I firmly believe in making the best of what you have.

What I have is a very small kitchen.

But after a few weeks of elbow grease, about $25, and a pint of chalkboard paint,

I can finally say loud and proud:

I love you, little kitchen.

So, here it is…..our kitchen today:

Not only did the cabinets get a fresh coat of paint on the outside, but they also got their insidesmade over, too!!

Just so you know what a HUGE improvement this is, take a look at what these awful 1970′s cabinets looked like just a few weeks ago:

Total DISASTER.

But not anymore!! Let’s take a closer look at what I did to spruce up these old cabinets…

I primed and painted the interiors of all the cabinets,

and then painted the inside of each door with black chalkboard paint

then added a few fun ways to organize cabinet contents (like this $1 Goodwill crystal bowl that I put my spices in! SCORE!)

Some made sense. Some were..um…

Unique. 
Although, I gotta be honest…

 I nearly put ‘junk’ on this door, but ultimately decided to keep it classy.
I also gave my silverware a happy home

See? I speak the truth.
I also got to enjoy contorting my body into a fruit-rollup in order to reach the
4 feet of hidden space that continues on beyond where the eye can see.
  and here is another one of my favorite parts of the mini kitchen makeover. The ‘bar area’.

So, I painted it.
Like I do everything else.
(and I won’t stop. You can’t make meeeeeeee!!!)
And it totally worked. It literally looks like it was made to be blue. Even the husband approves. I just used normal Behr interior paint and then put 2 layers of poly over it for durability.

love it. 

 and it all just comes together…..