The Unexciting Part

I've been pretty bad about taking pictures for the blog over the last few days.  I think it's because we've hit a point where we're chipping away at large projects bit by bit, but we don't have any really exciting progress to show for it.  It's a somewhat discouraging place to be in, but I just keep telling myself that we're making progress every day, whether it feels like it or not.

The big problem is that doing the kitchen cabinets is a project with lots of steps.  We started by cleaning grime, then using wood filler on the old holes, then sanding, then priming, then sanding again, then paint...you get the idea.  Right now, all of the different parts of the cabinets are in different stages of the process.  The doors are primed and ready to paint, the drawers are filled and ready to sand, the cabinet bases are all sanded but only half primed...argh!

Mmm...power tools.

The doors feel like the biggest part of the project, because there are just so many of them.  I never thought I'd complain about having too much kitchen storage but...jeez!

Look at all those doors...just waiting to be primed!

The good news is that even just getting the primer on them made them look much cleaner and newer.  I'm very excited to put that first coat of paint on.

Starting the priming process...

I spent way too much of yesterday on that step stool with a paint brush in hand.  Note the Dr. Pepper on top of the fridge to keep me going.  But look at how much awesomer a little bit of primer makes things...

Top shelf: primed; bottom shelf: not.

That is why I love painting!  So satisfying.  Bye bye nasty yellowed cabinets, hello clean fresh white.

On a side note, Sean has been meeting some of the neighbors and making friends.  I haven't been meeting neighbors because I've been too busy standing on step stools and priming.  Not that Sean isn't working, too...he's just been running a lot of errands here and there so he's out of the house more.  And he's more social than I am.

Anyway, I digress.  The point is, our neighbor works for Hormel, so look at the awesome house warming gift (read: free samples) he gave us!

Nom.

These things have been the best snacks EVER!  And at least they're not Spam.  Hormel, you had me at pepperoni.

Tomorrow we take the day off so I can get a show open, and then Wednesday I'm hoping to finally bust out the paint and put the first coat on the doors.  I am stressed out about the white paint color I chose.  My head told me (after reading too many internet message boards) that I should go with a creamier, more vintage-y white, but my heart said it was too much contrast with the current trim color and I needed something brighter white (we're going to be painting trim bit by bit as we go, so I wanted something close to the current color so it didn't look too out of place).  I ended up deciding on Alabaster by Sherwin-Williams.  Fingers crossed.