Kitchen Cabinets: More Sanding and Priming

Day 4: The oak grain is very prominent in my cabinets which has required 2 coats of Zinsser primer with sanding in between each coat. Even though the kitchen is wrapped in plastic, the dust is seeping out everywhere.  I keep telling myself that it will be worth it in the end.  It already looks so much better.

And this is what the majority of my house looks like.  Simply chaos.

Kitchen Cabinets: Priming

Day #3 and the priming will be done by day end.  Chaos ensues. 

Kitchen Cabinets: Sanding

The only thing I have access to in my kitchen is the fridge. Time to eat out :)

Kitchen Cabinets: The Before

This is exactly how the kitchen looked (minus the pot rack) when Jeff and I got married nearly 6 years ago... (and minus the wall on the left and under the cabinets that are partially painted, oh, and the breakfast bar and any décor that is still left up).  Sheesh!  Shall I just start over?? Anyways...it's sort of the way it looked when we got married.

But now...

Now the kitchen is ready for a makeover and I couldn't be more thrilled! It's time to kiss the orange finish of the country oak cabinets goodbye and bring in a fresh new look just in time for spring.

Updates will be posted this week.

{soooooo excited to finally get this done!}

Painting Progress

It's a warm, sunny day and more of the same is forecast for the week.  Hallelujah!  I love the rain, but oh man, I've got stuff to do!  Like getting this bedroom furniture painted.

Thank goodness my neighbor came to the rescue and loaned me his airless sprayer.  It took me all of 2 minutes to do the dresser.   Holy Cow!  That thing is AWESOME!!  

 I feel like I'm making progress.

Finally.

Bedroom Furniture - painting continues

Allie's bedroom furniture makeover is in progress.

The side table has been cleaned, sanded and primed. I'm waiting for it to dry so I can sand it again, clean it again and finally paint.

Doesn't it look so much batter already?

 

 

So much better already!  One coat of primer

 

I'll keep you posted but it's gonna be a while to get all 5 pieces done.