Kitchen Renovation, Day 6

This weekend is all about painting, and we got a good start today (okay, so we're still going to go back and paint our first coat on the walls). While Judson was showering, I vacuumed the kitchen.

We officially started off our day by going to the Farmer's Market to get some vegetables for grilling and crockpotting. Judson had already decided to make us stew for dinner. This was a great idea, aside from the torture of smelling the stew as we worked. After that, we stopped at Ithaca Bakery for breakfast. I had a Tex Mex. Yummy. Our next stop was Lowes, where we bought paint, gray primer (we had some white primer for the ceiling and trim already), rollers, and rechargeable AA batteries (so you guys can see our progress). Then, we went to Home Depot for Frog Tape. (The Frog Tape is worth the trip, trust me). Finally, we headed to Wegmans for plasticware and paper plates, plus breakfast food, beer (Saranac Pumpkin), and Wegmans Diet Orange Soda.

The big angled one is "Bus," and the small angled brush is "Top."

Paint-related tools and supplies

The paint!

Finally, we got to work. We cleaned using Simple Green, which has always worked well for us. Once the walls were dry, we masked and primed the trim and ceilings. We don't know who painted our kitchen doors, but we do know that they had a knack for unleashing the pain. We recently finished priming the walls, and I think the whole room took us one quarter the time it took us to paint two doors, the window trim, the ceiling, and a threshold. Ugh.

I swear the primer is gray, not blue.

Our ladder!

Check out our snazzy gas line protection.