Photos of Hardwired Undercabinet Kitchen Lighting and Primed Cabinets

Yeah, I know there isn't anything too exciting about photos of primed cabinets, but...they are my proof that my hands haven't been idle.

What I'm most excited about regarding this series of photos is the new hardwired undercabinet halogen lighting Jeff installed a while back. Thanks, Greg at Petch House, for inspiring us to do this project. I've explained before how we did it but I've never posted the photos of the finished project. I actually took these photos to show our newly double primed cabinets with the crown moulding hubs installed at the top, but I decided to flip the undercabinet light switch to also show you all what the lights look like. It's amazing the difference the halogen lighting makes...sometimes we find ourselves working in the kitchen with only the undercabinet lights on!

But first...I want to show you what our kitchen looked like when I dumped all the cabinet contents out in order to prep and prime the cabinets. We lived like this for about a week until hubs brought in an old armoire from the garage to temporarily keep in the kitchen to hold our stuff. WARNING: The following photo isn't pretty and should serve as a warning to any of you who may be contemplating painting your own kitchen cabinets...Click to enlarge (if you dare).



Ok...AFTER the mess is cleaned up and all the cabinets primed and the lights turned on, the photos are a little easier on the eyes. I apologize in advance for the myriads of nearly identical photos, but I'm just so garsh darn proud of the lights hubs installed. When we get the new countertops and backsplash installed, they'll look even better:)

Here is what the lights under the cabinets look like...see the light in it's recessed goodness? I think I still need another (fourth!) coat of red paint under there. Darn red paint!


Now on to what the lights look like turned on in the middle of the day. Maybe sometime I'll take some evening pictures.













Have a great Monday, everyone!