Kitchen Makeover, take 1

So, we thought it would be a great idea to spruce up the kitchen with some fresh paint on the walls and cabinets. The one "big" thing that I wanted to do was replace the counter tops. Hum. That could be possible if we figure out how to be stronger than liquid nails.

A few things I've learned in the last week:
*Wallpaper and border of any sort is a bad idea. You know what I mean if you've had to take it off. I'm CERTAIN that the people that lived here before us super glued the border on.

*If you live in a house you plan to sell someday, don't do a lot of things cheaply. The family before us added a lot of "nice" things to this house, however they didn't do a very good job. Instead of making a few very great, well done changes, they did a lot of decent jobs on a lot of things.

*Lowe's has everything you ever need to fix your house, except gutter things.

*We need a larger shop vac.

*Communication is KEY when doing a "DIY" remodel. Otherwise, you get in silly arguments that are about the Lowe's man and not your husband.

I took down the chair rail the other day to find a piece of board, wall papered and liquid nailed to the wall. This made for a lot of work. Our simple painting job has now entered day five.
As you can see here, the wall was rotting so we had to take all of the dry wall (i think) and reapply the wall. This was so annoying!

My kitchen is in my dining room and things are so out of place. For someone who loves being in the kitchen and cooking, this is very difficult. Therefore, we had Subway for dinner last night :)

I took the cabinets off the other day, so I could clean, prime and paint them, but the wall thing took over and now my kitchen looks so sad and all disorganized. I'm hoping for some sort of kitchen peace before too long. Last night, Patrick and I fixed up the walls by adding a cement board to the walls that were rotting and then spackled all of those areas and places with holes.

So today, I'm trying to patch up, sand, re-spackle, and maintain a somewhat clean counter top and sanity. Also, I'm stalling by writing this post :)