A few days ago I mentioned that we got the mudding and painting finished in our kitchen. Yay! Travis did a fantastic job on the taping and texturing in my humble opinion, especially for his first attempt. (Don't worry, Hon, there will be many more walls to practice on!) The actual sheet rock we put up way back in July.
As with any DIY project where we are unsure about what we're doing, we began by googling some how-to videos until we felt confident enough to tackle the mudding. I diligently watched the videos, but somehow I managed to be busy during the actually mudding and
texturing...hmm, how did that happen??? Compared to most houses we don't have a great deal of sheet rock to do in the house and so we opted not to invest in a sprayer for the texturing. Instead we used a paint roller to apply the mud. It gave it a nice fine texture, similar to an orange peel texture but even finer. Next time I think we will try a different roller to see if we get it just a touch heavier.
As for color, we went with the same shade of red that we used in the rest of the kitchen, Ralph Lauren Pomegranate. 
We love the color. It is a little dark right now having it on all the walls in such a small space, but eventually a lot of it will be covered up with nice light colored cabinets so it should balance out perfectly. For now it's a great feeling to be able to cross one more thing off the to do list!
You can click here if you want a refresher on how the color looks in the rest of the kitchen.
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