"Season everything with love."
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Our plans for a kitchen make over were not supposed to be for a while, not this year at least. After the first few hours passed in the house, our talented friend started priming the ceiling, crown moulding, trim and wainscoting - all brown/green before. Our sister in law aided in taking down the wallpaper a few days later and we discovered the walls had been painted, painted some more, wallpaper and painted over again.
- Author unknown
Our plans for a kitchen make over were not supposed to be for a while, not this year at least. After the first few hours passed in the house, our talented friend started priming the ceiling, crown moulding, trim and wainscoting - all brown/green before. Our sister in law aided in taking down the wallpaper a few days later and we discovered the walls had been painted, painted some more, wallpaper and painted over again.
Gable Oaks has both drywall and plaster walls. The kitchen is plaster. We absolutely love it as the plaster in the house was done so well. While house hunting, we really learnt the difference between a good plaster job and a poor one. Looking back on our house hunting chapter I remember one house that needed part of the basement to be filled to the brim with sand every once and a while to keep pressure on the walls...so they wouldn't cave in...really glad we walked away from that one, but we did learn a lot about century homes from the process.
Our house has had many owners in it's past and after years and years of painting, settling and (lately) removing wallpaper, there were some cracks to be repaired. The top plaster was a bit uneven so mudding and sanding was much needed to finish the walls to the way we wanted them.
Our house has had many owners in it's past and after years and years of painting, settling and (lately) removing wallpaper, there were some cracks to be repaired. The top plaster was a bit uneven so mudding and sanding was much needed to finish the walls to the way we wanted them.
I started out with basic polyfill in the small holes and hairlines cracks. Mitch took over after that with many mudding/sanding routines to make the walls even. Our good friend taught him the process and advised us of what products to use. After that was complete, we finished priming the walls and painted the wainscoting, crown moulding, doors, door frames and trim a brilliant semi-gloss white. We also replaced the glass in the California lighting from yellow to clear.
The finish product. We love white accents, so all of our trim and door frames pop. There are many outlets and light switches so we chose to accent them rather than hide them. We added fresh white outlet covers and changed the receptacles (switches) from black to white. The colour for the room is Crystal Blue by Benjamin Moore. We also added a simple Edison bulb pendant lamp that has some farm house charm.
Before
Renovation
After
