The Kitchen Refresh Project

It's not like we aren't busy.  We are.  But when we found a bit of rotten wood in the kitchen earlier in the summer, that snowballed into a much bigger project.  We aren't able to remodel right now, so I am doing what I can to give our kitchen a much needed face lift with just some stripper, poly and paint.  All of the cabinets and doors were painted with a single layer of cheap white paint that, over the last decade, had started to chip and flake off.  I stripped one door and we found what we had long suspected: the solid oak cabinets are beautiful and the previous owner had just slapped white paint on them prior to selling the house.  The good news is that the paint is coming off easily.  The bad news is that that means I'm stripping, sanding and refinishing 43 doors and drawers!  The effort already looks to be paying off as we're starting to paint he cabinets a retro 50s blue to match the exisiting 50s flooring.  Next, I have to figure out how to remove wallpaper from plaster.  This project is what I call "clandestine home improvement" as I have to work on it a little at a time during the children's naptime and after they go to bed at night.  At this rate, it may not be done for several months.  Wish me luck.  Or, come over and help.  Or both!