Kitchen cabinets get a paint job!!

HA remember how I say if you want to do something, just do it and don't ask the hubby first?

That's my theory and I am STICKING TO IT!!!

well I would have been scolded every which way from Sunday if I had said I wanted to PAINT the kitchen cabinets, ya know, he's a cabinet builder and LOVES wood naturally, well sometimes natural wood is just plain UGLY, so there! So I had it all planned out in my head, soon as he heads off to work, I am ripping off those cabinet doors, sanding them down in basement, painting them and while the doors dry, I run back and forth between basement to do doors and the cabinet exterior up here  and then getting them all back up before he gets home tee hee, he can't stop me if it's done right?

recap of the old orange-ish looking cabinets and knobs

 one of the drawers was falling apart, so I glued it, screwed it and then taped it to hold it together until it dried, yea I know a clamp would have worked much better, but he had all those at work and I certainly couldn't have asked for one or he would have been onto me and my project!
then get them all gathered up to take to basement to start sanding!!

gotta take off knobs and hardware and get to sanding!

 as you can see I have doors in progress, also started painting the cabinets as well

my plan was to paint the base color a green color, then apply that crackle and put the off white paint on top, so it would have the aged crackle effect, however after trying one cabinet I knew I needed a huge wide roller to do this, so . . . I gave up that and had to just paint over the green :(

 maybe another day and time when I have the right large roller I will attempt it again!

and now . . .

see, we moved the fridge over to the area where they had laundry

oh la la, just lookie there what I did when he ran off to work ;)

I even rummaged around in the basement of the left over treasures the former owner left here and found an old metal coffee can full of the silver knobs, they had to be used in this kitchen at one point in time because there were the perfect amount of them!!! Score!

and remember the upper cabinets above the old oven cook top?

well . . . hubby took that down for me awhile back, and I have since painted the soffit area too

we can see through to the other part of the room without a big road block in the way!

the before of where the oven was hanging out in the wall cabinet & the opening where the fridge used to be

there's the other side of the kitchen, the fridge used to be in that nook where we have placed the stove, fits perfect and I want you to take note of the counter top laminate in these photos, the stuff is so old it's pulling apart, discolored, etc. not to mention TAPED, again with the tape geesh, never heard of repairing with glue? anyway take note because we will be redoing the laminate counter tops too here soon :)

Buttered Rosemary Rolls + Recipe

Let's talk rolls, yes, buttery-scrumptious-rosemary-sea salt DINNER ROLLS!

I love these rolls, they are super awesome whether you make them in your oven at home or out over a fire in a dutch oven, but we like cast iron either way you look at it, CI heats better and just makes everything taste better, I use some of my great grandmother's CI, have picked up a few pieces over the years of the vintage stuff (found 2 pieces in the house we moved into all rusted and crusted in the basement) and we have also purchased back in the 90's some Lodge CI, however, I am spoiled, and the old stuff is the best, it's lighter and is much better made, but that's another story, today we are talking rolls!!

These delicious rolls never last long in my house EVER! Between the kids and the guests, they will be gone within hours, but I usually steal the middle one, you know . . . my tester taste, gotta make sure they are really done before I sit them out for everyone to eat right?

To start out this is the simple part about these rolls, you just use frozen dinner rolls, yes any brand will do, the cheapest bag of frozen dinner rolls you can find OR make your own, I always keep a supply of the frozen bags in my freezer "just in case". In the frozen section you will find them, they are about golf ball sized frozen little balls.

What you need: bag of frozen dinner rolls

1 stick butter or margarine - melted

sea salt

rosemary

smidgen of olive oil (or vegetable oil) or cooking spray

Get our your big CI skillet, drizzle bottom with oil.

Place frozen dinner rolls in skillet leaving a little space between them.

Cover with clear wrap to help rise faster . . .

Let rise to just top lip of skillet.

Drizzle with melted butter (save some for little later drizzling too)

sprinkle rosemary and sea salt on

Put in preheated oven at 400* for 15-20 minutes

Here is a recipe card you can save, try them, they are really REALLY good!

A friend from CA turned me onto this recipe :)

If cooking outside in the dutch oven, here is a nice temp chart showing amounts of coals for top and bottom of your DO, found on web to share with you :)

Handy little thing to have!

Enjoy!