January 17, 2021: Family Room Wallpaper Removal

 The family room has 2 different wallpapers.  One is an easy-to-remove brown vinyl paper on 3 walls.  The other is an accent wall with a metallic peacock feather print that is very difficult to remove.  When we removed the first strip of peacock paper we damaged the surface of the wall.  We decided to come up with a new technique and continue another day.

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Wall damage!

January 17, 2021: Cabinet Priming and Wallpaper Removal in Kitchen

 Today more kitchen cabinets were primed for painting.  The new doors on these cabinets will be white and have glass cutouts.

Before priming:

After priming:

We also started to remove the kitchen wallpaper. This ended up being much more difficult than we anticipated.  The vinyl layer came off easily but the paper layer was left behind.

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Before removing wallpaper:

After the top layer of the paper was removed:

 

January 16, 2021 Countertop and Cabinet Modifications

 Official modifications were made today!  The cabinets and cooktop were removed and and some existing countertop was cut out to allow room for my new range and vent hood to be installed.

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I'm pretty happy with this progress!

January 6, 2021: Priming Cabinets Above The Stove

The vent hood and the cabinets above it will be removed to make room for a new vent hood.

The countertop will be modified and the stove and cabinet below it will be removed to make room for a new range to be installed.

Before priming:

After one coat of primer:

After two coats of primer:

January 2, 20201: More Cabinet Priming

 Prepping:

Above the oven:

Above the oven with one coat of primer:

Possible entry, living room, and dining room paint. There are two different colors here, Swiss Coffee (small samples) and Palais White (larger samples) :

January 1, 2021: Priming the Pantry

Our first official day of making changes to the "new" house.  We are starting with my favorite room, the kitchen.  The cabinets are scheduled to be refaced and new doors and drawers will be installed.  We are painting the interior of the cabinets white to match the new fronts.

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After one coat of primer:

After two coats of primer: