I am kind of loving it. The paint is 3 different shades of Martha Stewart.  Sandpiper is the off white, grey squirrel is the medium warm grey, and a metallic called eagle is the darker stripes and the "yum!".  And how great is yum, btw?  I like the idea behind EAT letters, but something about being commanded to ingest in a kitchen leaves me feeling full of guilt and regret.  I probably should have put that chocolate cake down, huh?  But the kitchen TOLD me to EAT!  I had to!  "Yum!" on the other hand, is just how you want people to feel in the kitchen.  yum!

I used frog tape to make sure the lines were nice and straight.  It was totally worth it, btw.  Here's a video 

The husband also demanded that I use, like, a square and a straight edge and stuff for measuring it all out.  Fine, sure, whatever.  (He was right, it looks great and square and awesomesauce.)

The yum is in a font I found linked from How About Orange's blog called "lobster".  I thought it was kinda modern, kinda fun.  I did not think "oh that will be nice and full of straight lines and easy to paint" which I totally should have thought, because it's all swirly and NOT easy to paint.  Yeezsh.  I actually cut out a template and taped it to the wall behind the stove for a day or two.  I wanted to make sure I really liked it before I committed.  

I am kind of struggling about the whole backsplash thing, and so for now we have none.  That's really fine, since it's not really super critical.

Originally, I was desperate for these tiles, but they don't really seem to go with the vibe the kitchen has now that things are installed.

My issue is that everything is very stately in the new kitchen and the squirrel tiles are pretty casual and rustic.  I could go the white subway tile route, but I want to do that in the upstairs bath (which it currently has the original subway tile, painted over.  Wonder if that's unpaintable.)  So maybe the white Moroccan tile.  I can't tell if it's unique and pretty or trendy and will be played in like six months.  (Do people still say played?  Or is played played?  I can't tell!  Help me interwebz!!!!!)

I like the skinny long glass tiles people are using now, but they seem kind of modern and we have a kind of traditional bent.  I like the kind of luminosity of the glass, though, since the kitchen cabinets are so dark, maybe some extra light bouncing around could be nice.  

Ah well, still undecided.  In positive news, we are getting some progress on the deck.  Right now the kitchen door opens onto a railing and a 10ish foot drop.  Also, I am hoping to have some update pictures now of what's happening with the kitchen.