mardi, février 08, 2011 Papering the kitchen cupboards Over the last 2 days, we've discovered that my domestic worker has been a bit slack - for the last year or so. There's been a layer of grease that has been forming on every surface in the kitchen... which I realised was semi-permanent.CNY provided the best opportunity (albeit inappropriate) time to clean up. I left Day 1 alone, but Day 2 and Day 4 were cleaning times! The hob was the worst hit, with grease as black as sin sticking to everything. White venegar, baking soda, Mr. Magic Clean and other horribly harsh chemicals wasn't making anything cleaner. A lot of elbow grease finally did the trick. I'm in the middle of cleaning out the cupboards as well (my mother is a hoarder who never clears the kitchen), and here's some pix of what I just did to repaper the cupboards:  In the beginning... there was this retro-looking cupboard, green with envy at the other brown/blue/white furniture and appliances around him. 'Oh how I wish I matched...' thought the cupboard every day as he saw everything else being used.  Mr. Scissors and Ms. Ruler were dating and wanted to complete their CIP hours and help the cupboard out. So they decided to get paper and cut it down to size.  First successful sticking!  Second successful sticking!  Three!  Final one was a little bit harder esp since the wood was still wet from the cleaning I just gave it. Oh well.  The final product - ta-da!  Doing things DIY means you can always fix something up! This is the little lip that I gave the cupboard which is always opened by scrabbling around the base of the cupboard door, damaging the wood. Libellés : diy [Papering the kitchen cupboards] |
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