Drawers complete
Something, something, something complete.
The cabinets are only half done to date, but will be done in 1-1.5 more days (of work, not actual days because I actually have to work too). I'll post a photo once everything is complete, but we have to wait until the electricians are out of the house.
Painting done!
The kitchen cabinets are painted - eventually the walls will be orange, so the white cabinets will pop more.
Drawers almost done
Tape removal felt so good.
The drawers are almost done - just need new hardware.
Stages of cabinet doors
The white cabinets in this photo have one coat of paint. The blue you see is tape. The orange is the trim.
Taping these cabinets SUCKED, by the way.
Cabinets painted - one coat
Then we finished sanding and finished the first coat of paint. The walls will eventually be orange and not white, which will make the white cabinets look much better.
Work in the kitchen
And then we sanded off all the varnish and started priming.
Original kitchen
This is what it looked like when we bought it.
House status
Things we have accomplished:
Stripping 2 walls of wallpaper (though one of them should count as two by itself because it is the entire side of the house)
Removing cabinets and sanding 80% of them. This sounds unimpressive if you have never done it, but it has so far taken 4 days of work just to sand.
Primed and painted both coats on all the kitchen drawers and three of the cabinet doors. Still needs trim painted.
Bought new hardware to install in kitchen.
Made quite a mess in the house.
Purchased all paint, primer, etc. for the entire house.
Planted some things in the garden - hoping I don't kill everything that was already there, as is my tendency.
The electricians have completed the second floor rewire and are halfway through the first. They should be done by next Wednesday, which actually means May sometime I'm sure.
Things we have yet to accomplish before moving in:
Finish sanding, priming, and painting all kitchen cabinets. Attach hardware and rehang.
Spackle nearly the entire downstairs wall that is the side of the house.
Remove wallpaper borders in 4 rooms.
Hire a drywaller to fix the ceiling in one room.
Fix plaster in one small area of wall.
Sand, prime, and paint 6 doors in the house.
Wash, prime and paint almost all rooms in the house.
Have the chimney fixed (already arranged though - yay!)
Purchase a washer, dryer, and refrigerator and have them delivered.
Pull up the carpet on the first floor. Clean, clean, and clean the wood floors. Fix as needed.
PACK. stupid f*&king packing.
Move.
Other house tidbits:
LHPJ saw his first deer in the woods yesterday.
I heard the lions from the zoo the other day.
Our neighbor accidentally drove her car up onto another person's car - it was the neighborhood gossip. LHPJ got a phone call from our other neighbor informing him of this, so that we were not out of the loop.
We visited the 1 local bar - amusing story. I won't give you the long story, but it involved Robert Palmer, a mattress salesman, and a frantic search for a pitcher to serve beer.
Anyway, we are both just ready to LIVE there. This weekend will be another long weekend of working on the house - hopefully we will accomplish much. Most likely it will all take much longer than could ever be imagined.
WALLPAPER
There should be a special place in hell for people who put up wallpaper.
