Kitchen changes

We are planning to have an end of summer BBQ this weekend for my co-workers but there were 3 things we needed to address before then: the lighting, paint and door knobs. Now, so far we have changed 2 of the lights in here, painted the doors and painted SOME of the walls, but one major eye sore was the fluorescent light fixture that had a huge hole in the lens and several burnt bulbs.

 Originally we planned to just get a new lens and bulbs but once I saw this photo, I knew I wanted track lighting.

pin from original source here 

We went to Lowes with the plan to buy one already put together but once we got there, we realized all the styles we liked were way out of budget and we could "build" our own for much cheaper. So, we picked up a track, the power source, and 3 spotlights, total came to around $50. Zack ended up installing it that night and I am totally in love!

The other major issue in here was the fact that I had half painted the kitchen and then left it.. for 9 months. I knew it had to be addressed sooner rather than later so I thought this would be as good a time as any. We used our leftover paint, Valspar Frappe and finished up the kitchen.

The last item on the to-do list was the knobs. Oh the knobs. The ugly, brass knobs. We just picked up the most affordable brushed nickle ones at Walmart and installed them. I was so glad to be rid of them, but now I have all the ones upstairs I need to do. Ugh, the work never ends does it?

you can purchase the same ones here 

xoxo,
Jackie