The last update on the kitchen was over a month ago when I left the DW with two 5-gallon buckets catching water from the sink while we waited for the new counter-top to arrive. Luckily for her (actually, luckily for me) things were like that for less than a week – it was supposed to take over two weeks for the new top to come in – before we had the new top and sink installed and all of the appliances reconnected.

With the cabinets and plumbing re-assembled, I’ve been working on miscellaneous jobs as time permits to finish this project up. That included painting the entry door in the kitchen. The door was installed by the previous owner, but was just factory primed and never painted. That was so long ago, that no matter how many times we cleaned it, it still looked dingy and dirty. So with the help of a “volunteer” all of the glass was taped off before we pulled the pins on the hinges and carried it outside.

Five cans of spray paint over the course of the next 48 hours and the door looked as good as new – actually, it looked better than new since it had never been painted.

After letting the paint cure for another day the DW and I decided to try something a little different. The kitchen side of the door will be encased in white trim and next to a white pantry – is that starting to sound like a lot of white in one corner? Since the rest of the kitchen now has black accents, we got out a can of black spray paint and painted the grill on the door black.

What did it look like finished? I’ve been instructed not to post any more pictures of the kitchen until it is completely finished. That means I need to fill this hole first…

One pantry… coming up.