After researching and testing a number of stains and sealers for butcher block countertops, we decided to “stain” our counters using a simple iron acetate solution made from vinegar and steel wool. If you know my fondness for a good chemistry project, you’ll understand how excited I was, when I discovered this method.
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Our first home came with an abundance of unfinished touches. Among these were rough-cut stair railings, missing or mismatched moulding, dated interior doors, and a total lack of closet doors. All of these came together with mauve tile to create a less-than-inviting entry. Thankfully it was nothing fresh paint and some new finishes couldn’t remedy.
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If you read my previous post, you know we’re in the midst of renovating our new kitchen. We’re still working on the cabinets in the new kitchen, so I figured it was a good time to share the cabinet-painting story from our past kitchen. This is a follow-up to the Rustoleum Countertop Transformations project I posted about already. Given the success of the countertop project, I decided to give Rustoleum’s Cabinet Transformations kit a try when tackling our first kitchen almost four years ago.
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Well folks, here it is. The first project in our new house. It took less than a month to get started on a major renovation… the kitchen. Before we even moved in, I was brainstorming ways to transform this eighties throwback into our very own Scandinavian farmhouse kitchen… or at least that’s how I’m labeling it today. While I was certainly tempted to start with new appliances, I’ve had enough projects under my belt to know better. So we made our list and started at the at the top—quite literally—with the ceiling.
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In the summer of 2013, we first used Rustoleum Countertop Transformations to bring our kitchen counters into this decade. It’s been over three years since that initial application and the counters have held up extremely well. On my first Throwback Thursday, I’ll look back on one of the first major projects that started this DIY obsession of mine.
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