Lesson #1: It ALWAYS takes longer than you think.
Lesson #2 There will ALWAYS be touch ups and little areas you forgot about.
Above is the kitchen before. You might be asking why I would want to remodel. Well this is not a contemporary home. It's a mediterranean style home. The builder we bought it from didn't think that the kitchen ( or any other room in the house ) should look like it belonged.
I am not a contemporary person and I could not live with it. Even though I am an artist. My husband insisted that we get a quote from a faux finish specialist. The guy we called was literally off the boat from Italy and his family spent generations doing faux finishes like in the "old country". The quote was $3000 and the finished sample was not impressive by any means. So I was off to Home Depot.
Here is the inspiration:
Here are some of the after pics. I am still working on the island.
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