I've been working on my kitchen for quite some time now...
Having to put the whole project on hold for months due to a back injury... but this past month I found two cabinets that will work really well in my kitchen...These two cabinets were just sitting on the side of the road.. in someones trash!
(I just love people who toss good stuff)
This to me was quite a find because I am in the process of changing the entire kitchen.
This is the original kitchen...
Look at that 1980's ceiling... ucky, dark and dingy!
Don't laugh, but the back splash tile had bucking bronco horses on it....? I put white paint over it until I can replace it.
I worked on this most of last year.. and yes, I did the work myself. Not one person did I hire to help me...
It took some brute force, but I pulled down the entire ceiling and believe it or not.. it was rather easy. I then begged help from my husband, to help hold up the drywall for the ceiling.. but first I rewired, for the new
ceiling lights that will go up soon....
There is so much information on 'how to do electrical' on the internet, and to be sure, "I turned off the electric' before touching anything that looked like wires...lol
Ok.. back to the cabinets I found in the trash. I want to use these two cabinets on either side of the dishwasher,, more drawer space... but first I had to repaint them....
I found primer at my local Home Depot, that said on the label "no sanding needed"... did I trust this? don't think so! I did use my electric sander to take off the shine first.. then primed and painted with a heavy duty enamel paint... the same that I used on the original cabinets....
First I filled the drawer pull holes with wood filler.. my plan is to put new hardware on all the doors...
The new cabinets turned out wonderful... now to get the dishwasher moved back against the wall... it's sticking out to the right of the photo....I need some kind person to let me borrow a circular saw. I need to cut the counter top to get this moved.. (the new counter will be installed after I can get my Home Depot person out to measure it)
This project is taking more time than I had planned.. but I am finding that if I take my time I am finding so many ways to keep the budget down.
My kitchen will be so new and bright. I'm happy!
