DIY Built In Cabinet Part III-The Finale!!

So finally after way too many months, I finally managed to get enough energy to finish painting the built-in! In all theory it should NOT have taken me this long, but frankly I've been a little busy kicking breast cancers ass.

When the hubs and I were last was working on this built-in it looked like this:



And with a lot of caulk, a lot more paint and tons of patience we have this:

 There were some huge gaps in the corners of the inside of the built-in so it took me a few coats of caulk to get it as seamless as I could.  I then had to prime and paint all of the interior walls of each of the four cubes.  I then went through a distressed some of the edges, mainly because of the baskets we have in them would cause them to rub off the paint.  It isn't very noticeable in the photos, but it adds just a subtle touch to the built-in that it was missing.

To get the full Monty on how this project was done:

Part 1

and

Part 2

The built-in isn't perfect, but in all actuality the imperfections in it make it perfect to me!  I'm so happy that I can finally check this off my list of things that need to get done. At least for now.  The thought has crossed my mind about painting the back wall of each of the cubes, but I'm not quite sure...I will be saving that for another day!  

DIY Built-in Bathroom Cabinet Part II

So the hubs has managed to make some more progress on the bathroom built-in and I am so excited to finally see things coming together!

In DIY Built-in Bathroom Cabinet Part I we got the built-in framed out and ready for drywall and shelves.

The hubs used mold resistant drywall to to cover the outside front edges and the upper portion of the built-in and used cement board for the outsideportion where the shower wall is going to be.  He also cut the drywall to size and secured it on the interior of the built-in.  We talked about whether or not to use plywood or drywall for the interior walls of the built-in and decided to use drywall, mainly because we had a ton left over from the project and also we think it will be easier to finish off.  We are not going to tape and mud the seams of the interior of the "cubby", rather we are going to fill all the screw holes and make them smooth and then caulk the seams and paint.

He then took quarter inch plywood and cut it to size and installed it as the shelves. 

Once that was all finished the I took drywall compound and started filling all the holes around the built-in, and the bathroom, let it dry, then mudded some more, let it dry and mudded.  Once that final coat was dry I sanded the hell out of it until it was smoother then a baby's butt.

And that's where we are at right now.  Next step is to sand the plywood, prime, paint, caulk, touchup and add trim around the built-in! Updates to come!!

Our First House:

We bought our house in 2009 without really having any clue as to what type of work we wanted to do on it to spruce it up but knew we really wanted the house and saw the potential it had!

The front door on it was crap and broke, so we replaced it with a nice black one as well as added shutters all around the house.  The landscaping was as-is when we moved in, but plan to do a lot more outside this summer!

We have an enclosed front porch which is great during storms!  It was this nasty yellow color which was quickly painted and freshened up!  More on that can be found here:

 We painted the walls the Sherwin Williams Marshmallow that we have used throughout the house and the floors got a coat of caramel colored paint which turned out great!!

Of course we still have tons more to do to this room, but the improvements from how it looked before are huge and definitely give the room more life!

This was our living room when we first moved in before any furniture...

and this was after some decorating and furniture....

Our dining room started out like this:

and thanks to a little paint and a new rug we now have this:



Then moving onto the kitchen this is what it looked like before our kitchen reno:

And this is after:

We have one downstairs bathroom:

But thanks to the bathroom reno we're doing, it looked like this after we gutted it and started framing out the shower:



We then added some concrete board, a mortar shower pan and some tile and we have this:

We also have a downstairs bedroom which we're not huge fans of but it does the job.  Maybe we'll change some things around in there once we're done with the bathroom!



and after installing wainscoting, ripping out the carpet, installing and painting particle board floors and adding a stencil:



Moving upstairs we have three bedrooms and office and a bathroom:

First bedroom is what we call the wainscoting room from this project:

The front bedroom which started out like this:

and after painting the paneling and adding some decor it ended up looking like this:





Then when you walk through the right door on the above picture you enter into the third bedroom:

We also have an office upstairs that needed some love:

Then we moved the cabinet, painted it and made a 2X4 top and stained it:

And our upstairs bathroom which started out looking like a hot mess and after five long months of showering at my moms we had this:

We've done some landscaping to the backyard including some edging, a paver patio and adding some curb appeal to the front yard:

We hope you enjoyed our home as much as we did!