Our last house was a full-on showcase for my decorative painting (murals, faux finishing, faux stone, etc). My wife, Sarah, and I would take every person who visited for the first time on a twenty minute tour of it; showing off the various painting projects I had completed.
One of the projects that never failed to impress people was our "Hot Sauce" themed kitchen...
This project featured our kitchen cabinet doors; upon each of which I had painted different hot sauce label designs that I had found in a book. I just loved the off-the-wall names and images that were used on some of these labels and they provided plenty of inspiration me. It took me about three weeks to complete the project which even included installing matching ceramic tiles on the kitchen floor.
As for the doors themselves, I first prepared them for paint by sanding and applying primer to each one. I chose a dark green as a base color as I felt it was bright and colorful without being too overpowering.
Next I laid out each one of the label designs with a pencil. I had to alter some of the designs in order to get them to fit onto the doors.
I used acrylic paints for the door designs and then sealed all the cabinets with a satin clearcoat.
After I had completed the doors, I continued following through with the hot sauce theme by then painting the pantry door to match...
I then painted "faux" or fake tiles around the recessed ceiling onto which I added images of various "chile peppers"....
I finished off the painting by applying a simple faux finish to the ceiling to give it a slight "aged" appearance. As a final touch, I hung a few chile pepper photographs and some brightly colored curtains.
In retrospect, I feel the kitchen ended up being nice and bright and colorful - just like the hot sauce labels themselves.
And here's a video slide show of the completed kitchen in all it's glory. Enjoy.
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