Paint the kitchen - check!

Before/During:

A coat or two of primer over the previous owner's "lemons, blueberries, and olives border"

and a small test of the new color.

A bit of green on the wall. Glimpses of the yellow and orange sponge-painted dining room 

in the background.

 More green, less white. 

Also, the unprimed border. I had mixed feelings about it. It was hand-painted (not stenciled!) by a friend of the previous owner. Printz Charming was in favor of keeping it. But we're friends with the previous owners and I felt like I was still in "Krista's kitchen." The border just wasn't me.

After:

This project took me the better part of the summer. 15 minutes here, 15 minutes 

there . . . that's the reality of painting with a baby. Sometimes a week or two (or three)

would slip by before I had opportunity or energy to work on it. 

All that really remains now is for my handsome Printz to finish putting on the cabinet

and drawer handles. ;)

Color: "Brookside Moss" by Benjamin Moore.