So here is what I started with.....
Ikea is great, everything pops off very easily. I didn't have drawers and stuff everywhere the whole time.
The outside was painted gray and the insides were painted this great turquoise color. It doesn't really show the true color in the picture.
It took about three weeks to finish and I am very happy with the outcome. I used the turquoise paint above the stove and on the little wall end next to the fridge. It gives a bit of warmth into all that gray.
I made a new curtain that goes across the whole window and during the day I have all that light from those big windows. I really never liked the two small curtains that I have always used. I really like this new curtain. It is cotton so it's easy to wash, but it looks like a linen weave. I fringed the edges and also used the selvedges as the top and bottom.
It's folded over at the top and then I added red buttons. It is ecru which matches the background in the curtain over the door that you see in the corner of the picture below.
After
Before
It's quite a change, don't you think!
