Kill, Kill the Oak Woodwork

So I'm finally starting the primer on the last room on the first floor that is natural. The living room repaint begins...

SIX MONTHS LATER!!

Here's some pixx0rs.

Let's wait till the living room is full to paint.

I can't decide.

"Helping"

No bitch that does as much house DIY as I do has nails that look this melt-your-face awesome.

Marc's find! (The art, not the George Nelson sunburst clock)

May I Gush?

I'm tickled with the changes we're making at the Cape. I really am!

Over the weekend my mom saw that Big Lots was having a store-wide 20% off sale. After hitting up our local Sears Outlet and finding NOTHING in the way of washers and dryers that had decent prices, we decided we'd see if we could find some good deals at Big Lots. Lo and behold over in the hardware, they had Guard doorknobs (locking exterior and bed and bath), in Aged/Antique Bronze, for $8.00 a piece! Knock off 20% and that brought them down to $6.40 each.

I was thrilled! Not only are the polished brass knobs in the house dated, but not a one of them matches another.

I've only gotten the kitchen and entryway done as far as sanding, priming and painting goes. I love the kitchen in Glidden's Pebble Gray, and the white I'm putting on the woodwork brightens the place up substantially.

Have a look for yourself.

It's sooo late in the day, but I'll probably head over to the Cape and start sanding and priming the office's woodwork and perhaps the master bedroom, as well. I'm having a hard time moving today, and I've already downed a cuppa.

My First Strike on Natural Woodwork

Over the last few days I've been sanding and painting. My poor manicure just doesn't stand a chance.

I am happy to say though, that I have 2 coats on one half of the kitchen woodwork and my first coat on the other, which is also the living room entrance. Yay! Look closely and you'll see my new linoleum floor, too!

Before

After

The window and door, painted!

 I have 2 lights to replace that 90's white ones (with gold leaves!) that are currently hung in the kitchen.

 Guy and I got the new oven and fridge in, too!

This weekend we're going to go through and replace as many switches and outlets as we can while we have daylight.

 And I'd like to get the kitchen painted, as I've got the paint and supplies ready to go. See the paint on the bottom? It was just a little over $8 on the oops rack at Walmart. It's a perfect color for the back entrance/stairway into the basement.

Dust

I've never had to deal with as much dust as things in this house kick up.

I've been having a trying week. I doubled my medication and I've gone from anxiety to body spasms to the scariest nightmares possible.

So to shake off the willies, I went over to the cape and decided to start sanding the kitchen door and frame.

I'm giving the woodwork a light sanding so my paint will stick. All the woodwork is an oak color and is super shiny. Now that the floors are so dark, the oak looks ridiculous. I'm painting the woodwork with Behr Ultra Pure White Hi-Gloss Enamel Interior/Exterior Paint.

Sanding helped me feel a little better, I won't lie.

I went from this:

To this:

I've gotten one side painted white, and it's sitting, drying. I didn't do the frame and I'm too short to even access one part, so I'll make Guy do it when he gets home :)

I really want to get the kitchen done. I've got a stove and fridge ready along with the wallbase in black. I picked out the wall color, too. The cabinets are going white (duh) and the walls Pebble Grey by Glidden.