kitchen re-do, part 3

ill warn you now. i have no idea how many "parts" this kitchen re-do will end up being. maybe a lot. maybe not. who knows.

so after "step 6: dont cry." we come to step 7.

step 7: vacuum off all the dust. this wasnt too bad. the hubs did that.

step 8: do all those same steps just inside on the cabinet bases.

step 8.5 take a break for the night and relax. being off of my feet never felt so good. except i was pretty sore. along with everyone else. we enjoyed some quality time and good food at applebees.

step 9: stain. we chose a gel stain, which is new to everyone so it was an interesting learning experience. wipe on. wait. wipe off.  but if you waited too long, it was really really hard to wipe off.

check out the difference from no stain to one coat of stain here:

step 10: dont get frustrated. this step was a bit harder for me. you may not know this about me but i like things to look the same. to match. so it was pretty frustrating to see different color variations on the doors. some would look like a light golden brown, some a dark brown and some more of a reddish brown.

step 11: wait to dry and apply 2nd coat of stain. this was really surprising to me. its hard to really see, especially in pictures but i guess you just gotta trust. check out the picture above, the one inside where you can see before any stain and then with one coat of stain. see how it looks like a dark brown there? well turns out it wasnt really that dark. cuz check this out

thats a door with one coat of stain laying on doors with 2 coats of stain. after the second coat of stain, the color was much darker (which we really liked & what we were ultimately going for)  and there wasnt as much/as big of difference in color variations. whew! turns out im a much happier camper now. except im not big into camping so i dont know what that really makes me but whatev.

stay tuned...the next kitchen re-do update will be the last.