WANT TO PAINT YOUR KITCHEN CABINETS?
READ THIS CRASH COURSE FIRST
Have you stepped into your kitchen in the last few weeks and thought it could use more color? If so, you’re not alone. Colorfully painted kitchen cabinets are a hot trend right now in home decor, to the point that HGTV released a step-by-step guide to the painting process this winter! However, just because you want to paint your kitchen cabinets doesn’t mean you should — at least not before reading the argument for each side and getting painting tips from the pros. 2 Reasons to Paint Your Cabinets — And 2 Reasons Not To The Pros: • You could increase your home’s value. Painted cabinets are hot, so buyers may be willing to pay a premium for them (unless they hate your color choice). Plus, light- colored cabinets may make your kitchen seem bigger.
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If you hate your cabinets, you’ll save money. Painting cabinets yourself is time-consuming, but it’s much cheaper than springing for brand-new wood.
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It’s a pain in the butt. Painting your cabinets yourself means disassembling them, making your kitchen unusable for days, and doing hours of manual labor. You can avoid some of this hassle by hiring a professional, but the price of the job will increase. Your mistakes might haunt you. Maybe you’ll regret your color choice, maybe your paint job will be uneven, or maybe that primer spill just won’t come out of your grout. These are risks you’ll need to take if you choose to paint.
your cabinets before you sand them. In fact, it’s a vital step to remove grease that could ruin your paint job. Label every panel and draw a cabinet map. Trust us — numbering all of your drawers and doors makes reassembly easy. If you don’t do this, you’ll end up crying on the kitchen floor in the middle of a cabinet puzzle. Get scientific about your finishes. According to Remodelista, you should “forget matte and eggshell finishes and opt for semi-gloss, gloss, or satin instead — hardy finishes that are easy to clean.”
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Painting Tips and Tricks 1.
Deep-clean before you paint. According to HGTV, it’s NOT a waste of effort to clean
CLIENT SPOTLIGHT: PAUL DYER
and a daughter, his injuries affected his ability to play with his children and be the “wrestling- on-the-floor-with-your-kids” kind of dad he had been. Following years of failed treatment, Paul still has pain every day — he feels he’s failed his family by being injured. While the accident wasn’t his fault, his injuries left him depressed and worried about his family, the future and bills. Many of you reading this, having also had severe injuries, can relate to those feelings of worthlessness and “life wasn’t supposed to be this way.” Paul went through years of therapy, injections, counseling, and rehab. Still, he never got to where he could return to work. Granted Social Security disability, which is difficult when you’re still in your 40s, Paul filed for permanent total disability under his claim. An
industrial commission specialist agreed with permanent total disability. After we ran the numbers, we suggested Paul might settle his claim and he agreed. While he will live with the residuals of injury and the pain will never resolve, Paul relaxes with reading, walking, and listening to music. Plus, his children are now grown and have kiddos of their own: Paul has five grandchildren he gets to enjoy, encouraging them to fall in love with his Dallas Cowboys and New York Yankees (Wilma agrees with him 100% on this!). We are grateful for our long-time clients. Paul’s been through a lot and we’re glad to have been there with him, earning his trust and helping him along the way!
Our buddy, Paul Dyer, has been with us for nearly 17 years. He was a truck driver for the now-defunct AT Xpress when a city trash truck hit black ice and T-boned him. His truck flipped and was totaled. Paul was 32 when he got hurt and was referred to us by his uncle, Benny (who was featured in our November 2018 newsletter). A Mifflin High School graduate, born and raised in Columbus, Paul’s injuries were severe: he herniated discs at several levels in both his neck and low back. As a dad of two young sons
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