Last weekend I painted the cabinet doors. All 23!!! of them. This took much longer then I anticipated but the result was well worth it. Next step will be hanging all the doors and put new hardware on.
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Saturday, June 26, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
kitchen - makeover part II
Next in the kitchen makeover was painting the red tile backsplash. First step was the primer. I used Stix Waterborne Bonding Primer - Urethane Acrylic.
The next day I painted the backsplash a lighter grey with oil based paint. A second coat followed two days later. After the second coat we gave the paint ten day to fully dry as we went on a vacation. Which was a good thing so we didn't have to be careful for a couple of days not to mess up the newly painted backsplash.
tile before
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
kitchen - makeover part I
This is how the kitchen looked when we saw the house for the first time. Didn't really impress me. It felt so dark in there and the cabinets are not really our style either. Since we didn't want to redo the kitchen right away we needed a quick (not!) and inexpensive fix to make it look nice.
Unfortunately these are the only before pictures I took.
Unfortunately these are the only before pictures I took.
Monday, June 14, 2010
living in chaos
We have been living in absolute chaos for the last month but finally we can see a light at the end of the tunnel, although it's still quite dim. Some furniture has already found a permanent home and lots of boxes have been unpacked. On the photos it doesn't quite look as messy and chaotic as I felt it was.