Hey there, been awhile! Still working this seasonal job... I really like where I am but the work is pretty dull most of the time. I am hoping a permanent position will open up somewhere here, there is a glimmer of possibility with some reorganization that is taking place, preparing for a bunch of people retiring soon. I have not had the willpower to look elsewhere for a permanent job, I probably won't until I become part-time in the fall. With that said, I have also lacked the willpower to do home improvement work. I had been doing some things during the weekends, but summer weekends often get filled up with other events, so what I am trying to say here is: not much has gotten done on the house, ok!
What I have managed to do is get a start on the kitchen. Yes, my husband and I had a prior agreement that the bathroom would be the first project, but you know what? He never started on the bathroom, and I managed to get started on the kitchen first, so there! It happened like this... I was off work for Independance Day and was bored, so I got curious about how easily/difficult the wallpaper would come off in the kitchen. To my astonishment and utter glee, all it took was a little picking with a fingernail at a corner seam of a panel and whoosh! came peeling off the entire panel in one pull! Another couple hours of that process and the walls were bare, save behind the stove. Unfortunately, this revealed some gloomy paint chipping underneath. The ceiling beam and the backsplash are the culprits that need some heavy-handed correction. After repeating a spackle-and-sanding process that kept leaving more paint chipping, my motivation waned. I chipped off as much paint as I figured I needed to, which ended up being most of the backsplash and very large spots on the ceiling beam. Now I need to push myself to finish spackling and sanding it all, and hope no more paint chips. Hopefully it won't take as long as waiting for a snowy day, because with this drought a rainy day is most unlikely!
After the walls are finally all smooth and whole, the plan is to paint a light green. Following projects for the kitchen include:
- Painting cabinets white and installing knobs
- Installing a mosaic tile backsplash, using those easy/cheap sheets of them
- Painting the light fixtures (applying my "found frills" blog theme here)
- Possibly painting a faux granite on the countertops (Rustoleum Transformations)
- Changing out window treatments, would like to get bamboo blinds or something similar
- Covering the chairs in cloth (again with "found frills" philosophy)
It's a lot of work for sure, but it's a hobby and I can't wait to see my visualization come to life!
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