Hallway Cabinets

Posted by Mark:

Summer is coming to a close and I realized that I have a few mini projects I need to get done before it gets too cold outside.

One of these projects was to refinish the hallway cabinets and drawers. Personally I'd prefer not to sand and paint when its too cold/wet/windy outside.

I'd say that one of the many positive features of our home is the exuberant amount of storage we have.
In our main floor hallway we have a bank of cabinets/drawers. mostly they are filled with odds and ends but if also serves as the main storage for our linens and household cleaning products. We were not  the biggest fan of the door color nor the door hardware so we decided to change this fact. The sheer number of doors (8) and drawer fronts (12) have kept me from tackling this task sooner but finally I buckled down and started. Firstly, here is a picture of the before:

First order of business is of course sanding. And what a better place to sand down for hours on end than Midway, Utah. My family has a place up in Midway and I enjoy going up there immensely. I'd probably go up there more often, but while I am relaxing up in the Heber Valley, I have the festering knowledge that there are projects that aren't being completed back home. I had the realization that I could combine the best of two worlds and bring the project with me! It was genius in my opinion. One weekend we packed as many doors and drawers that our car could handle and headed up to Midway. While Spencer napped, Kimmi and I busted out our sanders and got cracking. I was grateful to have Kimmi's help because it made things go by really fast. Here are some pictures of our progress:

It was then time for primer and paint. As a man, I have long since relinquished all input on paint color to Kimmi. I have learned time and time again that Kimmi is the designer and always chooses the best color for the job. She chose a bright orange leaf color and it turned out quite nicely. We also picked up our new handles from the cheapest and best place we've found for hardware, Ikea. We both like the end result very much.

One more project down, 400 more to go.