Thursday, March 10, 2011

Evolution of a kitchen island

So sometimes you paint something and absolutely adore it. Then sometimes you paint something and go "ughh what was I thinking". Then, if you're like me. you paint something 4 times before you finally decide it's good to go.

 Remember my post about distressing a kitchen island? Check it out here to refresh your memory. I really loved the look of this. Seriously I did. I just didn't feel like it went with my kitchen. First of all my cabinets are cream and I painted the island white. Didn't think that meshed well together. Also, I think it was distressed a bit too much for my taste. Maybe I'm not as "vintage" as I thought I was. There is a thin line between impressive and oh crap what did you do to your furniture. You feel me on this?? So my island went from red, to white and distressed, to a blue glaze, and FINALLY a lovely cream. So here is the evolution of my island. (don't have a pic of the island being blue, but believe me my kitchen looked like Smurfettes home for about an hour).

Ok so now I need YOUR opinion on this. Should I: A) just poly it and call it a day or B) add some black to make the molding and detail pop a bit or C) Paint it another color entirely (really C isn't an option my husband would probably kill me) What do ya think??? I would love to here your opinion! Thanks!
 (If you haven't seen my kitchen redo yet check it out here)


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9 comments:

Kim said...

My choice is A. I think it looks lovely as is and looks amazing with the rest of your kitchen(what I can see in the background).

Kim said...

I think A also- simply because the rest of the kitchen looks so clean and sharp. What does your hubby think?

texas girl said...

I love it cream it looks soo nice!!!

Prudently Painted Vintage said...

Thanks! I think A is probably the best choice too!

Vivienne @ the V Spot said...

I think you should probably leave it as it is. It looks absolutely gorgeous. You can always re-do it again later if it's really making you nuts, but I think it's gorj the way it is.

I Play Outside The Box said...

Beautiful!!

terrid614 said...

i think i liked it best when it was distressed!!! the kitchen is beautiful either way! happy weekend!!xo

Kristy Carberry said...

I vote for A as well. Thanks for sharing, I'm a new follower.

Ms. Craftsalot said...

A glaze would be good. It bring out the details without being overly stressed. You wipe off as little or as much as you want. Otherwise it looks good, although I'm partial to the red since that is a color I'm decorating with these days.