Our High Gloss Blue Butler’s Pantry: Before and After

 

our high gloss blue bar / butler’s pantry

 

This post was originally from five years ago!

Since I still tend to get several questions about this space, I thought I’d dust it off and run it again today – along with several updates.

For starters, I want to be clear about the coral on the shelves which, as I’ve now learned could be pretty controversial.

To be clear, these are not actual real corals.

They’re all porcelain or plaster reproductions of coral! See these examples here.

Hopefully, many of you already assumed this.

However, I do end up having to explain this over and over, so I figured why not just put it out here.

To be honest, I thought these faux corals were pretty basic home decor items. Guess not?

Anyway, now that that’s out of the way, on to the pantry itself!

Benjamin Moore White OC-151

Back today with another favorite white paint color – Benjamin Moore White OC -151.

Benjamin Moore White OC-151 on kitchen cabinetsour kitchen – see more info including sources here

Benjamin Moore White OC-151

Based on the popularity of my past few paint posts, I’m back today with this one.

Today I’m focusing on a more recent favorite white paint of mine to use, Benjamin Moore White OC-151.

Just like White Dove, we use this beautiful white paint color SO much and in SO many places.

Above you can see how this looks on our kitchen cabinets.

When we first started to renovate our current kitchen, I thought for sure we were going to go with White Dove, just like we had (and loved) in our former New York home.

However, once we got the paint sample up on the actual cabinets and compared it OC-151 white, it was pretty eye opening.

You can see this comparison in the image below.

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Weekend Wrap Up

My Brilliant Friend Season 2

 

 

Well, we all made it through the week.

This was one of the most stressful weeks I’ve experienced in quite a while.

How are you guys coping?

I hope you’re all hanging in there, keeping busy, and not stressing too hard.

Whatever that means?

I mentioned this on my Instagram stories, but it’s worth saying again…I hope you’ll come to see to my blog as a happy distraction during these turbulent times. 

While I never want to come across as “tone deaf” – I certainly don’t see my role here as anything other than light entertainment.

So, with all this in mind, here’s this week’s round up of links …

 

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