Primed up, ready to go.

We did it. We finally buckled down and patched up all the holes, scraped off all the old paint, and primed our entire kitchen. Literally - we painted pretty much everything except the floor. And it is now all very bright!

Though, once again, Reagan got a little carried away scraping the window frames clean of their many layers of chipping paint, we were able to get a coat of paint on everything Saturday and Sunday evenings. Here's an example of just how gunky the windows got (and how they weren't able to be stripped totally clean):


And then we started priming:

You can see the very professional way that we covered the lights...with leftover NY Times delivery bags.

Ok, before we show you the totally primed shot, let me just remind you of how awful this kitchen once looked:

and

And now:

Very white! And clean!

The lights make the photo look a little yellow, but it's very nice, really. But don't worry, it's not going to stay totally white. We managed to choose colors to be painted next weekend! Trying not to be too yellow...again.

The cork sample (our floor) is sitting on top of the color we like for all the woodwork. The paint card is an off-white for the walls. The color to the left is (very) similar, but we promise the one on the right is so much better.

In other big news, we bought a sink this weekend! We still have no cabinets or counter in which to put it, but, eh, details.