Well, we are halfway there with the One Room Challenge! Yikes…… there is sooooo much more to do. But, I feel like we are on a good path and we were very productive this week.

Ok, if you are new here, I should give a little update. We are on week 3 (of 6 weeks) to making over our kitchen. If you want to know more of the details, check out the blog posts for week 1 and week 2.

First thing this week, I headed to Bedrosians and picked out the marble slabs that we are using for our counter tops. EEEEKKK!!! They are so gorgeous you guys. I can’t wait for you to see them cut and installed.

We were actually planning on having the tile and countertops installed early this week, but we decided to put off that installation till later next week so that we could get most of the painting done. We felt that it would be the easiest way to tackle this. I don’t know why we thought it would be fun to cover up brand new tile and counter tops in order to paint the cabinets.

This last week we demoed the kitchen (and by we, I mean my brother Ash)! It took two days to rip out all the granite tile countertops and the floor. It was a bit of a beast to remove, the glue and grout used was very tough. Once everything was out of the space, we started sanding and prepping everything for paint. It was a good 2 days to get everything ready. We filled all the old hinge holes with wood fill, caulked all the cracks and holes, sanded and then sanded so more and then wiped everything down with TSP. And then we taped and masked off the room, which takes longer than you think.

We used a new primer, called UMA.

We are new to the sprayer game, but I think I’m a believer. We bought this Graco machine before Lonnie painted our guesthouse. For painting the interiors, we bought a the new blue housing and a FF LP 312 tip. And I’ll be honest, it was much easier to use then I thought. I primed the whole kitchen yesterday in just over an hour. I definitely have lots to learn, because there are a few drips that I need to sand.

And here’s the to-do list from the first week with a little check in of what we have accomplishment so far.

To-Do List:

• demo countertops + backsplash
• demo tile floors
• replace countertops (ordered and being fabricated this week)
• replace backsplash (tile ordered)
• install tile floor (tile ordered)
• replace cabinet hardware (selected, but need to order)
• replace cabinet hinges (still trying to figure out what will work for our cabinet doors)
• repaint back door
• replace 2 wall sconces (selected, but not ordered yet)
• replace ceiling fan and light fixture (selected, but not ordered yet)
• paint ceiling (primed)
• paint lower cabinets black or dark green (Benjamin Moore Dark Olive)
• paint upper cabinets white
• paint walls white (primed)
• select and order sink and prep sink
• select and order faucets
• cut large butcher block for work surface
• source and hang art
• source rug for under sink and back door
• replace switch plates and outlets

Tomorrow we are going to start painting everything that will be white, white. Wish us luck!

Be sure to follow along on Instagram for lots of BTS.