meant that there wasn’t enough room for all the coffee mugs and I didn’t have the heart to rearrange it because he was so proud of himself for making so much space on the top shelf.
3 - We did drink all those bottles of gin, but it was over time and they are being saved for craft projects. Duh.
4 - I am aware that there are two of us, yet there are both wine and cocktail glasses for 12+. We’re not called Hip Soiree around here for nothing.
5 - I wish I had cute vintage dishes to go with these cupboards. Alas…
Also, I told you guys a couple of weeks ago that I love refrigerator magnets.
Told you. And yes, cat food is arranged on that tiered tray. Cats enjoy a good food display as well.
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Love it! I have a girlfriend who did this and left the doors off bc A) she had a maddeningly amazing set of awesome vintage dishware, and B) lived in NY, so no earthquakes. I have always loved this look for built in bookshelves too. Great job!
Methinks you need to do some thrifting in Buff next time you are here. My sister, Karen scored a dish set that turned out to be worth over 2k at a little consignment shop in the Harris Hill plaza- she paid 25 bucks for it- bc Buffalo is like some bizzaro land where everything is the same price as it was 50 years ago.
You know - I never thought about thrifting in B-Lo! I don’t know why not. Everything will be so much cheaper! FANTASTIC IDEA!!
It looks GREAT! I love it.
Love the colors on the shelves, i hope the doors will be glass, hate to see that turquoise hidden.
Unfortunately, no glass. I don’t want to spend the cash. But it will make me SO happy every time I open the doors. LOL.
Like fancy underwear! And if nice underwear is a party in your pants, your painted shelves are a party in your pantry!
PERFECT analogy.