Kitchen update, part 1!

I haven't had any free time over the past month. Buying a house is an ordeal!!!!  There are so many projects we are trying to get done before the wedding next month. Other than the bathroom, the kitchen has been our big project.  The ~1960's style cabinets did not fit into the 1900's style home or my taste.  I had come across a few posts on pinterest about redoing these sorts of cabinets.

The doors, which will be in a post soon to come, have had a 3 inch trim added to cover up that groove.  However, the drawers would not accommodate a trim that wide, and since almost all of the 13 drawers were different sizes, I decided to try filling the groove in with wood filler.  

The wood filler worked out great.  I put it on with a putty knife, sanded it down with 120 grit sandpaper, and applied a second coat to make sure you couldn't see that groove anymore.  After a good sanding and checking to make sure they were all smooth, we put on a coat of primer.  

They were already looking MUCH better at this point!!!!

After 2 coats of primer, we put on 2 coats of cabinet/trim paint, and finally 2 coats of Minwax Polycrilic to seal them up!  (I love that stuff, by the way!)  Then I got my dad to help me put on the new drawer pulls!  

The only snag we really ran into was that the screws for the drawer pulls were too long.  But luckily dad has a screw cutter, so after we got them trimmed, we finally got to put the drawers in!  

I did add some little felt pad to the top inside of the drawers so that there was no sticking and to keep the wear and tear down.  

I LOVE how they turned out!