Like Being On The Face Of The Sun.

I literally shielded my eyes from the white-ness in our kitchen the first time we looked at the house.

Listing photo

Whoa, put those sunglasses back. on.

Our long-term plan is a major renovation, but we have a few minor cheap updates in the works to make the kitchen feel a little more "us" until then.

The highest priority was warming up the color on the walls.  Winter is coming, and standing in a kitchen so reminiscent of the Arctic Circle is not how I want to spend it.  We had already chosen (and purchased) glass tile for the backsplash, and were waffling over whether to paint the cabinets or not, so there were a lot of variables in play.  It was a really tough decision, though I'm not sure why...

...because some of those colors were really, truly awful.

The final color was the most beigy beige we could find.  The only one apparently without obvious hints of pink, green, or ghastly gold.

I really love the wall color (especially since it means no longer feeling like you need sunscreen to have the lights on in the kitchen), but it caused a problem.

The gray cabinets now look very blue in comparison.

Thus sealing their fate, and mine.  I have to paint them.  In fact, I bought the paint the very next day, but then completely chickened out.  

Stay tuned.