omg. i blogged about my laundry yesterday. this is supposed to be a home renovating blog. clearly i was without caffeine.
luckily – the plumber guy saved my day yesterday (and gave me a lecture about vegetable peels and the garbage disposal) along with the washing machine delivery men. i’ve never been so happy to do laundry in my life. this morning i woke up wondering what else i could wash….
anyways – time to get back in the saddle with improving bungalowhutch. now that my dishes are no longer piling out of control in my sink, i can see this again.
yuck.
that is a close up of the window sill over our sink.
in case you need some perspective. or in case you we're thinking our house was totally beautified - here's what this sucker looks like.
so – this needs to change. but what should we do? and how should we do it? i’m thinking of bright white paint over that nasty off- white paint to match the cabinets and make the windows pop out of their little caves. (they are set back so far because we had to build the wall out from the original plaster/brick walls to accommodate for things like plumbing and electricity. and our walls were so uneven hanging cabinets would have been a disaster with out the new walls…(i’m talking like you care, but guessing you probably don’t.)
my other thought was something more bold for the trim on the window itself. like a deep grey… would that look good??
my real problem is what to do with the trim. we originally wanted to just do a white wood trim around the window box itself to match the existing window trim in the house. but – there is no room. we didn’t really think about that when we built out the walls and got the cabinets. oops.
there is definitely no room for trim around the window with this little guy...the other window in the kitchen.
and keep in mind – we eventually want to put in a glass subway tile backsplash. either an olivey green to pick up on the accent paint or a bluey-greeny-gray….you can picture that, right?
- something like this (found randomly here).
- or this green – but only as a backsplash – not covering the whole wall. we couldn’t afford that.
or this pretty stuff. (photo from country living)
oh and also keep in mind, when we win the lottery eventually something like this will be hanging over our kitchen sink.
oh restoration hardware - can you give me this for free?
so…. what should we do!?!?!
just trim on the bottome ledge? no trim? bright white paint? dark grey paint? i’m all over the place – clearly. so tell me what to do.
oh. and can you also tell me how to do it!?
February 8th, 2011 at 10:32 am
we had a similar issue in our kitchen where we pushed the dining nook out, do you remember? Just put in a nice wooden sill and paint it all to match the window trim
Don’t worry about the sides and top, leave them the color of the walls.
February 8th, 2011 at 10:34 am
I like the blue/grey tile:)
February 8th, 2011 at 10:36 am
mom that’s so simple. and probably what we’ll do, but i was hoping for a hot debate…
February 8th, 2011 at 10:46 am
sounds like i better come over so we can debate. i’m easily bribed with a glass of red wine…
February 8th, 2011 at 11:23 am
so after reading this entry i realize i truly know nothing about home stuff. trim? multiple paint colors? im stumped! BUT i do think your backsplash idea is fantastico! i actually love that blue color from the country living photo. green is nice too.
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November 26th, 2012 at 8:49 am
Do you know who makes the beautiful blue/green subway tile in the photo you posted from Country Living? Your kitchen looks great by the way! What brand of glass tile did you end up using?