Kitchen Revamp – Day 4

There is no post for Day 3 because not much was done that day since I had to go to work.  So I  tidied up the kitchen, put in some new shelf liner paper and reorganized the insides of the cupboards.

I didn’t expect to get started on painting the drawers until my next scheduled days off work - next Tuesday & Wednesday, which would be Days 8 & 9 of the project.  However, life has other plans, and I found myself with some unexpected time off work this past weekend.

All of Day 4 was dedicated to the drawers.  First I washed and scrubbed them with a Scotch Brite pad.   The industrial kind, not the kind you use for your dishes or bathtub. The beauty of using Scotch pads is they also provide an initial sanding of the surface.

The old hardware hole were filled in.  I didn’t use wood putty – so kill me! I used some all-purpose spackle I found at the Habitat Restore for $1.75.

While I waiting for that to dry, I watched Extreme Makeover Home Edition and cried my eyes out.

Then I sanded all the drawers and when my husband came home I told him it was the sawdust making me cry.

{I actually had a lot of reasons to cry that day, but not all of them I care to share.}

Here are the drawers, all primed and waiting for paint! Yes, I only have 5 drawers in my kitchen.  I’ve never been so happy to have a small kitchen.  It makes a job like this much less daunting!

{If you are wondering what that long piece of wood is….I’m not going to tell you.  It’s a surprise!}

I put the last coat of paint on at 11pm.  Then I started watching a DVRed episode of Criminal Minds and fell asleep. When I woke up, it was 4am and Jack Lalanne was trying to sell me a juicer.

Here’s a little preview of the finished drawer with the vintage-looking cup pulls I choose. Purty!  This kitchen was my inspiration:

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More to come! And I’ll reveal the meaning behind that long piece of wood.