Kitchen Progress

So after almost a year I picked a kitchen paint color! I had two swatches taped to the wall for months and months and when I finally went to Sherwin Williams to get my paint I picked a totally different color. Luckily my impulse color picking worked out this time. I know it's going to take me forever to finish this paint job so I figured I might as well post some "progress" shots, in other words I painted the easy parts and now I have to get the giant ladder in here and move a fridge to finish the rest. 

The undersides of the lowered ceiling still need painting because they were painted the same musty yellow as the rest of the kitchen and dining area. Also imagine that the door is painted white!

This part looks done! This picture best shows the actual color of the paint.

I should have started off with this one since it actually looks finished! I could have fooled you all!

And not so much. This is the point where I got tired of painting and stopped for, oh, three weeks or so. Lucky for us we have friends who don't give a darn if our beer and cheese tasting parties are in a fully painted kitchen or not.

Here is our list of what we have done and still have to do (which is obviously mostly what we still have to do; I guess the kitchen isn't too high on our priorities list just yet):

• Remove the poorly installed crown molding
• Paint it navy <-- It turned out kinda close to navy, but I think I like this better. Halfway done with painting obviously!
• Improve storage in the deep but narrow pantry -- Added shelves to the door but more needs to be done to make it really useful
• Add new white crown molding
• Paint the baseboards & door frame white
• Replace the brass 90s light with a more modern chandelier -- Something is in the works for this! We got a light from a friend who didn't want it and I'm going to paint it and see if I can get some prettier bulbs than the generic chandelier ones for it to see what I can do with it
• Paint the door to the garage white
• Add matching blinds to the dining window?
• Replace the over-the-stove microwave -- We didn't really want to do this but the existing one died about a month after moving in :(
• Build a window seat with storage for more dining table seating
• Replace the old over-the-sink window with a greenhouse window; I didn't even know this was a thing until I saw one in Nick's parents' house and I love it!
• Probably paint the cabinets eventually since they're not terribly pretty