Projects: Kitchen! part 1

Yep, you read that correctly! It's finally time to update the kitchen! Ironically one of the things we disliked the most about the house is one of the last things we are changing! Those blue counter tops! Funny, huh? But that's okay, it's going to happen!

We decided to start with the cabinets since if we spilled paint on the ugly counters it wouldn't be a big deal. We went back and forth on whether we should paint or stain the cabinets. We found a stain that we liked, and tested it on the furnace cover door since it's not close to the kitchen so if it was a total disaster we could just rebuilt it or something. We liked the stain but then decided it was too dark and that it would make the kitchen too dark. We also found a more durable paint that is supposed to be really good for cabinets. And since we both liked the look of white cabinets better we decided to go with that. The reason we were hesitant is because we painted our bathroom cabinets and it has already started to chip in a few places, but this new paint is different. So we'll see.. here's to hoping for the best!

Sweet Girl and I took down the upper cabinet doors one day (we decided to do the kitchen in stages so we don't have to have our entire kitchen in boxes for forever). Then we boxed up the items in the kitchen. It was nice to do this because it helped me declutter some of our cupboards!

My Sweet Husband and I started sanding the cabinet doors and the cabinets themselves. Sweet Girl is a champ because she slept through two sanders and a shop vac going at once! Thank heavens for a deep sleeper!

Then the Friday and Saturday before Valentine's Day we started painting the cabinets. Thanks to the help of my parents and my sister (both for painting and babysitting). We decided to use some of the less expensive white paint we had left over from other house projects for the insides of the cabinets while we used the better stuff for the outsides. And it looks SO much better! I love the white! It makes our kitchen look so much brighter!

Before

Half Way

 (sorry for the odd angle of this picture, I'm trying to hide some of our hoarder-lookingness..

lol yes, I made that word up)

Stay tuned for the finished product!