I've begun nesting. I'm not having a baby, this is just the first time I can really decorate something. We're not renting, we own! I still have to think about resale value and my own abilities.
So I started "small" and tackled the bedroom first. I figure there are only four cabinet doors in there, I can handle painting those first. And if I liked it, do the rest step by step.
Here is my before and after shots:
And now the process:
I used Dutch Boy Kitchen and Bath semi gloss and I almost wish I went even more matte than that. I wanted it to be easy clean, but it is a little shiney for bedroom cabinets. I sanded each door and then put painters tape around the two mirrors. My aunt helped out and we ended up doing 4 coats over the course of an afternoon.
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| Paint! Too bad they don't sell it smaller than a quart, four coats only just started to make the level go down. |
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| Getting ready to take off door pulls. There were two smaller doors for above the bed. |
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| And two longer doors for next to the bed with mirror insets. |
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| To take the handles off I used the same square shaped screwdriver that I used to take the doors off the hinges in the camper. I'm not sure if "square" is a normal screwdriver like flat head and phillips, or if it's the result of driving in screws, but thankfully my tool kit had the right head! |
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| Look at all these heads! |
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| Step 2: tape. |
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| Coat one. |
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| Another coat. |
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| And another. |
Besides doing the cabinets I also fell in love with this green paint from Rust-oleam (Metallic Accent paint in Luminous Pear) so I decided to try it on the handles. I did two coats and I think they look pretty good against the white. I may end up also using the green as an accent above the bed between the two real cabinet doors where they have what I call the fake cabinet door, or what most people would refer to as a panel.
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| Getting ready. I didn't actually use that brush. |
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| One coat down. |
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| Two coats, resting it on the door to see how it looks with the white. |
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| Green's my favorite color. |
This may be my favorite state part not in Nebraska. There is a large state park right next to a smaller, old fashioned family resort with cabins that has a snack bar and a golf course and boat rentals and mini golf and who knows what else, we were only there a couple days! We did take advantage of the snack bar and golf course, and of course had to get a donut! It was just a generic maple bar but I'd give it a 4/5 for the environment of getting to eat it in a cool resort. This resort was so cool, you can still send reservation forms through the mail to get a spot for the next summer!
