Mica Group via Sophie

I'm madly busy painting my kitchen walls.  I have these very nice kitchen cabinets but they are maple

and frankly they are kinda orange looking!  (Who really wants an orange kitchen - not everybody!  Including me. Maybe if it were a mid-century style.......which it isn't!  My ideal is white.)  But Mr. Paradis said, "ABSOLUTELY NO REPAINTING OF CABINETS - UNTIL WE WIN THE LOTTERY!!!"  

So I had a brain wave.  Looking at an old Martha Stewart Living:  It dawned on me:  GRAY!  Er, or really, GREY! (my preferred spelling).  I love it with orange as in this gorgeous photo from Sophie Munns' mesmerizing tumblr site Seed Capsules.  Of Mica.  You know what mica is don't you?  I can't say I've really thought about it since I was in third grade which seems to be when you learn about these things - but as a reminder to all of us as to what Mica is, here's a Wikipedia link.   If you don't want to click, can I just tell you that Mica has perfect basal cleavage?  Now you know!  I don't remember learning that in 3rd grade.

Anyway, back to grey: The walls were bright white before.  So in no time flat,  I tore out the old bench underneath the window and stripped it of it's orange plaid seat cushion (YUCK!  What'd I say about this kitchen and orange?).   I ran to the paint store for a silvery/greeney/grey paint.  And I'm buying brushed aluminum stools to set alongside the counter.  I also have my eye on a galvanized something bench to set along a "dead" wall to accommodate gardening stuff on and below it.  I'm also painting my old Ikea step stool grey.  Go figure it took me over three years to decide on this change! 

I just hope when it's finished, the kitchen will look half as gorgeous as these miracles of nature.    All this to say, that's why it's a short post today!

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