The Pantry Door

In our kitchen,

years ago we had new cupboard doors

specially made by a special friend of ours. 

We left them natural, and we haven't done anything

with the kitchen for years.

Designs and styles have been changing over the years, 

 and I am contemplating making some changes in the kitchen.

I finally decided to step off the cliff,

and make a change.

We had truck problems, after our truck was fixed

and ended up staying home for 4 days we had 

planned on being gone helping others.

So during this 4 days I took advantage of the time home

and work on the pantry door.  I have pinned lots of pictures

of different ideas, mostly I wanted the pantry door to stand out

from the cupboards in the kitchen. 

Dana thinks it is a sin to paint nice wood.

Sometime it is, so I have hesitated on doing anything

because I wanted it to be painted.

I went through my pins on pintrest, and I found something

very interesting about myself.  

I love white, cream, natural wood, and diamonds.

I also love ochre yellows and black.

So how do you put all of that together?

Well, here is what I ended up doing.

Enjoy.

Here is the original door

I painted inside the panels white.

I wanted a contrast of white and cream,

the rest of the door is painted cream.

I painted the insides of the panels cream as well.

I then made a pattern for the inside panels of diamonds

the pattern is the white paper taped to the bottom of the

edge of the door.  I measured and marked where my lines should

go, and drew them with a ruler.

I then taped the diamonds, I had to use an exacto

knife to get the excess tape off so all the diamonds to be

painted would show.  It was a little more work than I had

anticipated, but loved the results.

I then distressed the inside of the taped diamonds with Ralph Lauren 

sienna colored glaze.  After I pulled off all the tape, here is my result.  I decided to paint

the molding around the door the same color as my window moldings.

I also distressed the newly painted door.

I used sand paper and a very stiff bristled brush

At this point, I decided the door looked pretty bright in my

natural kitchen, so I decided to antique the entire door.

Again I used the Ralph Lauren glaze.  With a cloth

I wiped the glaze all over the door, following the grain of the wood.

Here is the finished door.  

I am in love with it.  I took a little more time than I had

anticipated, but the result made me very happy.

Distressed, antiqued, and painted.  

I will share more pictures later, as I start decorating 

for the seasons.  My seasonal wreaths will hang

here for sure.

I have more changes to go to finish the kitchen the way I want it.

This is the first of many projects.  

Until next time.

Robin