Red

Sweat blood and tears to get these cupboards from their 80's-finish to beautiful red. I have found that many people, despite the fact that the stain and style makes the strongest stomach queezy, have a difficult time painting over oak. In fact, the first time I painted over oak cupboards was for my mom during their brief stay in Sioux Falls. She was so terribly distraught that she was allowing us to do anything to the wood finish. I felt like I was trying to push marijuana to a pastor's kid (although, I've known alot of P.K's that actually did the pushing) or maybe vandalizing a Michelangelo. Finally, as Mom fretted about the room wondering if she had made a horrible mistake, my sister, Sabrina (the blundt one) says "Mom! you could have puked on these cupboards and it would have been an improvement!"

The kitchen isn't open to the rest of the house which I would have liked, but the cute little cubby cafe booth makes up for it.