Kitchen Update : Cabinets are up!

After quite a few hours, and sadly... 3 people.. our cabinets are up and running! The hardware looks amazing. The cabinets look brand new. I have to take some new pictures, as these were taken from Kyle's phone, but it'll do for now.
Heres the kitchen before...

Hardware = ugly. (or missing)

Cabinets = ugly. (or missing)

 Here is the kitchen after the painted cabinets and new hardware went up... its really coming along. I  love how much the space has brightened up. We still have to put up the subway tile backsplash, as well as a countertop we can hopefully both agree on :) But here it is so far!

Cabinet Repair Extraordinaire.

Sooo.. things have been moving slowly lately, we are just kinda fixing holes in the wall so the plaster repair can be done, and removing the baseboards, etc. Just time consuming, really nothing interesting.
My cabinets had a nice little test run, and I noticed this UGLY line in the middle... BLAHHH.

 Soooooo my caulking gun came to the rescue aaaaandddddd 

OH YA. THATS RIGHT. 

Thats really all I have to show you. 

Riveting stuff, eh? 

Holy S%#$. This is gonna suck.

                            So..... the baseboards are off of the wall in the Dining room/Nook.

And in certain lights, the baseboards look like they are in good shape....

But once we got them off of the walls, they are not the best. So hopefully we can restore them.

Fingers crossed...

Playing with what to do with this bannister.... The baseboards will be white.

So I'm thinking... White spindles, Dark Rail and Top Post, and Not sure about the bottom of the treads. 

Whatevs. Thats wayyyyyyyy down the road anyways. Just dreamin. 

Now that my assistant duties were not needed today, I could finish off the cupboards. They are lookin rad. 

 Aaaaand here is the nook. Gigantic, eh? I love it. The baseboards are off, most of the wall trim and wallpaper is off, this room is pretty much ready for flooring and paint. 

Our dreary kitchen..

Here is our kitchen before... 

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I can't say I was in love. With the size, definately. 

Just needed a touch of paint, some wood filler, and some new hardware, as that hardware is either missing, or ghastly. 

Shortly after, We took off all of the cabinets... what a mess we make. 

A coat of primer went on the cupboards, and the window trim. 

I even cleaned up for you!

I used an oil based paint, as well as an additive called "penetrol" to paint the sanded, wood filled, cabinets.

3 coats later.. 

They turned out AMAZING. I'm really excited about how much they will brighten up. We purchased some cup pulls for the drawers, and just simple satin knobs. We also spraypainted the hinges with a "nickel spraypaint"... which turned out AWESOME.
Unfortunatley the countertop will still be there for a few weeks, so the final reveal won't happen for awhile.. but Its going to be exciting for us to see the transformation. Its going to really brighten up the kitchen.