Hi guys,
I started a thread here a few months ago, asking for some advice on what to do with a kitchen that I thought unusable. Many said to paint, but I was reluctant.
Anyway, long story short, I ended up buying a can of primer after being stuffed around by a few kitchen companies, and the rest is history.
So finally after 5 months of owning this home I've finished the renovation to the kitchen and rear room. Damn it's taken a long time. But I've mainly only been working on weekends (with the exception of the last 2 weeks where I decided to work every night from 7:30pm to 11:30'ish), and even then, the majority was done alone.
Also spent alot of time in the garden fixing things up. Removing tree's, pruning, etc. Had so much to do. Still do.
So here's the evolution of my new kitchen and back room.
(please excuse the camera phone photos, and the lack of "during painting" photos)
Very happy at the moment. I feel as though a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. What once was a very dark and dirty kitchen (I didn't even want to put plates inside the damn cupboards), is now something clean that I will happily use, that I'm proud of.
The change list went something like this:
- Kitchen cabinet doors removed, sanded, primed and repainted
- Kitchen cabinet interiors sanded, sealed, primed and painted
- Ceiling rose gap fixed
- Ceilings painted
- All walls and trim painted (kitchen and back area)
- Found new cabinet handles on ebay
- Picked up new cabinet handles
- Installed new cabinet handles
- Stove removed
- Dishwasher removed
- 50 year old grease that found its way down behind the stove cleaned up
- Holes in floor under dishwasher sealed up
- Old lino taken up
- Left over lino + glue removed painstakingly with tiny steamer and paint scraper
- All walls repainted as I didn't like the colour I had painted them
- New vinyl floor laid today.
Sink/Stove Area
I started a thread here a few months ago, asking for some advice on what to do with a kitchen that I thought unusable. Many said to paint, but I was reluctant.
Anyway, long story short, I ended up buying a can of primer after being stuffed around by a few kitchen companies, and the rest is history.
So finally after 5 months of owning this home I've finished the renovation to the kitchen and rear room. Damn it's taken a long time. But I've mainly only been working on weekends (with the exception of the last 2 weeks where I decided to work every night from 7:30pm to 11:30'ish), and even then, the majority was done alone.
Also spent alot of time in the garden fixing things up. Removing tree's, pruning, etc. Had so much to do. Still do.
So here's the evolution of my new kitchen and back room.
(please excuse the camera phone photos, and the lack of "during painting" photos)
Very happy at the moment. I feel as though a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. What once was a very dark and dirty kitchen (I didn't even want to put plates inside the damn cupboards), is now something clean that I will happily use, that I'm proud of.
The change list went something like this:
- Kitchen cabinet doors removed, sanded, primed and repainted
- Kitchen cabinet interiors sanded, sealed, primed and painted
- Ceiling rose gap fixed
- Ceilings painted
- All walls and trim painted (kitchen and back area)
- Found new cabinet handles on ebay
- Picked up new cabinet handles
- Installed new cabinet handles
- Stove removed
- Dishwasher removed
- 50 year old grease that found its way down behind the stove cleaned up
- Holes in floor under dishwasher sealed up
- Old lino taken up
- Left over lino + glue removed painstakingly with tiny steamer and paint scraper
- All walls repainted as I didn't like the colour I had painted them
- New vinyl floor laid today.
Sink/Stove Area