Mexican-Style Kitchen

$96 - Paint
The dining room walls are painted yellow above the paneling and the paneling is painted white. The kitchen cabinets are painted red and the hallway wall is painted blue.

• dining room and kitchen wall paint: Dutch Boy color Fires Glow 25 YY 50/592 mixed in Glidden paint
  
• hallway: Dutch Boy - Cordon Blue
  
• kitchen cabinets: Rust-Oleum - Colonial Red

$10 - Shutter
The upper part of one cabinet is covered with a shutter fitted with frosted glass and decoupaged paper tiles. Holiday lights are placed inside the cabinet.

$45 - Accessories

• spray paint: Rust-Oleum - 92190
  
• carpet remnants: Menard's - Shazam

$14 - Fabric and Plates
The built-ins are dressed up with fabric-covered shelves and colorful plates hung on the back wall.

$27 - Votives
Cordial glasses are painted with glass spray paint and turned into hanging votive holders. Chain and cup hooks are used to suspend the glasses from the inside of the picture window.

• glass spray paint: Michaels - Krylon, 9020 Red, 9021 Blue, 9024 Yellow

$41 - Bench and Chairs
Regular office chairs are repurposed into dining chairs. The seat is covered with red fabric and plastic and the back is reattached upside-down to make it more prominent. A fabric slipcover dresses it up. Sculati also makes additional seat and back covers for dressier occasions.

• chairs and bench: thrift store

• brass rings: Crafts Direct

$1 - Fabric

$487 - Total Cost