For the longest time my kitchen, and all my kitchen gadgetry, have been light blue with red accents. I love the 1950s feel of this color combination, but I'm ready for a change.
I've decided to go yellow and gray. I know that this is a pretty trendy choice at the moment, but I just can't get enough of yellow. Plus, gray is such a nice tribute to my favorite element of San Francisco: the fog.
The first step was trading in my black/brown Ikea kitchen table for a white and yellow vintage number. Ryan has been itching to get a new desk. Converting his old desk to our new kitchen table was the perfect solution.
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| New desk |
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| Old desk |
After scouring Craigslist, I finally found a desk that fit my requirements: white, small, and more storage. Then, as an added bonus, the seller was willing to deliver.
Post desk delivery, I was off to Cliff's for supplies. I needed a paint brush, and yellow and white paint. Then it was back home to get started.
My current background noise, I'm embarrassed to say, is Dawson's Creek. I never watched it in its original airing, so I thought I'd give it a try. Plus, I'm running out of shows available for instant streaming. It's not great, but it fills the silence.
After I threw down the drop cloth and watched Dawson and Joey's first kiss, it was time to get started. This project was pretty straight forward: paint over the peeling sage green paint.
With my sunny new kitchen table, my black/brown Ikea chairs looked out of place. So, it was time to paint those as well. In order to get a good coat on the chairs, they needed to be sanded. Just for good measure, I added a small yellow detail.
Then, just because I couldn't stop, I painted my clock yellow too.
Kind of loving all this yellow. Next step: paint the walls gray.
Desk: $60.00
Paintbrush: $3.99
Yellow paint: $12.49
White paint: $12.49
Total: $88.97
Super cute!
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