Last week’s post has been motivating me to get to it already with the spackling & the painting.
The main wall is still a spackle work-in-progress. The pipe dream is to sand down tonight and get another coat on so I can do a final sand tomorrow and prime. Maybe????
Probably not. But maybe.
In the meantime, the 24″ upper cabinet in the nook between the dining room & kitchen got painted. Well, the side cover panels just got primed.
But the top little cover panel got primer & 2 coats! (OooooOOOOOOooo!)
The doors – for both the 24″ nook upper & the 36″ upper – are primed and halfway painted. The fronts need 2 coats but the backs are done.
The 36″ upper cabinet is primed & has 2 coats of paint, so that’s done. (Something’s done!!)
It wasn’t until I ordered the pulls for the all the doors & drawers that I realized how much more cabinetry there is in this kitchen (as opposed to the old configuration).
And with it – how much there was to paint.
37
That’s the number.
This kitchen has 37 doors & drawers that need pulls. THIRTY.SEVEN.
The “before” kitchen?
7
Which is I guess what happens with only 4 upper cabinets and exactly zero lower cabinets.
I did the math last night.
Of those 37 doors & drawers –
- 31 will be painted
- 6 fronts are stainless steel (best choice ever)
- 15 fronts are on base cabinets (and therefore already painted)
- 16 are on upper cabinets
- 4 of which I’m painting now
- Leaving 12 doors for me to still paint. Plus the entire main wall of actual cabinetry.
Part of me feels like I should just break out the sprayer already.
Part of me doesn’t want to deal with the setup/tenting or waste that much paint (mostly cause then I’ll have to buy more).
I also kind of like the brush strokes look. It feels more hand-done. Honest. True to the character of the house.
I should probably get over that.
Love your updates, I can see heaps of progress in every one. cheers
37 doors/drawers that all need hardware! That means when you get the hardware on, you can move in to your new kitchen!! Yippee!!
I enjoy following your progress- it looks great.
A pro painter once told me “there’s something soothing and artistic about a well executed brush mark that easily trumps the smoothest finish.”
Looking good.
Or splurge and go for an HVLP sprayer for your air compressor… no more paint than you’d use brushing + less tenting needed = pretty awesome!
Love seeing your updates! Great work and keep ’em coming!!!!! Can’t wait to see the final “after” shot!
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