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I made a lot of progress on my studio office area cabinet doors and drawer fronts this weekend! I am so motivated and excited to finish these cabinets so that I can be one step closer to having a finished studio.
On Friday and Saturday, I worked on the backs of the doors and drawer fronts – sanding the primer smooth with 220-grit sandpaper, spraying the first coat of paint, sanding again, spraying the second coat of paint, spraying the first clear coat, sanding again, and then Spraying a final clear coat.
Saturday night, Matt asked me how my Sunday was going to be, so I was going about my day – church in the morning, come home and make him dinner, go to lunch with my mom and brother, come home and make him dinner. After that I said, I planned to work on my studio cabinet doors and drawer fronts.
When I said that, his face looked very sad. I asked him what was wrong, and he said, “I’m very sad. You have to work on Sunday.” I responded, “What do you mean?” There isI don’t There is Do whatever. I want To work on them! I’m so excited about finishing those cabinets and I love the painting! It doesn’t work for me. It’s fun!”
Even after all these years, I still don’t think he fully understands my love for some of the things I do. Sure, sometimes, it can feel like work and I want to procrastinate and avoid it. But when I actually start to see progress on a big project, it’s exciting and fun. And that’s where I’m at with these cabinets now.
I had high hopes of being able to finish painting and clear the fronts of the cabinet doors and drawer fronts, but unfortunately, I couldn’t. But I sanded the primer and then got the first coat of paint on everything.
I had plenty of time to finish them last night and the weather was perfect for painting, although a bit windy at times. But for the most part, it’s perfect. Even after it got up to 85 degrees yesterday and the sun went down, it was still pretty cozy outside.
And I love painting. I actually watered the paint down a little (which I’ve never done before when using my little sprayer), and the paint turned out pretty well. I didn’t use the Critter brand sprayer this time. I had to buy a new one and the Critter brand was ridiculously expensive. So I bought this K-Grip siphon spray gun instead (affiliate link). It’s literally the same as Critter, it’s still reasonably priced, and it comes in a plastic jar instead of glass, which I love. It won’t break if I drop it. Glass jars break 100% of the time and I’ve thrown away quite a few of them over the years.
So anyway, I’m making pretty good progress and I’m really hopeful that I can finish them off with a second coat of paint and two coats of General Finishes High Performance Topcoat (affiliate link), which is my go-to clear coat. .
But unfortunately, one thing worked against me last night – crane flies. They are everywhere. If you’re not familiar with crane flies, they’re large, very delicate, completely harmless flying insects that are most annoying because they look so clumsy because they can’t really control their flight. And at this time of the year after the sun goes down they appear in droves.
So they came here after the sun set, attracted by the lights in the carport. They were constantly flying into me, flying around my face, flying into my hair, and worst of all, flying into wet paint. And once they get there, they can’t be pulled out of the paint. They are too delicate to pick them up from wet paint. So my only option is to wait for the paint to dry and then brush them off and sand the imperfections in the paint.
So unfortunately, I had to give up after the first coat of paint was done. I am very disappointed. I really wanted to get all the doors and drawer fronts painted, clear coated, and ready for gold leaf today, but it looks like these little bugs have set me back a day. But this is not a big deal.
Well, moving on to another item for my office area, I’d like to show you what I found so you can let me know what you think. As I shared last week, I’m going to build a bridge with cubbies between the upper cabinets on both sides. It looks like this…
Then I decided to use two table lamps on the countertop and my floral print on the lamp shades. It looks like this…
I decided not to put pendant lights in this area for two reasons. First, I have a pendant light above my desk, and I didn’t want three pendant lights in such a small space, especially since two are the same and the third (the one above my desk) is completely different. And the second reason is that I want any pendant lights on this countertop to match the pendant lights on the other countertop. I bought these years ago and then actually took them apart and combined parts from two different lights to make one light. So these pendant lights are not something I can order more of. And I couldn’t find anything that seemed to suit my taste.
But look what I found. Scones! I found them on Amazon (affiliate link) and they look just like my pendants!
They have to be painted and gold leafed to look like a pendant, but I can’t believe how similar they are! I mean, they’re not exactly the same shape, but they’re pretty close!
So now I’m not sure if I should do sconces or stick with table lamps with floral shades. I like both options a lot, but always prefer using scones where I can find places for them. Now I’m torn.
Addicted 2 Decorating shares my DIY and decorating journey as I renovate and decorate the 1948 Fixer Upper that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has MS and is unable to do physical activity, so I do most of the housework myself. You can learn more about me here.
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