The painting fairy never showed up...

I put out a request for her, but sadly she must have been on vacation so Michael and I had to finish the cabinet and bathroom painting all by ourselves!!

Fortunately, I am super pleased with the results. I LOVE the brown cabinets. The green bathroom walls are a tad brighter than I was hoping for but I'm going to live with them. I am opting to not paint my bedroom the same green (that was the original plan)-- so if anyone needs two unopened gallons of Behr paint in 'celery', let me know 'cause I can hook you up!!

I also opted to go ahead and put out the new linens that I bought for our master bedroom. I was going to save these until we had repainted that room-- but I'm so done with painting for now and I really wanted to get these out because our old ones were literally falling apart. I love them! At some point, we'll come back in here and paint the walls a more matching shade of khaki... but that is definitely for another day....

My latest project...

The pictures probably speak for themselves. This is our master bathroom and the change in progress is not so much out of a need to redecorate as out of a need to repair the only 4 year old cabinet surfaces that are already chipping-- and actually have been for the past 3 years (@%#!@$&~!!).

This is my first time ever to paint cabinets and so I went to Home Depot armed with paint chips and ready to ask for any and all advice.

The paint counter lady assured me that if I used "XYZ" paint, I would not need to prime it. After the first coat, I was doubting the quality of her advice...

Three coats (and 3 days later), there is some significant improvement! I think I may just need one more coat plus a sealing finish.

(You may also notice that I took this opportunity to clean out under our bathroom sinks which were a disaster area!!)