Paint is GOOD

So this cute little sign came across my facebook page the other day.

Knowing what my next project at hand was going to be, I thought how appropriate!

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When I last posted, I was about to embark on a journey.

A journey to a "new" kitchen, so to speak...

...and the dreaded, yet oh-so-exciting road ahead.

Let us first take a peek at what once was.

This was my kitchen about a year ago.
(please excuse that glaring light in the ceiling, if you will)

Actually, I had removed all of the fruity things and replaced them with a few roostery things

when I brought all of my chickens home to roost after selling Ray's Roost,

our beloved cabin in Virginia last September.
(Man, that was a lot of roosts in one sentence!)
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So many of you have wondered how my cabinet painting has turned out.

Let me just say that this Nuvo Cabinet Paint by Giani has really impressed me so far.

It went on smoooooth like butta and dried (quite quickly I might add)

to a silky satin finish.

{It seems to be really hard to get good photos in here without a flash
so I apologize for the quality of some of these.}

By the time you paint your first coat on the area you are working on,
it's ready for the second coat...not even tacky.

My goal for last Friday was to get this part of the "L" completed of this L-shaped kitchen...

...and I reached that goal.
I removed all hinges, numbered them relating to the doors in the proper order,
and spray painted them along with the screw heads (I stuck them all down into cardboard)
with oil-rubbed bronze spray paint.
I had already replaced the knobs when I painted the counter tops so no update needed there.

BUT...I had to have these new cup drawer pulls!
I really like them a lot and just had to try them on as soon as the paint was dry.
Now, please don't go looking at that ugly green tile floor.
It was already ugly and worn out and the new paint just made it scream...
..."HEY, LOOK AT ME!
I'M UGLY, GREEN AND WORN OUT...
LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME!!"

Oh well, I'll only have to live with it for a couple more months...
...new wood flooring will be a much welcomed replacement!

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So now...........drumroll please............

da-da-da-da-da-da-dummmm....

I am a happy woman...

...tired...but happy.

I am amazed at the brightness.

It's like someone put a 300 watt light bulb in the ceiling fixture.

It also makes that old almond colored stove that came with this 30 year old house,

look pretty ratty too.

It's a great reason to go out and get that new black smooth top I've been wanting :)

Oh, and I do need to tell you that I hit one small road block on my journey.
I ran out of paint...right before I got to those final two little tiny cabinets above the fridge...
wouldn't you just know it?
I didn't realize until later that I didn't need to apply the paint so liberally...
...oh well, another quart is on the way to finish the job and have some to spare for touch-ups.
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So there you have it.
I really do think change is good...
...and you can really change things with paint.
Therefore, paint is...yes...GOOD!

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