One Room Challenge Colorful Kitchen Reveal

I did it! My One Room Challenge™ colorful kitchen remodel is finally complete. In 8 short weeks, I have turned my drab 90’s kitchen into a fun colorful space that is finally photographable. If you have followed me since we moved into this house four years ago you know I rarely photographed this room since it was not very pretty and full of fluorescent light. Today the photos a flowing as I share with you the final ORC reveal of my new colorful kitchen.

For those of you who aren’t familiar, The One Room Challenge™ is a biannual interior design blog and Instagram event. In each round, twenty design influencers are selected to take the challenge as Featured Designers, and transform a space and any blogger or Instagrammer can join as ORC Guest participants by linking their room transformation each week. Every Wednesday, the designers document their process while sharing their sources and professional advice over eight weekly posts. 

If you are finding this makeover for the first timer you can see the full project from start to finish in the links below.

WEEK 1 / WEEK 2 / WEEK 3 / WEEK 4 / WEEK 5 / WEEK 6 / WEEK 7 / WEEK 8 – REVEAL (You are Here)

Be sure to check out other ORC Featured Designers and Guest Participants over at The One Room Challenge!

I also want to give a big thanks to Lights.com and Amerock for gifting products to help complete this project.

The Plan

Here was the mood board I started with or at least what it morphed into. There were a few minor changes along the way but the general idea stayed the same. The plan, make a kitchen that is colorful and fun without doing a complete gut job or breaking the bank. I had to work around green countertops and old Thermofoil cabinets. In the end, I think these restraints made for a more creative design.

The Process

In case you are like me and have erased the old dated kitchen from your memory. Well, let’s take a stroll down memory lane. Scroll through the slides below to refresh your memory and see just how far we’ve come.

The Reveal

We started from the bottom and ended up here! Gone are the upper cabinets and fluorescent lighting. They have been replaced by walnut-stained butcher block, recessed LED, and gorgeous fixtures from Lights.com. 

My husband’s favorite addition is the new Wood Hood with Remote Blower. This pretty hood, that I painted my custom color, has a fan that mounts in the attic so it can clear the room of smoke and orders with barely a sound.

I, on the other hand, think I love the open shelving that allows me to display my collection of vintage pottery best. My colorful ceramics also help add to the colorful kitchen I wanted. You may notice that I didn’t use red anywhere in my design other than to scatter it about in decorative objects and art. If I change my mind on the red down the line, I can just switch it out for something new.

The new waterfall bar top and patterned tile add a modern take to the raised bar top which had a very dated feel in the old kitchen. The back of the bar was a lot of wasted real estate so I figure why not make it interesting with a fun and colorful tile. Plus the tile helps with cleaning up when dirty shoes scuff the wall when sitting.

The lover cabinets also got a boost of color with a new paint job in HGTV Home By Sherwin Williams – Aqua Reservoir and warm Amerock Winsome pulls in champagne bronze.

The upper cabinets that remained also got a makeover with a new soffit and crown molding bringing them to the ceiling, an indigo grasscloth wallpaper added to the interiors, and more Amerock Winsome pulls to tie it all together.

I also updated the faucet to a champagne bronze to match the new pulls. This Kraus Oletto Faucet is way cooler than the old dated one added in the ’90s.

While the eat-in area of the kitchen remained mostly the same I did do some small updates. The upholstery on the chairs was switched to an indigo shade and I ran the wallpaper into this area to tie it all together.

Now the yellow in the wallpaper helps bring out the yellow ceramics in the china cabinet.

Now with everything complete, I finally have the colorful kitchen I was hoping for and one I will no longer be shy to photograph.

Thanks so much for sharing this journey with me and be sure to check out all the other amazing transformations from the ORC Featured Designers and Guest Participants over at The One Room Challenge.

Source List

 (source list does contain affiliate links)

Cabinets Valspar Cabinet & Furniture Paint HGTV Home By Sherwin Williams – Aqua Reservoir

Walls: HGTV Home By Sherwin Williams – Tradewind Blue

Hood: Zline 700CFM Raw Wood Hood with Remote Blower Hood Paint: HGTV Home By Sherwin Williams – Garden Spot

Tile Behind Hood: American Olean VitaScape Midnight

Tile on Bar Back:  Moda Del MarMallorca Porcelain Tile

Wallpaper: Walls- NuWallpaper Lemon Drop Yellow wallpaper Inside of glass cabinets- Scott Living Indigo Vinyl

Cabinet pulls: Amerock Winsome Collection

Lighting: Carlisle Wall Sconce  and 10″ Powell globe pendant

Microwave Cabinet: hydraulic lift hardware 

Open Shelves: Wood-Butcher block 120″ x 25″ rubberwood slabs at South Eastern Salvage, Brackets- 8 Inch Floating Shelf Brackets Finish – Minwax Special Walnut stain and Watco Butcher Block Oil.

Faucet: Kraus Oletto Kitchen Faucet Antique Champagne Bronze

Bar Stools: Furniwell 30 Inches Metal Bar Stools

Chair Upholstery: Milano Slate Chenille

For more painted kitchen cabinet ideas stop by this collection from Amber Oliver