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Two Toned Kitchen Makeover

Written by Cassity

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Submitted By: {Shaped By Grace}

If you give a girl a paintbrush, she’ll probably ask for a can of paint. So, she’ll go to Home Depot, where she finds TWO perfect colors. With these colors she’ll decide to paint her kitchen:

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As she’s painting her kitchen, she’ll realize that adding a backsplash would be really nice:

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So, she’ll go back to Home Depot. She finds the perfect backsplash; {Stainless steel look & adhesive! Woot woot!} and while there she sees this…

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{This picture makes me happy!}

…and thinks: How great would a shelf be above the sink!!

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{My FAVORITE part of the kitchen is actually this shelf & baskets!!}

After putting up the shelf, she’ll probably need a nap! She’ll dream of what her kitchen looked like BEFORE she painted:

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  {Chalkboard paint inside the cupboard door!}
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{Kitchen Conversions Chart}

When she wakes up, she’ll be hungry! So she’ll go into her new kitchen to get a snack. She’ll notice that her kitchen rug no longer matches… and she’ll go to the store to buy a new one… While there, she’ll probably see a few other things she needs…

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When she returns from the store, she’ll sit on her couch, stare dreamily and smile across at her new kitchen!! <3 {LOVE!}

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She’ll notice the red pillows on the couch… that totally clash with the kitchen. So she’ll ask to go to IKEA to get new pillows for the living room:

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But be prepared. Because if she does get a new pillow, she’ll probably want a paintbrush, to go with it… 🙂

Thanks so much for looking at my kitchen redo!! It’s my first major project & I’m so excited to share it! I’ll have some “how-tos” and what I learned coming soon!

For now, I’m going to go sleep in my new kitchen share where I bought some of the supplies and décor: PAINT: Alabaster White & Cathedral Stone Grey {Lowes}

BACKSPLASH: Home Depot

BASKETS: Michaels

RUG: Target

Cabinet HARDWARE & PILLOWS: Ikea

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Published: January 5, 2012Filed Under: Guest Bloggers Tagged: Backsplash and Counter Tops, grey, Kitchens, White, white cabinets

About Cassity

Cassity started Remodelaholic with her husband, Justin, to share their love for knocking out walls together. She is an interior designer, wife, and mother of two. She and Justin have remodeled three homes from top to bottom and are working on their fourth. Making a house a home is her favorite hobby.


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  1. cmf says

    January 5, 2012 at 5:59 pm

    This post reminds me of the book “If You Give A Mouse A Cookie….

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    • Jessica says

      January 6, 2012 at 11:27 am

      I just read that book to my daughter yesterday and was gonna comment that it sounded like the book. That was one of my fave books when I was little…great kitchen redo..a lil goes a long way!

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  2. Shirley Lupton says

    January 5, 2012 at 6:08 pm

    Wow you didd a great job. Wish me luck I want to do this late spring. What did you wish the cabinets with before you primed them?

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    • Cassity says

      January 5, 2012 at 10:12 pm

      Shirley,

      I am not sure what she used, but I know TSP is a great product for cleaning befreo painting… OR if you wanna go green, Murpheys Oil soap does an INCREDIBLE Job cleaning junk and oils off!

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    • [email protected]{Shaped by Grace} says

      January 6, 2012 at 12:12 am

      Hi Shirley! Cassity is right – I used concentrated liquid TSP. It worked really well! For the complete “how to” on all the products I used you can click here: https://shapedbygracelife.blogspot.com/2011/08/budget-kitchen-makeover.html And thank you so much! I’d love to see your kitchen when you’re done with it!! xo, Reannah

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  3. Wendy says

    January 5, 2012 at 7:35 pm

    LOVE THIS!!! You did a FANTASTIC job!!! Makes me want a house of my own! I mean, my friend who owns the house we’re living in told me I could decorate/redecorate/whatever…but I want to wait and invest all my energy in my own house 🙂 🙂

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  4. Anne says

    January 5, 2012 at 8:07 pm

    I love the colors you chose for the kitchen! Such simple changes, but such a beautiful update!

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  5. Loribeth says

    January 5, 2012 at 9:14 pm

    Your kitchen looks fantastic! And I love the play on “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”!!!! What a fun read.

    I love the look of two toned kitchens. I did the same thing in my kitchen, except I didn’t paint the lower cabinets. I glazed them to bring a richer color out of the wood. (It was a compromise my husband and I came up with so he could keep his oak cabinets and I could get my white kitchen!)

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    • Cassity says

      January 5, 2012 at 10:09 pm

      I love the idea of your kitchen, and the compromise, that is so smart!

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  6. Penny Wenny says

    January 5, 2012 at 11:07 pm

    Darling! I love it! Great work.

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  7. [email protected] Ms Smartie Pants says

    January 5, 2012 at 11:35 pm

    Ok I have read If You Give A Mouse a Cookie a million times, this was an adorable rendition! I totally am thinking about white tops and grey bottoms like yours. I have a question, does the grain of your wood show thru the paint? I am getting started on the project this month or else!

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    • [email protected]{Shaped by Grace} says

      January 6, 2012 at 12:19 am

      Thank you so much Laura! 🙂 To answer your question – the grain of the wood shows through a little. Probably from about 2-3 feet away and closer. You don’t see the grain generally unless the light hits it a certain way or you’re up close. I used 1 coat of primer, 3 coats of white paint and 1 layer of poly. I know if I used a couple more coats, I probably would have seen even less grain, but I liked a little showing through. The grey shows the grain hardly at all – and I only used two coats! I hope that helps! xo, Reannah

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  8. Adelina Priddis says

    January 6, 2012 at 9:31 am

    Love it!! That shelf above the sink is my favorite too!!

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  9. nancy john says

    January 6, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    I love it all!! It looks very sophisticated! I especially like the chalkboard!! Great job!

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  10. Kate D says

    January 8, 2012 at 8:15 am

    I love this idea. I’m not much of a do it yourselfer…but in an attempt to cut back on expenses I am. This is perfect for a condo remodel.

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  11. Gray says

    January 18, 2012 at 9:38 pm

    I just stumbled across this blog and post, and I was so shocked to see that your kitchen redo looks so similar to my recent one! Wood-grain cabinets painted two colors with white on top–ha! My color on the bottom is a grayish green, but it looks similar. https://sethmorganfamily.blogspot.com/2012/01/kitchen-makeover-pictures.html

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    • [email protected]{Shaped by Grace} says

      January 20, 2012 at 12:30 am

      Hi Gray! I just checked out your kitchen! It looks great! 🙂 I love the green! I want to do molding like that on top of my cabinets soon too!! Thanks for checking out my kitchen! xo, Reannah

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  12. Kasey Alder says

    January 26, 2013 at 1:56 pm

    So, I really want to paint my cabinets, but I have all white appliances. What color can I paint the cabinets. It seams like white is the color right now, but can I pull that off?

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    • Cassity says

      January 31, 2013 at 10:23 pm

      Absolutely! White is a great color for kitchens!

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  13. Markus says

    March 8, 2013 at 12:44 pm

    I love the colors you choose for your cabinets! We’re about to update our boring, oak kitchen cabinets as well. I’m pretty picky about brush strokes on stuff. Did you brush, roll, spray…? And what kind of paint (from Lowes) did you get? If I’m going to sand first, then prime/paint, would I need to clean the cabinets with said TSP or similar? Thanks for sharing your kitchen!

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    • Cassity says

      March 19, 2013 at 9:08 pm

      Definitely clean the cabinets with TSP or some sort of strong de-glosser, clean it then sand, it will help you not to gunk up your sand paper. Not sure which brand of paint the guest poster used, I would talk to the paint desk about what is the best paint to use. To avoid brush strokes, I would use a 4″ foam roller to smooth out the brush strokes.

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