home improvement is painful!

 One day she woke up without any pain, and realized she was dead.  ha.  dark humor.  I am not going to write a Complaining Post, but I will mention that my body aches, my muscles cramp up, and my knees kill when I stand too long.  But somehow we painted all day long yesterday.  

This fine morning, we'll start in again.  The cabinet frames have one coat, the ends and bases two coats, about five of the doors have two coats, but the other fifteen or so, and all the drawers need a second coat.  All the hinges are washed and are drying, I will scuff them a little with sandpaper, make sure they're clean and dry, and spray paint them to match the new handles, champagne bronze.

Remember when I redid my little coffee table?  I loved the colors together, the creamy white and the bronzy handles...so I ordered extra handles (so reasonable on Amazon!), and decided to paint the cabinets the same color.  Now, if you  know me at all, you know I cannot make a decision.  Paint colors just about kill me.  I dither and teeter and reconsider and second guess.  So when I liked the look of the finished coffee table, and made a decison to use that color, it was just a matter of waiting until Sherwin-Williams had a sale.  Then boom, 30% off, so I got a gallon.  The nice young man told me I probably didn't need two gallons, and he was right.  It's expensive paint, but I am not getting a penny to tell you, it's worth it.  The nice young man just did his cabinets in it too.  He mentioned that most people are put off by the cost.  I said, For me, most of the cost is my time and effort, if I'm putting that in, I want it to look as nice as possible.  A lot of things are overpriced and you just think they're better because they cost more.  Not so with this paint.  It's their trim enamel, and yes, it's pricey, like $85 after the discount.  But, why pay forty dollars for something that will show brush marks and not be durable?

It goes on like a dream.  Then it levels out so nicely.  

Anyway, Paul went to the hardware store yesterday to get Camille a nice paint brush, then he had to go to Walmart for some fishing stuff, he's Grandpa-ing this weekend and going ice fishing with some of the grandkids.  So he got the spray paint for me.  He has been great, took all the doors down, removed the hinges, sanded the fronts of the drawers, ect.  My own dad was a grump when there was anything to get done, so I always expect Paul to be that way, and he's not.  He's lots of fun and so hard working.

I just wanted to post these pictures so you all can see what things look like in a normal, organizationally challenged woman's kitchen during a project ha.  Also note the blue laminate countertops.  I would LOVE to swap these out for something in white quartz, but it ain't happening.  We are going to sand down the wood edge though, and put some clear varnish on it, try to lighten the color.  

My countertops usually aren't so bad, but the towels have no where to hang, and that silver tray is full of clean hinges, drying and getting ready to spray paint.  (I love reusing things!)

Every single surface is covered with cabinet doors.  They are propped up on little disposable cups.

Little Miss Camille is such a hard worker, seriously.  She knows how to paint, too.  She can open it, stir it, fill the containers, look over my work and point out all the spots I missed, and be nice about it too.  

Well it's time to get moving, here in the arctic...the air mass that's keeping us in the single digits today is from Siberia.  Well, they can have it back.  Although I do admire the sparkle of the snow when it's this cold, and the way it crunches when I walk on it.  Today, I might not walk on it.  

You all have a good day, and hopefully we'll get this all finished and post beautiful pictures that look like they belong in a magazine.  Wait, that dates me...Pinterest worthy?  Have a good day!