Decorate a Kitchen Wall A Fun and Simple Idea

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Do you have an awkward wall in your kitchen? See how I decorate a kitchen wall in mine! A simple idea with tons of style.

Hello friends!

I’ve been busy redoing again! And oops, I ended up doing something I hadn’t planned to do at all.

Isn’t that how it always goes?? Haha I think so! It’s not a big thing, but wow, do my husband and I both love the change. Well, one of the things I’m sharing today, I did plan to do. For a very long time, actually, as in years. And I finally got around to it and did it! Yay! 

And the other unplanned thing, too. Here, let me show you.

I’ve been wanting to remove the mirror from this kitchen wall for many years now. I never really loved it there because it always just felt odd. It’s much too high.
Now, I did love the light it reflected and the way it made the kitchen feel more “open”. But beyond that, it really made no sense.

And an older photo (closeup).

See? YEARS! haha! (OH, and hey, look, that was so far back we still had our phone hanging on the wall there. Too funny.)

And here we are, finally. 

I knew I couldn’t really put large or deep shelves in this space since it’s a walk-through area of the kitchen. Whatever I put up would need to be slim.

So, I ordered these to go on the wall.

You can find them here.

Next, I went to TJ Maxx, HomeGoods, Marshall’s, etc., to find cutting boards, small frames, and small decorative items I like to go on the small ledge/shelves.

I had bags of “stuff”! I literally just randomly picked things I liked and figured I’d take back whatever didn’t work out. SPOILER — I didn’t end up returning one single thing!

Now, we’ll come back to that in just a minute. Let’s talk about the paint before we continue with how I decorated the kitchen wall.

When we took the mirror down that had been up forever, the paint underneath was a different color. Unfortunately, I didn’t have any more of the color, so I ran up to Sherwin-Williams to get more. (It’s a color-matched shade from Benjamin Moore – Pure White.)
Well, they also don’t have the same paint line as the last time I painted the walls. So, they mixed up a different line and said it should match fine.

It didn’t. 

Which led me to thinking about the paint and wall color in general. I was sort of just on automatic thinking; I needed to touch up the wall before the shelves went up. So this gave me a pause.

And here’s what happened next! lol

It was time, y’all! Time for a change and time for some color in the kitchen, too.

I painted it all, and my husband walked in and said….whoaaaa!! He loved it!! Like, really, really loved it. Which is unusual for him, because he sometimes has to warm up to my ideas. Haha (But I did show him what I was planning before he saw the whole thing finished…I wouldn’t do that to him! Haha I painted a couple of spots and asked him what he thought about painting the kitchen; he was on board.)

I love it too.

OH! And it’s the same paint color I used on the ceiling in the room next door. Anew Gray SW 7030.

So it goes very nicely in the adjacent kitchen here.

Okay, back to these ledge-type shelves.

My husband put them up for me while I went off for the day with friends. My sweet guy. 🙂

I originally planned two long pieces, one above the other. I found these varying sizes and went with them instead.
They felt a little more interesting to me.

Aren’t they fun?? I did have him line them up on the edges so they’d match there. And with one higher for my taller decor items.

I was SO excited to see them up when I came home later in the day. I quickly hung the hat I was wearing on the hook, along with my purse, and put the sunglasses on the shelf, then grabbed the bags of decor stuff and threw them all up there! Probably in less than 2 minutes flat. lol

Then I snapped a photo and shared it on my Facebook page.

Funnily enough, there was really no rhyme or reason to what I bought at multiple stores, but somehow I loved how I threw it all up there quickly. Most of it stayed in the same place in the end.

Here is how it turned out after I tweaked it a bit and added the photos to the frames.

I love this “kindness” print…

The photos are ones I took around the small water town we live in.

And a photo of my family from a recent wedding we attended.

Here’s a view of the new wall kitchen wall decor with the other room I recently wallpapered.

And no, I have not done a thing with that cabinet yet! I’ve been sick this week, so I didn’t get a thing done, boo.

I think the new wall is so fun! It definitely makes more sense than the mirror did.

What do you think? Did you like the mirror better here?? Or this new setup?
How about the paint? White or Anew Gray??

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OH, I thought I’d give a little update on our room! Here is where we are at.

See Piper?? She’s letting that little pup in the reflection (her in the skylights) know who is boss!! lol
But look! We are getting there. Insulate and shiplap the ceiling, add flooring, trim, paint, and we are on our way to DONE. Finally! Yippee!

Can you believe this is the same view/room??

I’m so excited for this new room to be done. We are so very close now.

Have an amazing weekend, friends!

xoxo

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