I painted my Range Hood!!...

Yes, I've only been in this house 2 years...

and Yes, I did ask hubby if he minded...

and Yes, I'm really glad I did it!

 

So let me tell you WHY I painted my range hood...

 

Can you see the discoloration?  I rounded the corner of the kitchen on Saturday and there it was - staring at me like "Hey you, I'm tired of being all white - I'm gonna go all cream on you!"  Plus all the smudges that would not wash off - I'm thinking the heat from the stove might  have been playing tricks on the finish in the front.  I don't know for sure - just a guess because I. COULD. NOT. wipe off those prints!

So right then and there, I went and got my painters tape, taped it off and went to work...

I wasn't even patient enough to go out and buy paint - I just went to my stash and started mixing.  I knew I wanted a blue/green color.  I really wanted to use MMS milk paint in Kitchen Scale but it was to risky since I didn't have any bonding agent.

So.. I mixed and mixed until I liked it......."this looks good" I thought....

 

WRONG....it was to tealish...

Add in some blue... Better... but still waaaay to streaky...

 

YES.  Finally after mixing some white and blue - a much creamier finish with the weathered look I was hoping for.

 

 

Then I sanded it a bit and whitewashed it lightly.

 

And now, I can honestly say...

It really did break up all the white - which I love my white cabinets BUT I knew from the time they put up the hood - it WAS to much of a good thing.

 

And besides - it's just paint - I can change the whole look of the room with just this one splash of color!

 

Hope you are having a great week!