Anyway, point is, I've actually been working like a normal person. Then I come home and work on projects around the house and end up going to bed later than I intend... then I'm tired when I get up in the morning and the whole thing snowballs. Let me be clear: this is not a complaint. It's an excuse. The last thing I've felt like doing is blogging about the house. But here we are.
So, on to some recent pictures of what's going on around here...
There are many layers of paint slathered on our walls and trim. In this picture, you can see my attempt to strip paint from this redwood door frame. Saying it's slow going is a serious understatement, but I don't want paint stripper fumes in the house, so I continue to chip away with a putty knife and some marginally effective non-toxic paint stripper.
We finished painting the bathroom. Other than a few small touch-up projects, it's done.
We finished painting our salvaged kitchen cabinet, placed a countertop on it and attached new hardware. The countertop has a bit of overhang, but as this setup is not meant to be permanent and the old cabinet is unusually shallow, we didn't want to cut the countertop to size. We used an adjustable table/desk leg from Ikea at the end and put our microwave underneath. I think it looks pretty good anyway.
We really like our new kitchen island. We have chairs we found for a great price in Ikea's as-is for it in our storage unit... hopefully I'll get a chance to fish them out soon.
Another view of the kitchen, showing the rehabbed cabinet, island, pantry and fridge in the background.
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