A paint project completed!

Yesterday I wrote about what an uphill journey it feels like sometimes, working on this house and getting it rental ready.  (Note: this is not a complaint; this is what is known as a good problem!)

I am definitely making slow progress, after spending a week deglossing and painting molding in 1/4 of the foyer, I decided to take a break from molding and take advantage of the beautiful fall temperatures to do some sanding outside.

One of my sanding projects was the vanity in the master bedroom.  Ideally, I would love to replace the bathroom sinks in this house with something newer, but those will be projects for the future.

For now, I'm focusing on cosmetic updates while we spend the big money building a swim/boat dock and sandy beach on the shoreline.

I forgot to take a before photo, d'oh!

Here's the best I can show you as far as what it looked like before I redid it:

The cabinet was stained a dark walnut with brass-ish metal hardware.

It looked the same as the kitchen cabinets below: (BLAH! DARK!)

Here it is sanded:

The cabinets sanded better, quicker and more easily that I expected, giving me hope for when I eventually tackle the kitchen. 😬

I debated between painting them orange, green or the purple in my house palette.

Because the curtains I bought for the room have dark purple in them, I thought it would look nice if the cabinets coordinated.

Here is the cabinet completely finished.  I painted the hardware a metallic silver.

And lined the drawers....

Here is the master bathroom when we bought the house, with the gray paint (which looked darker in real life than in this pic), dark molding and dark vanity:

Here is the finished space: finally, one room in the house is completed, paint-wise.

(I'm not finished with the furniture and wall decor.)

Like everything else, I way underestimated how long it would take me to complete this "little" cabinet makeover.  It really didn't take too many hours, but I had to do it over a week in order to put multiple coats of paint on both sides of the cabinet doors, and allow them to dry completely before I reinstalled them.

I didn't spray paint the hardware, I painted it by hand, which also took a little longer.

But I'm happy with the final product.

It's lighter, brighter more colorful and more cheerful, I think.  Just like a vacation home should be!