Over the summer I bought a bunch of kitchen cabinet kits from Bonnie Lavish. The first set went into the Fairfield. (And they turned out pretty nice, if I do say so myself!) At the beginning of December I finally got around to starting on the Rosedale’s cabinets and appliances (also Bonnie’s kits), but I didn’t make much progress until this week.

Here’s the layout I came up with. I really didn’t want the stove and fridge right next to each other but due to space constraints, it was the only way to do it.

Since the Rosedale is a modern house, I figured I’d jump on the bandwagon with stainless steel appliances. I bought some Krylon spray paint that claimed to be stainless steel colored. (It even has a picture of a fridge on the bottle!)

Concerned that the small kit pieces would blow away, I attached them to a piece of paper with putty.

Then I sprayed them. Um, yuck. The paint came out dark and very speckled. It looks more like asphalt than stainless steel.

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