... and I don't mean me. Our kitchen has been living in a state of nakedness for quite some time. This is probably due to the fact that I had NO idea how much time painting kitchen cabinets really took. Let me tell you. It takes an amazingly long time. I think ours took so long, because we added trim to our doors.
Anyway, this is the kitchen that we lived out of for the first month and a half of living in our house. Luckily everything was easy access. Huh, I could make a dirty joke here, but I'll refrain. Mainly because my mom reads this. That would be awkward. Moving on!
Getting the trim and everything done was really Brandon's job. And can I just say, I am SO proud of Brandon. I told him what I wanted, and he did a great job of bringing to life my vision. Especially considering he has never really had a chance to do projects like this. He caught on quick, and worked his fanny off.
Once he got everything cut, he starting nailing them to the doors. This took some tweaking to figure out how to do it just right. Unfortunately, I have no pictures of this process. Now that the doors have pretty molding on them, it's my turn. I typically get the painting jobs.
This is not primed. Once I cleaned them of dust from the sanding, I got to work on priming and painting. It was very exciting to see the finished product.
Obviously these aren't the best pictures. I'm still saving up for a really good camera. Anyway, when we went to put the doors on the cabinets we realized that some of the hinges had red paint on them. Apparently the previous owner didn't take the doors off the hinges to paint. While this may be a good idea for big doors, like your front door, not so much for cabinet doors. I refused to have pops of red throughout the kitchen. A pop over to Lowe's (does that make me sound magical? I just had a Harry Potter fantasy of apparating over to Lowe's for last minute supplies.), and I got some metallic spray paint in Oil Rubbed Bronze. Looks much better!!
Then we put them on the cabinet boxes. The kitchen obviously has a long way to go. And recently I have thought a lot about open shelving on top. That idea may pass, but I am really loving the cabinets.
And there you have it!! It still needs hardware, and other things that are swimming around in my head, but for our first home improvement project I would give us a really high fives. Like the highest of high fives. I'm suddenly channeling Barney Stinson.
