Comments on: Painting Our Kitchen A Soft Blue Color: Colorado Gray

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:38:30 +0000

That’s awesome and so adorable, Christine! So glad she enjoyed the “tour” of our house!

xo
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By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:36:14 +0000

I was so happy to find out about your blog in HGTV magazine this month. I read a lot of “house porn” and will be adding your stuff to the pile. I loved your house redo featured there and it’s motivated me to try some projects after a while of not doing much. My job as a newspaper editor keeps me busy, and it is creative, but sometimes you just want to forget about it and do some homey stuff. I might make an “all you need is love” painting, for one thing.

What motivated me to write was that I was looking at your kitchen in the mag, and my 3-year-old granddaughter came in and started looking at it with me. (I won’t tell you where I was … hint: it was in the room with the bathtub.) The first thing she noticed was the pig on the pillow in the sun room photo, which I didn’t even notice. She couldn’t stop talking about the kitchen. She’s a little nonverbal for her age, so I like to show her pictures and ask her what things are (banana, spoon, pig, doggie were some of the items in the photos). All of a sudden she took off, giving an entire narrative of the kitchen like we lived there. “Nana’s chair? My chair? Spoon. Make pancakes. (points to stove) Here, pancakes. You sit on chair with me? We go ride to house. Come in door. We eat food here (table in sun room). I sit on piggy with my butt. Etc.
It was hilarious. She’s never done that with a decorating magazine before, but something about the room just struck her, I guess. It is a great kitchen, I admit.
Can’t wait to see what you do with the new place!

By: Susan Telfer

Susan Telfer — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:01:00 +0000

I love it! I am thinking about what colour to repaint my kitchen right now (The Summer Harvest makes our tile look dirty) I was thinking of Sesame because of a mood board of yours but now I will think some more. We have a beautiful blue (Blue Grass) in our living and dining rooms, but like you say, I don’t want all the rooms the same colour.

By: Jenny B.

Jenny B. — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:43:11 +0000

I almost squealed when I read your color choice! I’ve been eyeing Colorado Gray for our kitchen lower cabinets! It looks SO awesome in your kitchen – like it was always meant to be. Now, I’m second-guessing my plan to use it on the cabinets… maybe it needs to go on the walls instead. :) Love it!

By: Anita@comfyheaven pillows

Anita@comfyheaven pillows — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:37:04 +0000

this color is so so beautiful. I am such a fan of blue , I love the fact that it does look so sophisticated. So beautiful. P.s love the blue pillow on the couch too.

By: Lauren L

Lauren L — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:26:20 +0000

omg WHAT a difference! I literally feel calmer looking at your kitchen in that new color. You guys are so awesome. Great pick, it looks SO good!

By: Brenda Cofer

Brenda Cofer — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:05:22 +0000

I only have two comments:
1. “AAAHHHHH! so peaceful and serene looking now!”
AND,
2. “LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT!”

: )

GREAT JOB, guys!

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:33:26 +0000

In reply to Claire.

We prime when we’re going from super dark to super light or vice versa, so in this case two coats of paint worked well without any primer :)

xo
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