Last year, J. Logan (The Mister) and I painted our kitchen cabinets to ring in New Years. Here I am on 12/31/2008 in all my DIY glory.
We went with a pretty coral orange, but it revolted against us.
The latex paint peeled and would wash off with water. With every wipe of a kitchen towel, orange would disappear. This was incredibly aggravating. I thought we may throw in the towel and a couple thousand dollars to replace them. Instead I took a moment to put the sheet of peeled paint on my head, take a deep breath, be sweet to Mister J. Logan and discuss the greatness of working with what we have and save to replace.
We went with oil-based paint. We should have from the beginning. Most people, hardware shops and paint stores will try to convince you against oil-based. Don’t listen to them. Latex is more forgiving with paint strokes and you might as well forget about saving your brushes after painting with oil-based, but use it for anything heavy duty (example: kitchen cabinet s).
We tried sanding, liquid sand, multiple cleanings with TSP, primer, Sherwin-Williams super primer and it still peeled off and was a pain. We sanded and sanded in prep for our final battle. Here are my boys working hard on our porch:
We went with a new color. By this time we couldn’t take the sight of orange.
Yay for painted cabinets! However, do you notice the blue back spash? The entire back splash and countertop surface is that lovely shade of blue. Therefore, our next project is to cover them. Once again we are trying a cheaper option than replacement. We will be trying RustOleum’s Countertop Paint. Our samples of the colors have not come in yet. You must request them. Stores have nothing but the box top to display color options. Of course, I don’t trust those.
Manual labor not your thing? I understand and enourage you to paint your nails. Nordstrom’s has Lippmann’s Collection Nail Color named “Happy Birthday” for $18.00.
I’m not generally one for sparkly nail color, but this is glittery fun. Lippmann’s glitter has a definite rounded shape. It does not qualify under the tacky sparkle look. Plus, it’s multi-colored and that helps with the fun behind this type of nail color. Side note: J. Logan is a new years baby, so the name could not be more appropriate.
No matter how you plan to paint the town, be careful during your holiday plans.
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