It feels like I’m moving at the pace of a turtle with the cabinets. I have to admit we were all feeling a bit under the weather last week, so not much got accomplished. I caulked all the moldings and delayed the painting till I felt better. I knew once I started, I wouldn’t want to stop. In the mean time, I took off all of the doors and numbered them, so they are easier to replace. I made a map of the kitchen and taped the numbers on a piece of tape inside the hinge.
Hubby came in a saw all the cabinets in their fully exposed glory and his slight OCD almost gave him an asthma attack. Instead he took lots of picture and blogged about how he was trying to let it go…hehe. I mean if you think about it, how much of our lives do we spend opening and closing cabinets. If they were always open, we could save SOOOO much time. 
Then I sanded down the exposed cabinets and cleaned them up. I took TSP (TriSodium Phosphate) and cleaned up the cabinet doors out in the garage. This is a degreaser and helps to take the gloss off the doors. Make sure to wear gloves when you are working with this chemical.
Then on a nice Florida day I set up the doors outside to spray on the primer. I purposely did this in the backyard so if I had overspray it wouldn’t get on any cars or garage stuff.
I got 3/4 of them done last Thursday. In all honesty, the longest part is prep and clean up. I HATE them both! I would rather paint all day and let someone else clean up…hehe. Today my dad came over and we worked together to prime the cabinets inside. Then I finished the cabinet doors and drawers. YEAH, I can move onto the real color. Thanks Dad!
Now I have a question for you. Does the name of a paint color help you decide between 2 colors. Here are a couple names I was considering.
Rafia Cream
Cream in my coffee
Fortune Cookie
The second one I was really shooting for. How nice would it be to tell people the color is “Cream in my coffee”. YUM! In the end I went with Antique White, which is also a fabulous name. After my dad left I took a few pictures, then I popped open the Antique White and painted one cabinet. I just had to see it TODAY!
Here’s a picture of the primed cabinets. You’ll have to wait till next week for the TRUE color. I’m so excited, and sore. 
I’m searching for cabinet knobs now. If you have any tricks to finding deals on these, I’d love to hear them. They are expensive at the hardware stores and I’ve even tried Contractor’s Best, a home renovation outlet. I’m searching online now.
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Do you have any overstock stores in FL? Up here in NE, we have Ocean State Job Lots, Big Lots and similar stores that buy up overstocks and discontinued items from major store chains. Hardware there is SO much cheaper!! Good luck!