We appear to have lost our digital camera. Sigh. We remember taking pictures at Adam and Glennae's wedding, but nothing after that.
There's nothing like losing something semi-valuable to make you feel like a little kid again. I feel like hanging my head and rubbing my shoes in the dirt, while some Authority Figure (who is a combination of my dad, my Grandpa Schwarzkopf, and my eigth-grade history teacher) tells me that people who lose things like this don't deserve to have them in the first place.
But these things happen. But this time, they're happening in mid-project, so we can't offer any "during" pictures of the cabinets. I'll have to be descriptive in the meantime.
Our kitchen is currently in chaos, with all the contents of the cabinets emptied, and only the really essential things, like coffee and wine glasses, on the countertops. I've primed the interior of the cabinets, so it's kind of splotchy and white. The frames are still pine-colored, with wood epoxy patching all the holes. Craig manfully ripped down the scrolled piece of wood over the sink, exposing a very 1950's light fixture that's seen better days.
We ended up working with oil-based paint, on the advice of a very helpful gentleman from Abbott Paint & Carpet in St. Paul. (A paint store that knows their stuff is a great resource - they also helped me with the front door project.) Apparently latex paint will always be a little tacky where surfaces touch, but oil-based paint will not, and will hold up a bit better. I'm sure we'll appreciate this when our house doesn't stink like oil primer.
We've also ordered oil-rubbed bronze hardware from a pair of eBay vendors. We ended up getting all of the necessary hardware for about $130. We were excited to receive the box of hinges last night, but then discovered that we ordered the standard hinge, when what we needed was the lipped hinge. Oops.
Well, the wrong hinges are winging their way back to Tennessee to be exchanged, and we're planning on sanding the frames, priming them, and painting those and the cabinet interiors this weekend. Hopefully we will have plates in our cabinets again early next week.
5 comments:
Ok, ya, so I'm pretty much where you are on this March 10th blog. Today is March 20th. I started the kitchen madness on Thursday, March 16th. I keep telling myself that suicide is always an option. I too am using oil based paint. Actually I am loving it so far, we mixed it with penetrol and it is unbelieveable. I would use is over latex anyday. Well on cabinets anyway. One bad thing about oil paint, my sister and I didn't where respirators when we did the first coat and we got VERY slap happy. (We laughed so hard we cried because a produce truck tipped over - so wrong). Carl had to rescue us and then gave us respirators and a lecture when we sobered up. Nasty stuff I tell you. Nasty. It's good to know that somebody else is going through this. I am on day 4 of painting continually (8+ hours per day). I'd say I'm about half done. I'm sure you are done by now since you started a week ahead. Keep me posted. Crap. I haven't bought my bookclub book yet!
Crap, I just proofed my blog. Ellen, you can edit, but I realize that "where" should actually be "wear respirators". Plus a few others. You'll figure it out. It's the paint fumes I swear!
Tenley, I have paint everywhere.
EVERYWHERE.
I have no idea how it got all the places it did. And I keep thinking I'm smelling burning plastic, but it's just the fumes mixing with candles.
I'm *almost* done. Everything should be painted now, we just have to get the hardware on and the doors up. It would help if our hinges arrived.
I can't wait to see your finished product!
Can't wait to see yours too!! I'm aiming to finish before my birthday at the end of April. The way it's going I think that timeline may be stingy.
You are an inspiration.
TjJ
BTW - sorry, I keep meaning to call you... I did try to contact the coordinator at 317 and she has not heard anything about a lost camera. She says she'll let me know if anything pops up.
Keep on paintin'!
-Glennae
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