Hey All!! I hope everyone has had a great week! I know this week has been a rough one for Jared and I but we made it through and are praising God for making us stronger then we were last week! God never ceases to amazing and strengthen in a weirdest and most wonderful ways! Any who, I figured sense we are both home sick from church this morning [ :-( ] I would take this time to update all who care about the current, and most recent projects we have been working on! I am happy to report (to my knowledge) we have kept up the closet organization from last post! [ :-D ]
Also THE FENCE IS FINISHED!!!! And it looks amazing! Props to Jared, Jared, Josiah, Mr. Mike, Derek and I think Jason helped too! Also thank you Jeanie for letting us use your saw! And Tristan, Ms. Ellen, and Jeanie for letting us borrow your husbands for a few weekends! We greatly appreciate all the help we have in the network that surrounds us. We are totally blessed and we know it! :) Here are a few Pictures, just in case I didn't get the finished product up in the last post I made (I don't remember if I did or not and I'm not 100% sure how to back out of here without loosing all the pictures I just uploaded, so better safe than sorry!)
Doesn't it look great?? Next for Jared's list of Projects a DOGGIE DOOR! :) Apollo is one lucky pup if you as me! :)
No onto bigger and better things..... the kitchen. It is still currently in some major need of work, but I have some ideas and a priority list ready to go! First thing was first, I could NOT stand looking at the "dingy" "discolored" "water damaged" and "ugly" cabinets any longer. The kitchen (although bleached MANY times before and sense we have moved in) just did not look clean. I am a weird person about any kitchen. If I think its dirty by the looks of it, it is VERY hard for me to eat food that came from it. I, and I'm not sure who else because everyone was too nice to tell me if they did, felt like my kitchen was one that if I came over as a guest, I would not have eaten the food out of it by the looks of the kitchen. I, of course, knowing how, and how often I clean the kitchen knew it was however despite the looks of it, clean and sanitized. With all that said, the current state of the kitchen cabinets had to GO. Here is a glimpse of the "before" pictures if the cabinets:
Here is just a wide angle "before" picture. As you can see the cabinets are a faded and dingy color next to the new all white appliances. You cannot see the water damage on the doors from this far out but below you'll see a close up of just how much damage we are working with...
This door just came off in our hands one day. It was being held on by ONLY glue. Yep, glue.
Most of the cabinet doors were in this shape or worse....
Apparently the people who live here before either had a dog they let chew on all the cabinets, or left water standing on them all the time. Sadly enough, we do not have the money to replace all these doors, but we do have craft, skills, and determination to at least make them look better. Here is where we started. We removed all the doors and laid them out on the back porch for sanding. (I got an electric sander, did I tell you? I love it!!! ) As you can see from this picture not all the cabinets were even the same "dingy faded color"!!!!
Funny Picture, here is what my kitchen would look like with NO doors! Haha!
Eventually when we can afford new doors, I want the cabinets on the far right of this picture to have glass panes so you can see the pretty colorful dishes through them! Add some more color and fun to the kitchen!
After sanding it started to rain so we moved all the doors into the garage for priming and painting, the whole process form start to finish took us a little over 48 hours.
Allowed time to dry...Then applied second coat....
While the doors were drying I decided all the white in the kitchen would make it very, well... white. And if you know me I am a HUGE fan of color, and sense we were working towards a "colorful retro throw back kitchen" I thought it would be a good idea to being a "pop" of color into a place that wouldn't normally be examined for anything other than the standard white trim color. The window seal!
I decided I wanted a bright but subtle yellow with a white crackle underneath. Add a little "age" and depth (as well as son visual interest) to the kitchen itself.
I love this crackle paint, you can get it at any craft store and even Wal-Mart. It is what I used to crackle and age all the signs and stuff for the wedding. Its a clear shiny coat that you put on in-between the first color and the second color.
Once you put the second color on you have to work fast because if you go back over the same spot the paint will peal up and look weird. I am very please with out this project turned out! Here is a close up of the "crackle" texture on the seal .
The color looks very bright in this picture when in reality it is more like the picture about. A much softer Subtle yellow, but bright enough to be noticed.
Once drying was done it was time to put the cabinets back on! My Hubby has been such a help in this project! I could not have done it without him!
Here are a few "before and after side by sides I put together for a Facebook Mini Album Im doing. It give you a good Idea visually what an upgrade the kitchen has had.
Drawer Door is back on! [:-D]
The Cabinets look TONS better and cleaner due to the sanding and priming. But they will never look new because the material was not made to be sanded, or to be damaged like it was for that matter! I wish it looks more like new, but from a distance you cannot even tell anything is wrong so I am pleased with the outcome and totally able to live with it until we can get new doors!
This before and after really shows the dramatic different the color has made in brightening up the whole kitchen!
Same with this one!
Below are just a few more "After" Pictures I thought you might enjoy!
Using stuff from the wedding to temporarily decorate with!
The kitchen Island is on its way, and I cannot wait to get it in there! Also the pantry will be painted a subtle grey blue color and the backsplash will eventually be tiled in with a sparkly white tile. BUT those are all on the back burner for now as the COUNTERTOPS are the next big thing for the kitchen for me. I am going to use Giani Granite, a durable countertop paint, to transform them from boring white laminate to a white and grey marble/granite stone look. I am very excited about this project and itching to get started! I am going to see if Jared will let me order the kit today!!! Its very price affordable and from the finished products I see online from real people it working amazingly! I cannot wait to try it, so stay tuned for before, during, after and a review of the product for next time! :)
As always thanks for reading and being interested in the remodel! As always any tips, suggestions, or questions are always welcome! Love to all!
In the spirit of Valentines Day this is one of my favorite verses regarding love! You are Loved!
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