Something Old to Something New

Last summer we made the HUGE move from Greenville, Texas to Lynchburg, Virginia.  1,100 miles - across country in two huge UHauls - an event I NEVER want to repeat.  We made this move to be near our two married children and it was worth every drop of sweat.

We had been searching for our new home for over a year.  With every trip out, we were spending days looking at homes, but nothing fit.  Finally, four months into our relocation, we found THE house.  It is 1959 beauty.  Fortunately, God gave me the gift of being able to see potential, so I embraced the pink (we call it The Mamie) bathroom, the mint bathroom and the yellow ceramic tile in the kitchen.  I knew my plan of attack and it included Chalk Paint!!!

The kitchen was the area that needed the most updating.

Ah, yes - formica countertops, lovely birch cabinets with copper hardware and that oh-so-yellow ceramic backsplash.  But again, I have the vision.  Of course we changed the countertops and the floor and the appliances and the wall color, but the most drastic change came via Chalk Paint.

It brought this 1959 kitchen into this decade and I love it!!  It's possible, with a little paint, to make something old into something new!