My cabinets are white! My cabinets are white! My cabinets-- OK that's enough. Seriously though, this has made such a huge difference and we're thrilled! These babies required 2 coats of primer and 2-3 coats of white paint. It was tedious work, but just seeing the dark wood disappear with every brush/roller stroke kept me motivated. We haven't painted the lower cabinets yet (7 hours of work in one day was enough for me) and you'll notice they don't have doors yet (the doors are painted, but we're still deciding on how to frame them), but you can't deny that we're a lot farther than where we started...
If you're really sharp you'll have noticed that we still have to re install our microwave and put all of our junk back in the cabinets. So where is the junk now?
Anyway, there's something that I'm even more excited about than our white cabinets! Here is a picture that was taken after we painted the cabinets and before we got a second wind:
This bear of a cabinet has been the bane of my existence ever since we moved into this house 9 months ago. First of all, it's GIGANTIC and it makes the kitchen feel like a separate room. Second, it's so tall and so deep that it's not practical to store anything in there. Third, if you want to walk into the kitchen and someone is standing at the refrigerator? Forget it. And fourth, it stinks. Seriously, it smells musty! So when faced with the question, "Should I paint it?", the next question that followed was, "Well, how long is it going to be before we get rid of this thing anyway?" And I'm sure you can guess what happened next.
Goodbye cabinet! Hello exposed sub-floor and (more??) peach-colored ceiling?! Whatever, I'll take it! You can see in the above picture that I'm doing a pretty good job (not) of disguising the patch of sub-floor by putting the trash can on top of it.
Here's a different perspective:
Before
After
Anytime I get too excited though, all I have to do is look on the other side of the kitchen...
Oh yeah, we have a long way to go!
Sal
