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Well its June and the kitchen cabinets are finally painted and hung. Yeah, that’s a long time. I started them in February! I knew it would take a while but I really didn’t think it would be that long. They were much more labour intensive than I thought but I’m so glad that I decided to paint them. What a difference. Everything is so bright and clean-looking and not to mention up to date. It’s amazing what paint can do. I’ll post a how-to later next week. Today I just want to share these white babies. All thirty-four doors and eight drawers.
Since the day we moved in I hated the cabinets in our kitchen. While I did like the pale green colour for the doors and drawers I didn’t like the off white cabinets. It looked dirty to me. So I knew we would either be replacing or painting them.
Painting turned out to be the best solution. Not only for the price but for the quality. The cabinets, doors and drawers are oak. We could have bought new doors but we would have replaced oak with a pressed wood laminate which didn’t make any sense to me.
Here’s a picture of the kitchen (move in day) before we started all this craziness.
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And here’s a picture of them now.
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The knobs and pulls are gorgeous. They have a real rustic feel. We had a time trying to get enough to finish. We got them at Kent Building Supplies and had to go to all three stores to get enough.
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For the hinges we went with white. I considered black but it made the doors to busy looking. Right now your eye just rests on the knobs.
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I love how the green shows up the white dishes. And how you see a bit of colour through the glass.
As you can tell the counters are also in and I couldn’t be happier. I just love them. They are a solid black laminate.
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We had a bit of a problem with the install but Todd and his friend fixed that all up. We do need to make a bit of a change because it seems that the long peninsula is off and that meant to get the counters to line up we need to add a bit of moulding.
We also have the sink and faucet in. Fancy! The sink is the same width as the old one but much deeper. It’s black granite with one side larger than the other. Love it.
The faucet is also new. It has a sprayer which I didn’t have with the other sink and missed. It also has a soap dispenser that is great because around here we have dirty hands.
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So what’s left.
1. Back splash. As you can see from the pictures the plaster is done now I need to sand and make more dust. This is foreign territory for me but I am determined to get to done. It will be white tile with white grout. I have read and watched a dozen YouTube videos so we will see how it goes. Oh course everyone says something different but I get the jest of it. I’m hoping to start that next week.
2. Under cabinet lighting. This is a pretty easy install.
3. Fix the edge of the countertop where it meets the wall. Of course it doesn’t fit so we had to find a solution to that.
4. More painting. Trim around the window, ceiling and walls. All white but different shades and finishes.
5. Accessories. Yes I am buying more crap Todd. I want to add some bright vibrant colours. Maybe a red toaster! Wouldn’t that be cool. Some type of window treatment. Then to stylized it. Maybe getting rid of the tools that been on them for months will help.
6. And finally the lights. This will not be done right now as much as I hate the twelve spaceships they have to stay for a bit longer. And for several reasons. One reason is I can’t figure out what the hell I want. I have been to all the stores and online. I think I’m stuck because I know I have to change the lights in the kitchen but also through the house as it’s all open. What I do know is they will be black or white. No brushed nickel, chrome, brass or glass. The easiest thing to do go with a new track but what’s the fun in that. Two we are out of money for this project because we need to now focus on the beach area. We need to put in a wharf and dock and because summer here is so short we’d rather leave the lights for later. Maybe I’ll have my mind made up by the fall.
So there’s still work to be done but let’s not focus on that today.
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