Repainting the Kitchen a Minty Green

Over the past several weeks I have been mulling over a new kitchen wall color.  Call me crazy, but I was just ready for a change.  The previous blue is a color that I love, and even though we have only been here two years we have actually had this same blue color in our kitchen or dining room for the past 10 years (in other homes).  When you like something, you like something- but....I was finally ready for a change.  The change isn't huge - but to me it was.  Honestly, I bet some people wouldn't even had noticed.  It has taken me a few days but I can say that I looooooove the new color.  It's a little minty green color by Olympic - Misty Lake to be exact.

In case your forgot - here is a side by side of this old kitchen space, the blue color and now the new minty shade.

 I think one of the reasons I really love it is the almost neutral factor it has.  Even though it is a color it still reads neutral to me.  Lots of other colors go fantastic with it.  

I used the Olympic One paint this time.  Its a primer and paint in one and for this project I only had to do one coat - so I was pleased.  I wasn't trying to paint over red or anything dark so I'm not sure how it would do when using it over those colors but it was great at painting over a similar shade.  Since this kitchen area only includes three half walls a quart of paint was all I needed.  So one quart of paint, one coat and about one hour equals a new kitchen color - I'm good with that.

We also spent some time over the weekend enjoying Silas' first real snow!  Of course, he loved it.  It was so fun for us and it was gone by the next day.  Is it me, or have we had the craziest weather this year?

It took me several weeks, lots of paint swatches and several color samples later to finally settle on the right minty color.  I was actually really surprised it was an Olympic color - I surely thought I would love a Martha Stewart or Benjamin Moore choice - but this color just stood out to me for what I was looking for.  Whenever you aren't sure, grab a color sample and do a test run.  They are well worth the $3 or $4 to make the right choice.

I love how a little paint will just bring a room back to life.  I'm loving this newly painted space.  Anyone else mulling over paint colors?  Share with me what you are painting, I'd love to know!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week!

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All is Well

Peace and rest has been brought back into our house today after a long week with one sick little boy. It's so hard to even think when you have a little one who is absolutely miserable. But thankfully that time has now passed and things are on the mend, needless to say house stuff was the last thing on my mind last week.

One thing we did narrow down however, before the sickness crept in was to decide on a paint color for our laundry room area.  The only thing I knew for sure is that I wanted it be bright and cheerful, and that's exactly what we are going for.

One of these colors will be winning out the bright and cheerful competition, so you will have to stick around to see who does.

I think I've decided on a darker slate color for the floor that I will painting, like we did in our half bath. Still not sure on which as of yet.

In other news, we shared before that we have been doing some updating to some of our student spaces at church.  We have gone from this...

To this...

I thought it would be fun to share what we did and how - since it was difficult for us to find inspiration when we set out on this journey.  More on that later this week.

I hope everyone is healthy and well this week and has a peaceful and relaxing Monday!