{"id":3666,"date":"2015-04-19T22:06:19","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T03:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=3666"},"modified":"2015-04-22T23:52:36","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T04:52:36","slug":"testing-island-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2015\/04\/testing-island-colors.html","title":{"rendered":"DIY Kitchen Transformation: Testing Island Colors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What do you think? Left color or right?<\/p><\/div>\n

Bear with me while I try to figure out the iPhone version of my blog editor.<\/p>\n

Tonight we tried out a couple “browns” for the kitchen island. This is a primer-less paint, and we are just covering this panel with beadboard so you aren’t seeing our “A game” in terms of paint prowess.<\/p>\n

We overwhelmingly agreed on the left-hand color<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bear with me while I try to figure out the iPhone version of my blog editor. Tonight we tried out a couple “browns” for the kitchen island. This is a primer-less paint, and we are just covering this panel with beadboard so you aren’t seeing our “A game” in terms of paint prowess. We overwhelmingly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[306,450,55,580,581],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-X8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3687,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2015\/04\/diy-kitchen-transformation-primer.html","url_meta":{"origin":3666,"position":0},"title":"DIY Kitchen Transformation: No Turning Back Now","date":"23 April 15","format":false,"excerpt":"Today was the primer for the island. Once we started down this road, we told ourselves \"There's no turning back now\". 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