The Kitchen Reno Continues

This weekend was incredibly busy. Our drywall contractor arrived at 8 am Saturday morning to begin drywalling. There was a lot of patching to do due to our electrical changes and we also decided to cover up a window which you can see in the left corner of this image. The window looked out on our back patio which is dark and dreary and nothing nice to look at. Rather than incur the cost to remove the window, we decided to simply cover it with drywall.

Our kitchen before

The Window wall after being covered with drywall

We purchased a vinyl window shade and adhered it to the inside of the window. This way, when you look at the window from the outside it will look like a normal window with the shades drawn. The drywall installers then placed studs within the window frame as well as some insulation, topping it all off with drywall. They did a wonderful job and worked so hard! Our cabinet installer will come on Wednesday to install the cabinets. Slowly, but surely we are making progress!

Andrew and I spent the majority of the weekend picking out paint colors. A long time ago I purchased Benjamin Moore Paint deck which has proved invaluable. There are hundreds of colors to choose from, however I always seem to come back to the Historic Colors as they are classic and gorgeous.

For our living room and hallway we chose: Manchester Tan or Benjamin Moore HC-81. It's a cool light beige.

For our kitchen we chose: Revere Pewter or Benjamin Moore HC-172.

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For our bedroom we chose: Grant Beige or Benjamin Moore HC-83.



Although Benjamin Moore recommends using their paints for their colors, both Home Depot or Lowes can match their colors. Lowes carries Valspar, and our painter friend Trevor recommends their signature paint and primer in one paint, which costs $15 less than a gallon of Benjamin Moore. We painted the kitchen tonight and the paint worked well and covered great.