The Kitchen - Part 3

Priming and Painting


After the pulling apart, re-installing and light sanding of the cabinets its time to prime and paint. We started with Kilz latex primer-2 coats.
Then 2 coats paint. We are using Valspar Antique Burgundy. Be sure to go nice and slow, using a good quality brush and make long strokes to not end up with any chunky spots.
Woo! That paint is bright purple in the can and when it first goes on. If I were not an experienced painter I would have freaked out!
However, I know well that it always dries darker and especially darkens nicely with multiple coats. See! Looks great so far right?! It helps that I also organized the cabinets.
Once we got the framing all painted we gave it 2 coats of Minwax Polycrylic sealant. We cut down and installed the faux marble laminate countertops from Ikea (which was much more difficult than expected due to the thickness of those bad boys) and installed the new stainless steel vent hood...with halogen lighting! Mr. Q says that with all 4 bulbs in it looks like a UFO landing. LOL. I say they somehow make that crappy old white stove look good! It looks new which is good because it gives us a lot more time before we must replace it and given the lack of budget, that is a good thing.

So what do you think? Looking good so far right? Major improvement already. We will get the doors and drawers back on as soon as we actually get to painting them (the one in the picture is the only one we did). I'm going to get down to the garage tonight and get that started! Well, thats the plan anyway.

Stats

Days into project: 18

Project running total: $455

Part 3 cost: paint, primer (5 gal bucket for future projects too), poly, supplies - about $100

20' of faux marble Ikea countertops - $140

stainless steel vent hood - $200

Tell us what you think!