More Doors & Countertops!

Another new door is in!  Although I don't love installing them, I LOVE what they can do in terms of positive change when they are fully installed!  Remember our old side garage door?

So gross!

and now the new door!  It even makes our skin colored aluminum siding look not SO bad, lol. 

Perfect!!  I don't think we're going to put a storm door there...I don't really see much need at this time.

I moved the wooden countertops in to the mudroom today too

Now we can install the upper cabinets!  YEAH!

 

I'm actually really happy with how they turned out.  Although I had that trouble with the dust.  My solution was to SPRAY on a fourth coat of spar urethane.  It's not as smooth as I'd like it to be, but at least it's not full of dust flecks!  So I guess what it comes down to is that I must have had dust in my brush...even though I bought it new for this project...and even though I cleaned it really well after each use.

And the finished pieces in the clutter room.  Now to just cut that hole for the WASH TUB sink :)

(I'm going to do it...so Kade better just go ahead and agree already!)

Pantry side...nothing going there...just the countertop, so it is ready.

Oh...and I still need to paint the cabinets white in here.

I know what some of you are saying...YOU'RE GOING TO PAINT THOSE??

(can you tell I've heard that before?) and the answer is YES!!!  I am most definitely going to paint those!!  Sorry folks!  I wanted white cabinets in the clutter room.

I went to the garage to check on the kitchen counter..and you guessed it...the finish is messed up on that one too!  Ugh!  This time...not dust...no...BUGS!!  HOW RUDE!!

Why do bugs LOVE to land on things that are freshly painted or polyurethaned??

Over all though I think it looks so nice.

My fingers are still crossed that it fits perfectly over the sink!!!

The New Front Door

Oh my gosh, I am in love again :) Today we got the new front door installed that Kade's cousin Brent put together for us.  Actually, my brother, Scott was home, and he came and helped Kade get that in...and install the door knob.  Now I can't wait to change that siding and do something about the brick!!  That door is just way too good for the rest of the exterior!!

This is a ThermaTru fiberglass door.

Look what we found when we took the old door out!

Somehow that little snakey got in between the brick and the framed wall!

We left it there, lol.  Figured we would take it out when/if we do something with the brick.

View from inside.... <3

Tomorrow we're going to work on the side garage door.

It's amazing what just a new door can do for the looks of the place!