New Paint on the 1969 Kencraft

Well we are almost done with the rescue and refresh of our 1969 Kencraft.

As you may have seen this is what it looked like the day we picked it up.

We decided to go with a very basic white and red color on the outside.

My husband decided to do this himself.

So it was my job to sand the outside and remove everything I could.

The blue strip had been panted over with a tan and then a blue so that was the hardest area to sand.

I did the best I could, however it didn't come out as smooth as the white area.

 

The primer goes on.

It came out pretty dang good for a self done job.

We added a bit of color in the front and it looks great.

 



New floors!

The hardest park of this job was removing the old flooring.

There was two layers of old linoleum.

 

Once we removed all the old flooring we decided on a light oak laminate floor. 

 

 

Putting in the new floor was MUCH easier then removing the old one.

 

We added trim to match and we are done.

It's staring to come together.

 

 

Kitchen tile install



As you can see the previous owner tried to clover the original tile, with floor tile.

We were hoping to get the vinyl (sticky floor tiles) off the original tiles.

That didn't work very well. To get the vinyl off it also pulled up the original tile.

The only thing holding the original tile in place was foam tape.

Once that was all cleaned up we set out to find some tile.

Here is what we picked.

A very simple white tile, one all white, the second with brown and gold speckles.

This will match the countertops.

The grout is a tan color. Just to give it a hint of color.

 

Here is the tile before the grout,

and all done.

Once again my husband did a great job.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mini blinds and valances go up

We decided to add mini blinds to all the windows,

 and top them with a cute red and white gingham valances.

I think it turned out quite cute.

Here is the color scheme I decided to go with:



The tan gingham is the comforters.

The valances are made with a red and white gingham just a bit smaller then the one in the picture.

The rest is just accent fabric.

I will use them for throw pillows.