Decor Timing With A Lease!

I've been putting off really decorating my apartment for the past nine months as I knew I wanted to eventually move.  Well, things didn't turn out as planned and my lease was up!  Since I didn't find another place, I'm thus at the same residence for another year. *_*  It's just another challenge of living in a rental, timing!  If you plan on staying in one place for more than a year, it's worth the investment to make it your own space with paint and minor wall damage such as hanging shelves and pictures.  If you're renting on a short month to month basis, less than year, it would be more frugal to keep your decor simple with maybe a few large pictures (less holes in the walls); colorful accessories, and textures.  Though I have been here for 2 1/2yrs, this is the route I've taken in my kitchen; especially on the back wall.  It went from nothing on the wall but this empty mini curio cabinet.  I know, really dull huh.  But now it looks like this . . .

                                     

  













It's still not much but at least it adds some color and patterns.  I have some french country wallpaper I've been saving for my next place with the same color scheme.  Painting kitchens is a lot of taping and cutting in so I didn't want to paint knowing I plan on leaving.  It started with the white mini cabinet and this is how it was changed:  I first painted the inside with a deep yellow craft paint by Plaid.

Then I painted the outside with a soft beige color oops paint from Home Depot.  Though I loved the combo of beige and yellow as you can see it above on the inside of the doors, it seemed like something was missing.  So I did some highlighting of the details with Rustoleum latex flat paint in black, but then it was a bit harsh!   (Sorry I didn't take pictures in between)  Next, I did a wash and rub technique using a paper towel using a burnt sienna Satin Finish Perm Enamel from Delta CeramDecor for tiles, glass, and ceramic.

I love the rustic effect it created and the black highlighting the details is just enough without being overbearing.

Then came a few collectibles and adding roosters to that side of the kitchen.

Well, it will do for another year.  I know these pictures aren't staged, but this is real life and not a magazine shoot.  Thus, the clean dishes in the rack. -_^

Come Monday, I will share the finished dresser plus a mirror!  Yep, I finally finished it after constantly adding to it until I was satisfied.  I'm really, really happy with the final results.  Until then, hope your weekend is going well.
~Barbe~