All of the frames are painted, now a lot of doors....

This painting is taking us longer than we thought. So far, all of the framing is painted, and all of the crown moulding. The only problems we had were a few places where we were not going to put decorative panels on the sides (like the insides of the desk cabinets where the chair might rub against, and the sides near the exhaust fan - see the picture). Those sides of the cabinets are not really wood, but some sort of laminate or wallpaper or something. Even with sanding, my latex primer did not stick to it and the primer and paint is peeling. Another spot where we used a oil primer, it stuck.

So, Dave bought luan and made panels where the paint did not take.

I am waiting for the countertops to arrive! I am a little nervous, but am pretty sure we will love them.

Here are some picture of this work in progress, including pictures of my assistants (the two cats). They help a lot!

By the way, I have to add that this project is taking a lot of time, but so far we have to say that it is totally worth it.

We are considering making one change (Linda, if you are reading this, I hope you understand!). For some reason, the desk top that we were finishing in a matching oak to the rest of the oak in the house did not take the stain like the oak beadboard and other oak accents we were putting into the kitchen. It really does not work well with the other oak elements in the kitchen and the house. One friend called it baby-poop color, and Dave compared it to the color of Dysentery. What we will probably do is put that desktop in the basement hobby room, and get a matching Cambria counter for the desk. No biggie- I'm sure our kitchen planner Kari will chuckle (or pull her hair out- this is the second desktop she ordered as the first one was harmed in shipping).