Days 7 to 9: Kitchen Cabinet Makeover Challenge

I probably don't have to tell you that I've been too busy to post about our cabinet progress over the last few days. But there has been progress none-the-less! I've worked on them everyday for the last ten days whether I've wanted to or not. I tell you, trying to squeeze in the time each day isn't easy, but as long as I've done *something*, I'm satisfied.

On to the photos...

The top cabinets (sans doors) have received their four coats of paint, the final "distressing" (which means I sand the edges lightly), and some antiquing glaze. All that's left to do to them is to gently drybrush them with a very light green (our wall color). It's a very subtle effect, but it gives the impression that their are other layers of paint under all that red. After that, I'll wax them. The bottom cabinets still need to be distressed and glazed. I can't believe how many steps are involved! When I see these quick makeover shows like Trading Spaces - and they paint cabinets - I'm just...what's the word, sickened?!! Lol, how in the world!!!!!????

I think I took these shots of the cabinets after the final coat of red and before distressing and glazing.









Last night, I was able to get the wallpaper/shelfpaper on all the shelves for the top cabinets. Today, I hope to get three coats of a protective finish on them and then we can install them. Yay!

Here's what the shelves look like:



The next step after clearcoating the shelves will be to sand and antique the bottom cabinets and to start working on cleaning and sanding those doors and drawers. I have an area set up in the garage now where I can work on all the doors at once.

Well, there's my update for today:)