think outside the bun.

the yu excursions into DIY life have so far been MOSTLY successful. coffee white cabinets - check! new knobs & hinges - check! furnishing the family room - check! painting the living room - check! coffee white wood paneling in the kitchen - check! bright mcdonald's orange kitchen - ch-...

...-eck. ECKK!!!! my childhood love for fast food has superseded my ability to interior design. in all honesty, i did my research. i found pictures of beautiful kitchens painted bright tangerines paired with soft whites - they looked so welcoming, happy, cheerful, kitchen-y. here's a couple pictures of what i had initially pictured in my mind:

so beautiful =). the warm orange tones create such a homey and cozy atmosphere...right?...i can't tell you what went through my mind as i finished the big wall in our dining room and took a step back at my fast-food kitchen. i was hoping to shock tim by finishing the kitchen before he came back from work. it did not go as planned. i sincerely hoped that maybe the color would soften or something when it dried...nope! i also hoped that tim, as an objective second party, would reassure me and say he loved it. well. well. WELL...?!??

well, we gave it a couple hours. we puttered back and forth through the kitchen taking care of things around the house & whatnot, glancing sadly at our mcdonald's wall...until we both sighed & gave into the inevitable. on goes the primer, on goes the search for a good paint color.

sadness! (uh..don't let the pictures of tim painting by his lonesome fool you, by the way. we work on these things together, like a team! heh heh heh). tim's away on a 5-day business trip to baltimore. i went to home depot yesterday and picked a new paint color. mwahaha, let the madness ensue. i'm really hoping this next color works out.

hahaha. i'm lovin' it. we're in process, but don't let that stop you from coming over! just because our dining room is chaotic doesn't mean our kitchen's broken...food is still being made. let's gather round the good stuff. come hungry, leave happy. don't worry, i don't feed tim junky foods all the time, we think outside the bun and eat fresh. that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. (five points for whoever can name all the fast food references correctly. hahahaha).