When we went to hang this mirror that we have previously posted about here from my grandmother, we realized that we had been talking about painting the cabinet for over two months with these two paint swatches being thought about.
Ironically we did not go with either of these two colors. One was too light and the other was too blue-ish. We went with Martha's Stewart's - Zinc color matched to Valspar's high gloss paint. I would like to say that we have really fallen for Martha's colors and it truly is all about her presentation. Next time you visit Home Depot check out her paint colors and pick up one of her Complete Paint Palette seen below.
Slade is a great assistant
One side
Reverse side
The paint chips are huge. It saves you because they are large (3"x6") there is no need to purchase a paint sample, just tape it directly to the wall.
Before we painted the cabinet I used this de-glosser instead of sanding. It seemed like the logical step since we couldn't take the cabinet out to sand it down. I followed the directions on the reverse side of the bottle that described to take a lint free rag and apply in a circular motion. The rag quickly turned the shade of the stain (which made me feel good since that was the point to take the most recent layer off - success!) I was surprised to read that I could've painted over the de-glosser after it dried in about ten minutes - I still waited about an hour before priming.
About $6.50ish at Lowes
Priming went pretty easy. I used this primer because it claimed to cover well (I know it is the point and all - but this one was the one that mentioned it and was cost effective). I did one coat and it appeared to have good coverage.....I was thankful that it only needed one primer coat too! (Priming isn't the fun part)
I decided to splurge on some new primer since my old primer had been stored in the garage of our townhouse and looked pretty bad.
Zinc
I had the two cabinet doors off laying in the hallway on a broken down cardboard box. It was pretty lonely so I recruited T to come down and talk to me and bring music. Fenway (our mini aussie) that is always intrigued what we are doing sat with us, it also probably helped that we were sitting on the tile which is his favorite spot to lay.
I had read on other home blogs that Flood - Floetrol worked wonders for covering the brush strokes when painting. When I saw the size of the bottle I thought I might get one or two uses. After getting home to read the bottle I learned that this would last me quite a while! I was excited that this $6.47 purchase would probably last me for both the bathroom cabinets and most of the trim in the house (Holla!).
Now... remember in my previous post I mentioned that the hinges were nasty? They had corrosion, paint, and were no longer matching any metal in the house. Since last weekend we have purchased three different types of hinges and some didn't allow the cabinets to close right, some holes didn't align from the previous ones (although they matched in every other aspect), and the last the closing mechanism was in a different location causing the cabinet not to align correctly. We are beyond irritated at this point. Do we drill more holes and risk ruining the cabinets because it would be so close to the original holes? Do we say heck with the doors and figure out a open option or a curtain? We aren't prepared to replace the cabinet since we have a hunch that there is no dry wall behind and no tile below (not ready to tackle that big of a project yet). so until then.... our guest bathroom will look like this...
Ta-da... not the finished product we hoped to show y'all....
At least the mirror turned out great?!
Anyone know of any places that would be able to help me out with my hinge issue? I plan to read a few reviews on local cabinet places - although I worry that they will push new cabinetry on me.
