Kitchen Renovation: Finishing Up!

Sunday, October 26, 2025

A few steps happened since the lower cabinets were installed in the kitchen nook. Specifically: holes in the floor evened out; new, chevron luxury vinyl plank flooring from LifeProof in Canopy Tree; a wood threshhold lavender paintwashed, stained, and oil polyurethaned to match (approximately); the little folding table next to the stove was also paintwashed, stained, and polyurethaned; doorway trim was reinstalled; made a little coffee maker cover.

Oh, and we finally built, painted, polyurethaned the upper cabinets! And paintwashed, stained, and polyurethaned giant open shelving! And added a bit of [removable] crown moulding. The uppers are Benjamin Moore Advance satin in Chantilly Lace, like the uppers in the rest of the kitchen. Interior is oil polyurethaned like the lower cabinets in the nook along with more soft close hidden hinges. Hardware is Sumner Street High Desert which I oil polyurethaned a few times to keep them from peeling (because that matte black finish does not want to stay!).

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