After much thought, I decided to keep the lower cabinets solid and suddenly the entire project felt much more manageable. Here's what I've done so far. Stay tuned. More to come between now and Tuesday when I go back to work.
The drawers were finished ages ago. The mosaic work on the top drawer is my work made with found glass tiles from Scraps in San Francisco. Check Scraps out here. Fabulous place. The cabinet on the end will be stained to so the drawers will really POP.
Work in progress. Oven is new. Drawer beneath oven needs to be primed, painted, and stained. This gives you a good idea though of how dark this kitchen was.
Beneath the sink. Interior of the one door has not been primed and painted yet though the other side was. This is a good example of how hit and miss this project has been. Don is out running errands and when he returns I'll have a 1 inch brush so I can be sure to get all the detail work finished this weekend as well. So stay tuned. I'm feeling very motivated.***********************************
UPDATE - It's Saturday afternoon and I've finished all that I plan to do today. I may prime one last drawer under the oven but that's about it.
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I'm eager to see how much you'll get done. It still looks like a big project. Are you up for a Special Rewards lunch on Tuesday? I'm coming to school.
Good luck with the work this week-end. It will end up a perfect sanctuary :-)
What a project! I love the tile work, great detail!
I love the mosaic idea. Good luck with your project it is a lot of work but worth the effort.
Boy, do I take my hat off to you. I'm not a person who can do that!!
After that work is done..then I like to come in with my touches. Flowers, napkins, dishes etc.
You are a wonder!!!
Annie, Take me to Scraps!!!
Annie, your kitchen is going to be so beautiful. What a fun project. I would love to go to Scraps sometime.
It took a pro over a week to rip out and redo our kitchen after the floor had been done. One of the things that took so long was our center counter top which is 5 ft wide and over 9 foot long with a sink cut out. They kept breaking it and I think it took 4 times before they got it here. Took 3 more weeks before everything was done. We'd spent about a year with it grubby until we gradually got started and now we've replaced everything but the stove and mircrowave. It is so much work! I can't believe we did that 12 years ago! Seems like yesterday. Kitchens take forever!
Scraps is a totally fun place. Anywone who lives within driving distance (I'm 2 hours away), should give it a visit.
Elaine - definitely a destination trip for us.
Anonymous - who are you? We can go!
Hi Annie! Saw you at Laini's. Just popping by to say "hi". :)
I love the tiles on the drawers idea!
:)
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