Downstairs Remodel- Day 3

11:00
So far today, we have sanded most of the edges of the cabinet doors, and added trim to the upper cabinets. It looks so much better already, as I tend to think that the cabinets were screaming for trim all this time. As for the door sanding, the right tool really does make a difference and it's going much faster than it would have by hand. We still have so much farther to go, but it's getting there. :) This project is definitely not for the lazy or faint of heart. It's tedious, seriously messy, and lengthy.

1:00
The cabinet sanding is done! I really hope that we don't have anymore of it to do. If I haven't said it before, I hate sanding! I think we are dangerously close to starting clean up.

2:00
Clean up has begun! YAY!

4:00
The cabinets are as clean as they are going to get for now and we have put stuff back into them so that we can function. I plan to paint them while they are still loaded. ;)

Here are a couple of not great pics of our progress. I took some before we started, but they were awful because the lighting was bad so you'll just have to use your imagination.

 This is the cabinet that you see when you walk into the front door. We added molding to the top so that there isn't a gap :)

We also added molding to the rest of the cabinets to move them a little farther away from "builder grade". As you can see, they have been sanded- YAY!
You will also notice that underneath the cabinet, there are 2 paint choices- we are going with the one on the left for the kitchen/dining room, and the one on the right for the hallway/stairway.