It feels like weeks 3 and 4 moved along slowly and quickly at the same time! BUT, all of the cabinet bases are now primed and ready for paint. On Monday, I removed all of the cabinet doors and brought them to my shop to safely paint off site. They just really get in the way when you’re living in your remodel. It will also make painting the bases a faster job. I finally pulled the trigger and ordered our splurge item…Schoolhouse’s Mid-Century Knobs in polished nickel for our cabinet doors. They are solid brass and have a nice weight to them. Super sleek! The Home Depot had a few more items that we needed: polished nickel drawer pulls, a new faucet and a mini flush mount light fixture that I h
Jenni came through for me again this week! This time with my most dreaded task…cleaning and deglossing the kitchen cabinets. Ugh. Not my favorite. I’d easily find something else to work on over THAT! It’s definitely way more fun with a friend. I highly recommend you find one! Last week, my husband and I decided the position of the new knobs could just go in the existing bottom hole in the cabinet doors (or top hole in the lowers). [PAY ATTENTION: that info will be important later.] I had a sample in brass that I was trying out just to get a good visual. Ideally, the knobs would have been installed about ¼” lower, but I opted to let the holes stay put in order to save me the step of redrillin
Are you the type of person who starts a new project before the current one is finished? Apparently, that’s me. Around mid-February, I started repainting our master bedroom in anticipation of upgrading to a king bed (after much convincing from my wonderful, tall husband, lol)! So, while he was out of town visiting a dear friend, I primed over the dark navy bedroom walls. And, knowing that the kitchen was our next DIY project, I thought, “why not prime the dark grey walls in the kitchen while I’m at it? I mean, I already had the primer and roller ready to go! Because much of Week 2 was spent on the bedroom, little progress was made in the kitchen. But, I did manage to confound my family a time
I am excited to join the One Room Challenge as a guest participant for the first time this spring! My husband told me recently that I was a trendsetter, lol! While I don’t know about that, I DO know that I like what I like, even if it’s not popular. This June, we will have owned our home for 10 years. It is the first (and only) house we have ever owned. I always assumed I would buy an older house to fix up, but with the reality of our housing market at the time, it was more economical to buy new. In 2009, my one request to close the deal was to paint the brand new, stained oak kitchen cabinets WHITE prior to moving in. It was shocking to many and I just couldn’t figure out why. The seller wa
