A New Look For Where I Cook

Three weeks ago we decided it was time for another project. I love my "new" kitchen.

Here is a picture from when Clay moved in: 

 After we painted and Clay put up the back-splash the kitchen looked like this: 

On Friday afternoons I get off work early so I came home and decided to get the project started. Taking everything out of the cabinets took longer than I thought.

 This was the most annoying part of the whole project- having my kitchen spread out in my dining room:

 We started by wiping everything down with liquid sander:

Then when Clay got home he started on his jobs- he added trim to the top of the cabinets and put up wainscoting:

On Saturday we started to paint: 

 I painted the cabinets with two coats of cream paint:

Then on Sunday I painted two coats of cream paint on the base cabinets:

 Did I mention it was annoying having the kitchen in pieces?

After the cream paint was dry, Clay then began painting the glaze:

After painting the brown glaze we painted two coats of a protecting glaze.

Clay found drawer pulls on clearance and we bought door pulls to match. We tried to buy new hinges but Home Depot did not carry the ones we needed. We ended up painting the old hinges with black spray paint. Clay also bought soft close dampers for the doors. It's a nice added touch, it keeps the doors from slamming shut. It took a few days to let the paint dry and complete some touch ups. We finally got the kitchen back to normal.

Here is the finish product:

The total cost for this project:

-Opps Cream Paint = $8.00
-Brown glaze (had from previous projects)= $0.00
-Clearance drawer pulls= $ 6.00
-New door pulls= $46.00
-Soft close damper for the doors= $30.00
-Protecting glaze= $20.00
-Misc. painting supples= $15.00
-Wainscoting = $36.00
-Trim = $34.00

Total Cost:  $195.00

I don't know a lot about buying new cabinets but I think we got a deal. We only have a few more projects to complete before we have done every room in the house. It's exciting to see how far our home has come in just over 2 years. I am thankful to have a husband who can make my ideas a reality while staying on a budget. Looking forward to more projects this spring!