Eclectic, Retro Green Kitchen Cabinets!

Over the weekend, I drove out to Ohio to help my sister with some painting projects for her new house. Her house was originally built in 1900 but hasn’t been updated in years. She has a lot of things on her to-do list, but #1 on the list was updating her kitchen and main living space with some fresh paint!

Jenni has always wanted green kitchen cabinets and after trying out a few different options, she kept coming back to Sherwin Williams Palm Leaf. We described this to our other sister as “if an avocado and an olive had a baby.” It feels like a callback to the 70’s in a cool, eclectic way and brought a fun retro flair to the kitchen!

Unfortunately, we were so busy painting that we didn’t stop to take pictures along the way but I was able to grab a few blurry screenshots from a couple videos I took.

We followed the same process I used for painting my own kitchen cabinets and used two coats of the HGTV Showcase paint in a satin finish for the cabinets. Jenni isn’t crazy about the knobs on the cabinet doors and plans to eventually replace them, but we both agreed that spray painting them with a few coats of my favorite gold spray paint was a good budget-friendly way to make them work for the time being. She chose Sherwin Williams Ivory Lace for the rest of the space and we painted the walls in eggshell, the trim and window in semi-gloss, and the ceiling (including the trim around the tray ceiling) in flat.

I think it’s really easy to get caught up in wanting a “big reveal” with everything 100% updated and perfect, but the reality is most renovations aren’t like that. They are slow, with intentional choices plus budget and time factoring in. Jenni has a lot more plans for the space – she wants to rip out the old vinyl flooring and update it with a fresh pattern (she’s thinking of this one which I think would look so cute!) and possibly paint the backsplash too. She also plans to add floating shelves to the wall next to the microwave where they took down some hanging cabinets. But progress is progress and it’s my belief that we should celebrate the journey and transformations along the way! This space may not be “done” but it feels so much different than just a few days ago and that is worth celebrating.