Progress as promised

The kitchen cabinets are done!

After two weekends of hard work step 1 of our kitchen update on the cheap is done.

The hours of sanding, painting, and distressing were worth it.

I am so happy with the results and love that Kenny and I were able to pull this off ourselves.

Everyone loves a good before and after so...

From this dreariness ( Ignore the Jack. Painting is stressful. )

To a pretty brighter shade

..and the awful bookcase

....to a less awful bookcase.

I am still not sure what I want to have on these shelves but I am sure Pinterest will lead me to something

There is still plenty to be done that we will be tackling in the next weeks but this big change is a great step in the right direction.

I hope everyone had a great weekend and all you creative family and friends feel free to give me some ideas on decorating :)