I’m a painter by trade these days and work slows down do I decided to some kitchen jamming at home. My kitchen has been the eyesore of the house since I bought it 16 years ago. I don’t think it has been remodeled since the fifties. I have the original tile boxes to prove it.
The house was built in 1919. The ceiling has seams, multiple bad patches from over the years and what I thought were failing tape lines where the ceiling met the walls. When I started to cut them out I discovered it was wallpaper stretched out on the walls and ceilings. Under that was bare plaster. I did not really want to gut rehab a 107 year old plaster ceiling so I did a plaster treatment over it. Did the plastering and primed the tiles Thursday and Friday. Gonna paint it tomorrow and put on some baseboards Tuesday. Haven’t decided about the cabinets yet but I have ideas. Before.
Got about 98% of the painting done today, three colors. I need to tighten up a few things in the morning and put in new baseboards and decide what to do about the cabinets. Pics in the bright unflattering lights:
Painting is 100% now, decided to put a third coat on the doors in addition to a few other small things. Some tiles came off when I was pulling off the rubber baseboards. I’ll deal with all that tomorrow. For the cabinets I’m either going to scuff them up lightly with some 180 grit abrasive paper and then stain and ploy them to brighten them up or do a more elaborate faux finish type of thing.
