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So our kitchen got a bit of a makeover recently!!  Actually, "a bit of a makeover" is an understatement.  The tile counter-tops got a total face-lift thanks to some industrial strength grout paint.  This whole space is feeling dramatically different than it did when we moved in and I hardly spent a dime doing the updates. I finally got around to snapping some pictures of all the progress I've made on our kitchen today, and cannot wait to share the before and after's with you!  I'm calling this "Phase I" of our kitchen's makeover, and it's quite a dramatic transformation.   Here is what the kitchen looks like as of this afternoon: Trust me when I say that this is a dramatic improvement from where we started! It now feels bright and clean, and so much newer and modern than it did just a few weeks ago.  All I did was paint.  Paint on the walls, and paint on the grout.  Sounds weird, but grout paint is a thing.  I used a different brand for our s...

Yep, that's right... I said "grout makeover".  I bet you didn't even know that was a thing, but it is.  Over the weekend, the grout in our bathroom got a major facelift.  Let me preface this entire post by admitting, this is certainly not the most glamorous "makeover" I've ever done, but I am super excited over it. Prepare your eyes people - the "befores" are pretty bad. Are you prepared?? If you were wondering, not that is not mold or mildew.  It's the cracked, peeling grout and caulking in our bathtub and surrounding areas that has been discolored over time. But it looks gross, doesn't it?? I was grossed out, even knowing that I'd scrubbed and bleached the hell out of it. What did we do?? We busted out some fresh caulk, and a little grout paint. The process of caulking is pretty simple, and there are lots of tutorials online - basically, clean the area to be caulked, and get off all the peeling stuff.  Make sure it's dry, tape...