Paint
In our ongoing saga to modernize our house paint has played a major role and not just in our Family Room. I am convinced the cheapest way to make a huge impact is to paint. I will say that it was once a lot cheaper than it is now but it is still a really cheap way to make a… Continue reading
As I mentioned in my last post, I was reluctantly keeping my husband’s old table and chair set…again very reluctantly. It just seems wrong to have your husband’s ex-wife and his furniture in his and your new place. But since I had to for the time being, I was absolutely not going to leave them the same. Besides the whole… Continue reading
So when we bought our home there were a few more projects than we had initially planned on and they were way more in costs than what we had initially thought we would need for budget. (So when exactly did paint like double in price…) So we had to decide what could buy new and what we had to… Continue reading
So once my cabinets were painted there was only one obvious next step…the hardware. When I first started, I wasn’t really concerned with time so I had this idea on how to deal with the hardware. BUT as my cabinets rapidly started taking vast more amount of time than I planned, my idea, which was work intensive, started to wear… Continue reading
Don’t Panic…you too can do DIY Cabinet Refinishing and Paint your Cabinets
So after my DIY Painting Kitchen Cabinets, I definitely have some things I learned, things I would do again and things I would stay far away from. I know the task can be daunting but above all else…Don’t Panic. It is doable. Here are my Dos and Don’ts… Continue reading
Cabinets…well…I think this is where I got my acronym for DIY, otherwise known as Doing the Insane Yourself. So I had this brilliant idea that I could refinish my cabinets myself and that it would: a) be easy and b) be done in a week…the best laid plans…
Post Cleaning…(The Before)
So here is how my cabinet adventure started…I did… Continue reading
Every project has a beginning and in my mind the beginning always starts with an idea or as I prefer Inspiration. Inspiration is always followed by planning. However, in the case of my kitchen, my temporary dream kitchen started with desperation rather than inspiration. But with some help from my favorite design show, I stepped up to the bar and… Continue reading
