Kitchen Redo

We were at first thinking we were going to gut the whole kitchen and start all over with new cabinets but decided we could salvage the main structure of the existing cabinets. So we then thought we would just buy new cabinet doors to replace the old 70's stock doors and hardware. But finally we decided to sand down the existing upper cabinets, lay a fresh coat of paint on them and leave them open.

Once we got sanding we realized just how many coats of paint had been applied to these old cabinets. There were two coats of white paint, a cream color paint, and then the heavy dark stain that was on the original cabinets. We stripped most everything to the wood and then worked from there.

We added beadboard to all the cabinet backs, filled in everything with wood filler, and added a molding to the bottom of the cabinets. Then we painted the cabinets in a dusty soft blue. Here are some before and after pictures.

Our First Home

We are so excited to have a place that is all our own. We just love our new condo and are excited to make it our home. Ryan, Red, and I have already tried out many of the amenities our little community has to offer. We have gone swimming at the pool and like having a place to sunbath. Red just loves the dog park. She can run wild off of her leash, and has already made several doggy friends on her trips there. Ryan and I have also already hit up the tennis courts, so we will have to see if that is something we pickup for fun.

It is weird to think we have already been in our new place for a month. We started ripping the place apart the week we moved in and are still ripping it apart now. We have made pretty decent progress though, but are still living out of boxes alot.

Our goal is to finish all of the down stairs and then move upstairs. I just cannot wait until there is one room all finished. I do not even care what room it is. All in good time I guess.