tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post254259913788130185..comments2013-11-20T10:07:31.557-08:00Comments on ::Castle under construction::: A day at the beach!xoxoxohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-64898595542556854982010-11-15T16:47:34.648-08:002010-11-15T16:47:34.648-08:00Wow, that is so fantastic that you are trying to s...Wow, that is so fantastic that you are trying to saving those cupboards. The house my husband and I bought last October has lots of renovations that we need to do as well. The house is over a 100 years old. I don't think I would be brave enough to try to save the cupboards. I can't wait to see what it looks like when you are finished! It will be so great!meemsnychttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584936035577822444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-66329044566752867352010-11-11T00:41:13.118-08:002010-11-11T00:41:13.118-08:00Our kitchen was absolutely nasty when we bought ou...Our kitchen was absolutely nasty when we bought our house as well... we used TSP on the walls to remove some of the grease before painting it all white. Everyone always asks why my kitchen is such a crisp white, I always say it's because I know how nasty it was before we painted it. The cabinet have been painted at least 4 different colors previously, we repainted them white. Someday we'll get new ones, until then we'll have to deal with the paint constantly sticking the drawers shut. I did change out all the handles though, when we tried cleaning the old ones we'll just say they became even worse. Oh, and behind our fridge (and under it), someone had spilled what appeared to be an entire bowl of ice cream with chocolate syrup, who knows how long ago... it was all crusty and oh so much fun to clean up. Good luck with the cabinet cleaning, I don't think mine are worth trying to get the paint off, some year we'll hopefully get new ones... right after we get a new pellet stove, patio, windows, and well... yeah. Always more to do. :)Amy Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06655798454280483105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-35959435857304031892010-11-07T16:03:56.040-08:002010-11-07T16:03:56.040-08:00You two really are working hard! We have a 40 yea...You two really are working hard! We have a 40 year old house and have done lots on it ourselves, only a few things have we hired out - like the roof and pouring a driveway. It's very rewarding after it's done, but sure does get old some days. Every so often my husband and I list off all the things we've done here to make ourselves feel better about all the work :)Catherine@AGardenerinProgresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05001060769253273283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-40341331440902680172010-11-06T20:40:13.231-07:002010-11-06T20:40:13.231-07:00Karen-alot of work is true--but it is only the bar...Karen-alot of work is true--but it is only the bare minimum we can do to make it clean(plus the beams, which couldn't be ignored!) I cannot wait for it to smell clean! <br />What can you possibly learn from me? You're the one with an amazing quarry garden! Which I have yet to tell Travis I want one :)xoxoxohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-41657359916677339162010-11-06T19:39:29.286-07:002010-11-06T19:39:29.286-07:00Oh, what a lot of work...I wish I had your ambitio...Oh, what a lot of work...I wish I had your ambition. I'm learning so much from your blog!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18368318730124533690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-72162576262745342962010-11-06T11:30:19.468-07:002010-11-06T11:30:19.468-07:00I did think about using the chemical stripper, but...I did think about using the chemical stripper, but I would still have to sand after and the caustic removal of the stripper would be more work I think.xoxoxohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901575098558141612.post-15337940245650529002010-11-06T10:53:14.719-07:002010-11-06T10:53:14.719-07:00I love reading your blog because you remind me a b...I love reading your blog because you remind me a bit of myself 30 years ago. We also moved into our first house and I had to redo a nasty kitchen on a budget, scrubbing and refinishing cabinet doors. It was hard work, so I know what you've been going through. We had a strange combination of metal cupboards with wooden doors, so some of the pieces had to be taken outside to be spray-painted. We had the outlines of metal drawers on our driveway for years, until we had the driveway resurfaced.<br /><br />Instead of cleaning and sanding, have you considered using a chemical varnish stripper? Since the TSP is penetrating the varnish anyway.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16323262555906240701noreply@blogger.com