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Priming Kitchen Cabinets: Days 2 and 3 24 Aug 2013 | 03:27 am
Prime. Let dry. Repeat. Because of the humidity of Wetlanta, priming the kitchen cabinets took a little longer than I wanted it to. But after two coats of white on the front and back of each door,...
Priming Kitchen Cabinets: Day 1 21 Aug 2013 | 08:15 pm
Day one of priming was mostly prep. The cabinets had been scrubbed, supplies purchased, and I was ready to roll. From everything I’ve read online about painting cabinets, the two most important fact...
Progress, Progress Everywhere 20 Aug 2013 | 07:45 pm
As I mentioned yesterday, there were a number of to-do items tackled this weekend thanks in large part to my mom and grandmother coming over for a visit last Saturday (a big thanks to them both!). Pr...
Rain Delay 19 Aug 2013 | 07:30 pm
This weekend was one of those where a LOT of stuff got done. I was on a roll (no pun intended) with the primer (and also successfully getting. it. everywhere.). Mom and Granny came over again to hel...
Ten Hilarious Things I Learned at Haven 16 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm
The Haven Conference was at the beginning of this month. And since I immediately came home and hit the ground running with my kitchen makeover, I haven’t had much time to reflect on a lot of the thin...
Kitchen 2013: Picking Paint in the Dark 14 Aug 2013 | 05:45 pm
It’s an art, I tell ya… This was the view in my kitchen last night. I’m down to the final contenders. But let’s back up a second to the primer. You know when you read review after review after rev...
Marietta, Music & More 13 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
I decided that in addition to sharing the kitchen prep that went down this weekend, I also wanted to share some of the other events going on in the “I actually (sometimes) have a life” realm of this b...
Kitchen 2013: Cabinet Paint Prep 12 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
The kitchen, Saturday morning: Complete with dirty dishes in the sink. Mom and Granny came over to help me get started. Pictured here is a quick discussion about the game plan. And proof that I do...
Kitchen 2013: Measured Progress 7 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Oh, it’s on… I’ve gone from my typical M.O. of eyeballing… … to actually measuring things in the kitchen. I know, try not to panic. I’m still the same disheveled me. This picture was actually comp...
Reader Remarks: All The Single (DIY) Ladies? 5 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
A reader question came into my inbox last week: Hey there, Sarah! I’ve been reading your blog for about a year now and I really love so many things about it. One of the things I love most is that y...
