Giving Your Kitchen A Complete Makeover...And Doint It On A Low Budget At That--Countertops and Backsplash: Phase Six

Giving Your Kitchen A Complete Makeover...And Doing It On A Low Budget At That--Countertops and Backsplashes: Phase Six With the kitchen cabinets firmly in place and finished, you are now ready to proceed to the next task and that will bring us into phase six of our ongoing series "Giving Your Kitchen A Complete Makeover...And Doing It On A Low Budget At That--Countertops and Backsplash: Phase Six. Up to this point we have dismantle an existing residential kitchen and step by step we have rebuild a new one, complete with new ceiling joists, studs (if needed) and we installed new insulation before we put up new drywall (sheetrock) on the walls and ceilings in phases one through four. And in phase five we installed the kitchen cabinets and we applied a finish to your liking. Whether the cabinets were stained and varnished or primed and painted; each finish is guaranteed to yield beautiful results if executed properly. Each finish is capable of giving a kitchen an elegant and refined look--one that can leave you breathless. Now with all that work completed and done I can rightfully assume that your new kitchen is beginning to take shape...and that has to be a good feeling. We've gone from an old kitchen that was worn and outdated to a vacant kitchen where every thing had been removed to a new kitchen that now has clean crisp walls and ceiling to beautiful cabinets that look great. But before we proceed to install countertops on our base cabinets we should take this time to paint our already primed walls and ceilings. To be perfectly honest with you there is an option here: you can paint your walls and ceilings before your install your countertop or you can paint them afterwards--the call is yours, however, I prefer to do it at this stage of the project (generally speaking, I'm really excited about seeing the wall color (s) and the ceiling all finished up) and get that taken care of. And of course I insist on applying at least two coats of an acrylic latex paint on the walls and ceilings, but in the kitchen applying an acrylic latex enamel on the walls might be an even better choice. You see, the enamel has greater wipe ability than regular acrylic latex paints, but they generally come in a satin, semi-gloss, and gloss finish. If you had in mind putting a flat or matte finish on your walls it might prove to be a little difficult to find...but then again, its worth spending time checking it out if that is what you want.Here again, planning is the key to getting the job done correctly and without losing a lot of precious time searching for things at the last minute. But before you begin painting your walls and ceiling be sure to cover your newly finished cabinets completely; then do it again, and a third time if need be. After all the work that has gone into making your cabinets beautiful and charming you don't want to get specks of ceiling and wall paint all over them...and not to mention spills and droplets that would simply break your heart. So let's go ahead and wrap them up--now! In the article "Interior Painting...Transform Your Interior Into A Beautiful Enclave", I gave pointers and tips on how to paint the interior of your home. If you like you are more than welcome to click on the link above, or copy and paste it into your browser and check out the information there, hopefully it will give you a few useful hints that may prove to be of some benefit...at least I hope it does. But as with most home improvement projects, as I have so often stated, the key to doing a quality job is having the patience to do it correctly;that's usually about 90% of it. So take your time and slowly paint your ceiling and walls and enjoy the experience--I certainly do and I've been doing this for twenty-five years.

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