I can't believe it's already time for another edition of Amanda's Decorating Dilemmas Party! We all post about a dilemma we are facing, or some helpful decorating solutions, and go over to Amanda's to link up and share our thoughts with each other. So c'mon!
Last time I got such great feedback, I know just what I want to do with my front porch! Thanks ladies!
So, I'm going to show something I have been ashamed, embarrassed, horrified to show on this here blog. I. hate. my. kitchen. The previous owners did a hideous decorating job. It is blue and white. Not that that's so bad in and of itself, but they painted the top cupboards white, and the bottom ones blue. Who does that? As if that weren't enough, they put this hideous country apple border around the top, and it's peeling off!
So my intentions for this room are to completely remove the border, and repaint all the walls and cupboards. I'm doing a country red, baby maize yellow, and sage green, with copper fixtures. Eventually. When I get money.
Anyway, this is the top of my cupboards, all the way around. PLEASE - this time for real Amanda! - don't enlarge the picture. These are filthy...I don't know the last time the tops of these cupboards saw a dust rag!
Right now you can see I have a bag of copper dishes I want to use when I redecorate, and then the ice maker for our freezer that has never been installed. I will be of course getting rid of that crap, and I need some fun ideas for how to accessorize the WHOLE top!
So let the ideas begin!!!
Again...so embarrassed about the dust, and the clutter on top of my cupboards!
Last time I got such great feedback, I know just what I want to do with my front porch! Thanks ladies!
So, I'm going to show something I have been ashamed, embarrassed, horrified to show on this here blog. I. hate. my. kitchen. The previous owners did a hideous decorating job. It is blue and white. Not that that's so bad in and of itself, but they painted the top cupboards white, and the bottom ones blue. Who does that? As if that weren't enough, they put this hideous country apple border around the top, and it's peeling off!
So my intentions for this room are to completely remove the border, and repaint all the walls and cupboards. I'm doing a country red, baby maize yellow, and sage green, with copper fixtures. Eventually. When I get money.
Anyway, this is the top of my cupboards, all the way around. PLEASE - this time for real Amanda! - don't enlarge the picture. These are filthy...I don't know the last time the tops of these cupboards saw a dust rag!
Right now you can see I have a bag of copper dishes I want to use when I redecorate, and then the ice maker for our freezer that has never been installed. I will be of course getting rid of that crap, and I need some fun ideas for how to accessorize the WHOLE top!
So let the ideas begin!!!
Again...so embarrassed about the dust, and the clutter on top of my cupboards!
Well, my whole kitchen in general!
Comments
I have a ledge on top of my kitchen cabinets, too. My parents and my in-laws, who live in older homes, have that space filled in; at first I didn't know what to do with it! Over time we filled it with an assortment of things: an old-style Ritz Crackers tin, a vase that belonged to my great-aunt, two cookie jars that have special meaning to us, a stoneware dog-treat jar, and a set of glass jars filled with tri-colored dry pasta. It's a mis-matched set of things have sentimental value to us.
Our cabinets are very similar! Will your walls be more than one color? My kitchen walls are yellow (not the exact shade I'd like, but it can--eventually--be remedied) and it makes the pretty white of the cabinets stand out.
FYI, I can't remember the last time I dusted up there either.
If you have a color on the walls, maybe a collection of white platters, bowls, cake plates, etc. might look nice with your copper pieces. Throw in some other pieces in your accent colors, and it would really pop.
I have the brass handles/hinges on my cabinets too, and I am dying to try painting them, but the hubs is skeptical. I may have to suck it up and try it on my own. ;)
Also, I don't know how hard it would be, but it looks like the top of the cabinets are a clean edge. Maybe at some point, adding a piece of molding would finish them off?
I think it has great potential! I like blank slates. So much easier than if you had fluorescent orange walls or something. ;)
Thanks for linking up again!!! :)
Hope this helps!
Just stopping by from SITS to say hi; hope you'll do thre same.
1.Take down the paper
2.Paint the upper and lower cabinets, (or just paint the lower cabinets white)
3.Spray paint your current pulls, maybe a nickel finish?
4.Paint your walls a color you love.
Then...I would use all that copper stuff you have sitting in the bag to decorate. Head over to the goodwill and find platters and bottles you like the shape of. Spray paint what isn't the right color.
Ok, that's my 2 cents, but I'm no decorator, just a frugal gal who likes to make the most of what she has. :)
My kitchen is sort of a mustard yellow color, with red, burgandy and navy accents. Your kitchen is gonna look great when you get it the color you want! I have no ideas for you because you already have good ones! :) Okay, I thought of one, the cabinet pulls. Spray paint. I did that and I loved it!!! And they are so ridiculously overpriced.
;-) I like Paula's idea of a collection of something you have. Also, Amanda, the good idea lady, had a wonderful one to display white items up there. That would look great against a colored wall. Really, so many of the suggestions you've already gotten are good ones.
Thanks for stopping by my blog and helping me out with my window seat dilemma!
Nancy
I would paint the bottom cabinets to match the tops. And I would put on some really fun knobs.
What a fun project! I will come help you if you would like... I love to paint!
XOXO
Jen
I would also add crown moulding to the top ledge and I would add moulding to the faces of the cabinet doors, giving them some detail for pennies.
Spray painting the existing hardware with that hammered copper rustoleum will save you a lot of money. I would get cute baskets to put on the ledge and store items you don't use on a regular basis. I like the idea of the plates up there as well. I would NOT do silk plants up there.
I'd also get a different light fixture for over the sink. If you get one with a good shape/good deal, you can spray paint that too. You didn't tell us what your counter-tops are like...
:)