Giving Your Kitchen A Complete Makeover...And Doing It On A Low Budget At That--Cabinet Installation Phase Five

<h1>Giving Your Kitchen A Complete Makeover...And Doing It On A Low Budget At That--Cabinet Installation Phase Five</h1>Author: <a title="Donald Thomas" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/donald-thomas/111345.htm">Donald Thomas</a> Giving Your Kitchen A Complete Makeover...And Doing It On A Low Budget At That...Cabinet Installation  Phase Five Now that the kitchen ceiling and walls have been taped and finished--to near perfection (perhaps?) and you took my advice and sprayed a nice even and uniform texture (orange peel preferably) on both walls and ceiling; you are now ready to proceed forward. But before you do just take a moment to look around at your kitchen and observe your handy work. I tell you the truth, in my opinion there are few sights more beautiful than drywall panels handsomely finished and textured. To be totally honest with you I even love the smell of fresh drywall and joint compound; it's the smell of renovation to me and I just love it. Now that the kitchen ceiling and walls have been taped and finished--to near perfection (perhaps?) and you took my advice and sprayed a nice even and uniform texture (orange peel preferably) on both walls and ceiling; you are now ready to proceed forward. But before you do just take a moment to look around at your kitchen and observe your handy work.Before we proceed to phase five of our kitchen makeover (cabinet installation) segment let's take a moment to do something I've found to be very important. You see, the texture that you sprayed on the walls and ceiling is nothing more than joint compound diluted with water--that's all, and it is so easy to accidentally scrape it off the wall/ceiling. You can rub up against the walls and create a smooth spot that may very well stand out--and on and on. My point is this: before I proceed to implement the next phase of work I take the time to prime my ceiling and walls at this point to try and avoid any damage to the texture. Unless you have a really large kitchen you should be able to brush and roll the ceiling and walls fairly quickly, as opposed to spraying the ceiling and walls with an airless paint sprayer. As a matter of fact, I insist on putting not one but two coats of an acrylic latex primer to protect and seal the texture, as well as the drywall finishing job. Once the primer has dried thoroughly then and only then am I ready to proceed with the next task. <a href="http://www.americanpaintingandpressurecleaninginc.com/cabinetinstallation.html"> Learn More</a>About the Author: Donald Thomas is owner and CEO of American Painting and Pressure Cleaning, Inc. He is a home improvement contractor that started out in 1984. <a href="http://www.americanpaintingandpressurecleaninginc.com/cabinetinstallation.html"> Learn More</a>Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/">ArticlesBase.com</a> - <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/kitchens-articles/giving-your-kitchen-a-complete-makeoverand-doing-it-on-a-low-budget-at-thatcabinet-installation-phase-five-984305.html" title="Giving Your Kitchen A Complete Makeover...And Doing It On A Low Budget At That--Cabinet Installation Phase Five">Giving Your Kitchen A Complete Makeover...And Doing It On A Low Budget At That--Cabinet Installation Phase Five</a>

Giving Your Kitchen A Complete Makeover...And Doing It On A Low Budget At That...Cabinet Installation Phase Five

Now that the kitchen ceiling and walls have been taped and finished--to near perfection (perhaps?) and you took my advice and sprayed a nice even and uniform texture (orange peel preferably) on both walls and ceiling; you are now ready to proceed forward. But before you do just take a moment to look around at your kitchen and observe your handy work. I tell you the truth, in my opinion there are few sights more beautiful than drywall panels handsomely finished and textured. To be totally honest with you I even love the smell of fresh drywall and joint compound; it's the smell of renovation to me and I just love it.
Now that the kitchen ceiling and walls have been taped and finished--to near perfection (perhaps?) and you took my advice and sprayed a nice even and uniform texture (orange peel preferably) on both walls and ceiling; you are now ready to proceed forward. But before you do just take a moment to look around at your kitchen and observe your handy work.Before we proceed to phase five of our kitchen makeover (cabinet installation) segment let's take a moment to do something I've found to be very important. You see, the texture that you sprayed on the walls and ceiling is nothing more than joint compound diluted with water--that's all, and it is so easy to accidentally scrape it off the wall/ceiling. You can rub up against the walls and create a smooth spot that may very well stand out--and on and on. My point is this: before I proceed to implement the next phase of work I take the time to prime my ceiling and walls at this point to try and avoid any damage to the texture. Unless you have a really large kitchen you should be able to brush and roll the ceiling and walls fairly quickly, as opposed to spraying the ceiling and walls with an airless paint sprayer. As a matter of fact, I insist on putting not one but two coats of an acrylic latex primer to protect and seal the texture, as well as the drywall finishing job. Once the primer has dried thoroughly then and only then am I ready to proceed with the next task.
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