{"id":3704,"date":"2015-04-26T23:22:07","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T04:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=3704"},"modified":"2015-04-26T23:22:07","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T04:22:07","slug":"diy-kitchen-transformation-painted-kitchen-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2015\/04\/diy-kitchen-transformation-painted-kitchen-island.html","title":{"rendered":"DIY Kitchen Transformation: Painted Kitchen Island"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Every step we take towards the improved kitchen is making me hate the countertops more and more….<\/p><\/div>\n

Tonight we were able to put the kitchen back together, at least for now.<\/p>\n

What do you think?<\/p>\n

This took two coats of primer and three coats of brown paint in many spots.<\/p>\n

The doors won’t go back on for a few days:<\/p>\n

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The paint needs a chance to “cure” before putting the doors back on. It’ll probably happen mid-week sometime.<\/p><\/div>\n

Here’s a close up of the beadboard detail:<\/p>\n

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Pardon the poor lighting. It’s late at night and I’m using the overhead lights. Lots of shadows…<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tonight we were able to put the kitchen back together, at least for now. What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[306,582,450,583,581],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-XK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3692,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2015\/04\/diy-kitchen-transformation-prep-work.html","url_meta":{"origin":3704,"position":0},"title":"DIY Kitchen Transformation: The Importance of Thorough Prep Work","date":"25 April 15","format":false,"excerpt":"We had a pretty substantial setback today on our journey to (like) new cabinets. 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