Kitchen window and chalk paint update

 These are the heavy iron acorn and oak leaf brackets
 I found at an antique shop in KC.

Over the weekend Mr. Maison Decor installed a 
window shelf using these brackets.

My number one fan and helper!

The window valance was removed to let as much light in as possible. 

So then, how to pretty up a window without a curtain?

 This display shelf was my solution.

I am loving how this looks and the display possibilities are endless.

You could do all white or all blue ceramics, greenery in cool containers....

These are the things I had at my fingertips and so up they went.

 

We cut a semi circle out of the board to allow the ceiling light to come through. 

A glass shelf would have worked too, but then I would have to dust that more often.

 As far as the painting is going, I had completed one coat 

of Annie Sloan chalk paint in Old White on all the cabinets.

 I did not remove the cabinets as they have invisible hinges 

and I was able to cover all the edges excluding the interior door. 

The inside of the cabinets are already white.

With a brand new paint brush, I started on the second coat. 

I stopped after two cabinets. 

The paint doesn't flow, it grabs. 

It is tedious painting, whereas the first coat was a breeze.

 I have decided to finish the cabinets with a traditional paint. 

My learning experience on the chalk paint is that this is the type of paint 

I would use for anything I want to distress or antique. 

I don't think it is so great when you want to have a more polished result. 

This shows the kitchen before in Maple overload....

The  BEFORE kitchen window with valance.

The AFTER kitchen window with shelf.

I will be finishing the cabinets in Valspar signature paint. 

The color will be a Benjamin Moore number that is just about dead on 

for the Old White:   #925 Ivory White.  
linking to:
Metamorphosis Monday
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Amaze Me Monday
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