<FONT face=arial><P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman">When we first moved into our home in December 2000, the north-facing kitchen had dark cherry stained cabinets.&nbsp; The room received little natural light and always seemed dark and gloomy.&nbsp; We wanted to replace the cabinets, but there were so many of them it would have cost a fortune that we just didn’t have.&nbsp; So we decided to try some paint as a temporary measure.&nbsp; It became quite the family project.&nbsp; DH tore out the old floor and put in beautiful maple floors, my mom reupholstered the old broken down (but comfy) stools when she came for a visit, my daughter painted a mural on each panel of the upper cabinets in oils, and I stenciled the lower cabinets and soffits.&nbsp; I also made stained glass panels for two of the cabinets. We even sat at the table one day and made cabinet door pulls out of Fimo because we couldn’t find any we liked at a decent price.&nbsp; It came out so great, nobody in the world has a kitchen like it, and now I don’t ever want new cabinets!</FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman">JOURNALING READS: Dave, Cindy and I spent the summer of 2001 redoing the kitchen in the Scandinavian manner. We were very happy with the unique results.</FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman">FONTS: DC Make a Wish, Lounge bait</FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman">KIT: Bowl Full of Cherries by Tamara Dantes at 3Scrapateers</FONT></P></FONT>