When we first moved into our house we knew what the first project we had to tackle was....our Master Bathroom. You can see the before pic above. From the looks of this picture it doesn't look so bad. However, on closer inspection you would notice how disgusting the bathroom vanity cabinets were! Now if I showed you the before and after picture you wouldn't think we did much to them. So I will show you the blood, sweat, tears, (cursing, crying and wining) that went into this project! The previous owners decided to paint the standard builder grade oak cabinets white. But what they neglected to do was do it the right way. The cabinets were peeling and sticky from not using the right paint to stand up to bathroom humidity. Plus they were not painted evenly at all. I don't think they even primed them before they had their blind son do the painting! :) 
We looked into replacing the vanity but came to find out that it is a custom piece, not something standard you can buy at Home Depot or Lowes. So instead we decided to re-paint them (the correct way). First we (Steve) had to strip all the paint off which took foreva people!!!
Next we (Steve) sanded them. We don't have an electric sander so we (Steve) had to do it all by hand....ouch! 
Then we (Steve) had to prime them...twice! These little suckers would just eat up the primer the second we put it on. Hungry little devils! Next we (Steve) had to paint them. Since we don't have a paint sprayer we had to do it all by hand and it took a long time. We decided to paint them a nice, crisp, clean, neutral white. This is why we couldn't just show you the before and after photos. It would look like we didn't do anything. Once all the paint dried we (Steve) replaced the hinges and re-installed the doors. We (Me, finally) bought new hardware and installed them to the doors.
AFTER:
The project ended up being more labor intensive then we originally thought but in the end we are very pleased with how it turned out. Especially because a new vanity is a few hundred dollars and we spent about $50 on paint, primer and new hardware. You can't beat that! Next we are going to replace the floor with ceramic tile or slate and we may change the paint color as well.
Discalimer: No husband was abused, harmed or neglected while completing this project. I had to add this disclamer because it sounds like I'm a slave driver making Steve do all the hard work. But you have to know that Steve is a perfectionist and when he starts a project he thinks that he is the "only one" that can do it the right way. Yeesh!!! So he basically boots me out of the project. At first I was offended. Especially because this project was all my idea. But after my 2nd glass of wine, relaxing on the couch, eating bon-bons, catching up on my soaps...just kidding, I don't watch soap operas. LOL No seriously, I got over being offended and let him do his thing. All his hard work came out amazing and I'm sooooo lucky to have such a HANDY husband! (That last sentence was 100% for Steve). Love you babe!
Discalimer: No husband was abused, harmed or neglected while completing this project. I had to add this disclamer because it sounds like I'm a slave driver making Steve do all the hard work. But you have to know that Steve is a perfectionist and when he starts a project he thinks that he is the "only one" that can do it the right way. Yeesh!!! So he basically boots me out of the project. At first I was offended. Especially because this project was all my idea. But after my 2nd glass of wine, relaxing on the couch, eating bon-bons, catching up on my soaps...just kidding, I don't watch soap operas. LOL No seriously, I got over being offended and let him do his thing. All his hard work came out amazing and I'm sooooo lucky to have such a HANDY husband! (That last sentence was 100% for Steve). Love you babe!
