Of course the only sensible thing to do, after spending two days cleaning your ridiculously messy house for company, would be to decide after seven years that it is time to paint your kitchen cabinets.
I did enjoy a gloriously clean house for one afternoon before the destruction happened. And in all fairness, it was a rainy morning and I decided to tackle only one cupboard and four drawers to minimize the chaos.
I love that even though Alex has concrete floors to finish leveling in the basement, he came home that night after work and said, "Let's bring Cooper to his grandma's tonight so I can help and we can do most of the painting together."
I am so grateful for the help because we all know that painting kitchen cabinets two at a time would have taken me about ten years. Oh yeah, and I probably would have lost interest after painting the second one.
Right now I am trying to forget that I have the front door paint colour to choose for the Fixer Upper, emails to reply to, a sample pot of paint to test on the door of the shed, a post about our deck-survival-box half written, a photo session to finish editing, and about five loads of laundry to put away again.
Project A.D.D at it's finest, folks. ;)
P.S. After I took the above picture I gave Alex heck and made him put on a mask while he was sanding!
What color are you painting them?
ReplyDeleteHey there! Our kitchen is on the north side of the house with only one small window. So, we're going with a bright white. It won't be a huge difference in pictures but in person it looks so much cleaner and crisper already.
Deletelol... I did that myself last year. I just jumped in and did it. They turned out good too. It took me about 5 days start to finish and they have held up a year now! I actually think doing it when you just got done cleaning the house for guests was a great idea! Less chaos to start with. Good luck. Can't wait to see it! Check out my post about it if you get the chance! It makes a HUGE difference!
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Ginger, you have a lovely home! I took a peek at your kitchen cabinets and they do look great. I am so excited to choose some hardware now and finish everything off!!!
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Ha! Funny post! Sounds like something I would do... clean house means paint, boredom sets in after 2nd cabinet.... laura
ReplyDeleteLOL! We were still painting at 11:00 p.m. the other night and I was whining and complaining but Alex made me keep going until we finished priming all of the bottom cupboards. What a meanie. Haha.
DeleteYou always crack me up!! Def sounds like something I would do. You got a pretty good husband there too:) hope you are having a great summer! Can't believe it is coming to an end already:( ps. How does adding one little body to your family like quadruple the amount of laundry there is to do?
ReplyDeleteHey Sarah!!!! I am very spoiled in the husband department. He's helped me all three nights this week sanding and painting those stinkin' cabinets.
DeleteAs for summer, it has rained here for TWO WEEKS STRAIGHT. I'm trying to still enjoy my days before going back to work but geez a little sunshine would be nice. :)
Hope you're having a great summer as well. I've gotta go catch up reading your blog asap!!!
So sweet of him to help! Can't wait to see them finished!! :)
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Thanks Meggie, maybe by Christmas?!?
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Fun, fun! Isn't it interesting how doing one big job launches us into another. My favorite part [not] of cabinet painting is taking off the hinges to soak the hinges and screws in paint remover, and then cleaning them with wire brushes to remove layers and layers of someone else's old paint. No way to make that job glamerous, for sure. lol
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh we did NOT have the patience to do all of that work. We slopped paint right over all of the old hinges. Now there's about 50 layers of paint on them so hopefully they still work. :)
DeleteI've done some of my best work in the throes of a Project ADD Attack! Sometimes that's the best way to tackle some of these things. :-)
ReplyDeleteFantastic, congratulations! I love the idea your front door paint colour to choose for the Fixer Upper. I Can't wait to see them finished on Christmas..
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ahhh, funfunfun. can't wait to see the result!
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah! just wanted to say I miss your awesome, cute, funny posts. hope all is well for you! looking forward to more updates when you can! Will keep checking for them! :)
ReplyDeletehi I am a reader of your blog and I keep popping in for some new updates... just wanted to say hope you and your family are well and you are just taking a break. I will keep checking back!
ReplyDeleteSarah............where are you? We miss you!
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Miss you! Hope you and your family are doing well. Let us know you are just enjoying family and working hard as teachers do! We worry!:/
ReplyDeleteMiss you Sarah - hope all is well:)
ReplyDeleteYou have a super cute blog. I love the background. Good luck with your kitchen redo. SO fun and will be worth it.
ReplyDeleteJust found this blog and I really love your past projects (esp the nursery!) and your writing style. There are not enough good Canadian blogs out there. I hope you come back to it soon!
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