It took all day, but we got our painting on! Laurie was very generous in helping with this project. We had a lot of fun painting. The doors took five coats of Fluffy Biscuit semi-gloss and they look great! Our friend Wayne likes to call the color Soggy Biscuit! We needed to take several breaks while waiting for each of the coats of paint to dry. While painting, we were swatting at the wasps that took a liking to Laurie...too bad she left that special medicine at home. Thank goodness, we didn't need it!
Here is a photo of the current kitchen, the finished doors and an idea of what the project "goal" is...we are getting a new counter, new sink, new faucet and I am tiling the backsplash. The rendering is pretty close to the vision. The cranberry color is gone and has been replaced with the lighter color. The backsplash will be 3 rows of 2" tiles along the top and bottom; separated by 6" tiles that will have designs of deers and tracks on them. I am getting a lot of help with this project. Big kudos to Carlo and Laurie. And of course Wayne for putting the designs into my hands for the deCOUpage process!!!
One our our breaks was coffee down by the river and we checked out additional damage to another tree thanks to the beavers.
We found a woodpecker condo along the easement and these birds were pretty angry that we were looking around. I teased Laurie about being part of the Audubon Society and much to my amazement...she is! She knew a lot about the birds and even what kind they were as they were making their presence known to us.
Another break was for another delicious meal. BBQ chicken breasts, garlic bread and salad. Yummy!
After the painting project was cleaned up, we played Scrabble and kicked back until it was time to cook dinner. On this menu: Steak, baked potatoes, garlic bread and simmered onions & mushrooms. We eat good here!
Laurie bought new slippers while at Wal-Mart but there seemed to be a problem with them...oh, no, not with the slippers, silly me! Just a problem with knowing left from right...hum, problem walking? There's an arch in there for a reason. Hmmmm!
After another delicious meal, we attempted to play backgammon but couldn't recall the initial set-up so we played six rounds of Boggle! We had a great evening and called it an early night so we could hit the road early in the morning!
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