Tuesday, November 12, 2013

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!

9 comments:

Carolyn said...

Wow! It looks great! How brave you are! I have almond cabinets and I am so tired of them. I keep saying that one of these days, I'm going to paint them. This is very inspiring!

I'm inviting you to visit my humble blog. I just started it a few weeks ago, but have blogged in the past.

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Blessings!

A Primitive Homestead said...

It looks great. Thank you for sharing this. I hate my range hood. When we got the new appliances over the years our range hood still worked and still dose. I really could not afford another since it still worked. Tonight I was looking at mine and just how ugly I think it is. I was thinking wonder if I could paint and bring it. You showed me it is possible.

Melinda said...

You are a brave girl.
I like the way it brakes
up the white.

M : )

decorator to the stars said...

very nice.....you painted yours & I tore mine out LOL

Patty's Stitches said...

Looks absolutely beautiful!

Patty's Stitches said...

Looks beautiful!

Elizabeth and Gary said...

Hi Cathy,
Wow! What a great project! I love the color. Gary and I are in the process of moving so I have not been blogging much. I need to go back and see if I have missed any of your posts..I love reading your posts.
Have a sweet day and Happy Thanksgiving! Elizabeth

Burlap Luxe said...

Looks wonderful, I painted a hood cover to look similar to yours adding a rub down of stain to the finished colour adding that old copper hood cover feel to it.

Love your white kitchen and this pop of colour is a nice attention getter.

See you and what you inspire soon.

Xx
Dore

ℳartina @ Northern Nesting said...

LOVE the range hood painted a different color!! The layering looks awesome!!