Kitchen Round 2

Hello in there!



Part I

After a 1.5 month long hiatus, we picked up where we left off and started tying up lose ends. I primed and painted the molding around all the doorways and the door with high gloss paint.



Painting a 5-panel door is not fun. If you care about how it looks, it takes some patience and a few coats to get it to look nice and consistent.


The kitchen is turned upside down again. For the molding around the window, I had to fill the holes to the finishing nails with spackle again because the first time around wasn't enough. I also found that you can smooth spackle down with a wet rag instead of sanding the spackle down. It's much cleaner and easier.


I cleared out the back room behind the kitchen and began removing all the old nails. Then I primed the walls with primer. It was a lot more work than I thought.


Then Keith began spackling. He liked my tip about using a wet rag to smooth the spackle down so you don't have to sand and it worked like a charm. It takes some of the labor out of the process anyway.


Next, he still has to spackle where all the edges meet and the ceiling.


This week, we'll continue to work on:

• the spackling and painting.
• changing out the outlet covers.
• changing out the light switches.
• installing the molding around the window.
• installing a new ceiling light.