On a regular basis, I hear people casually claim, "I'm such a perfectionist." However, I've come to realize that most who claim to be perfectionists are either fair-weather ones or people who have a tendency to exaggerate.
That said, Kyle is a perfectionist painter. It may be because Kyle is around paint so much in his line of work, but the time and attention to detail he devoted to our kitchen cabinets is nothing short of that of a perfectionist. Aside from drying wait times, in which he ate and caught snippets of his Giants game, Kyle spent morning until night until morning again-- Sunday right into Monday (3 a.m. Monday to be exact), prepping the shop, sanding, and spraying coat after coat of primer and paint on all of the doors for our cabinets. I paid a visit to the shop late Sunday afternoon to see how it was going. I was curious about how the spray gun worked and what the set up would look like. On walking into the space, I was shocked by how extensive the process is. Kyle had to empty a huge span of the shop of its vehicles, increase the heat so that the paint dried properly, and lay all of the cabinet doors out on stands so that he could evenly paint, dry, and flip them to do both sides. While there, I watched as he carefully measured out the paint and poured it into the spray gun. The spray gun was not what I imagined it would look like; it almost looks like a pistol and the paint is poured into it with a funnel. After, the gun is attached to a long hose and to spray, you have to hold down the trigger and aim over the surface. Kyle wore a ventilation mask, which was definitely needed. Even though I was only briefly in the shop, the chemical smell of the paint was so strong that it stung my eyes and filled my nose. After a very short rest in the early hours of Monday morning, Kyle was up to move the cabinets out of the shop before the workday began and transported them over to 212. He is now understandably exhausted, but the cabinets are done, and, while he would never give himself as much credit, they are perfect.
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About MeKyle and I just became new homeowners. The house we purchased is not what one would classify as "move in ready"; in fact, it is quite the opposite. Built at the turn of the 20th century, our Victorian style house is both beautiful and terrifying in its ancient status and will be a project in renovation. This is a documentation of our triumphs and lessons learned, as we deconstruct and reconstruct this house. The end result? A space that we can proudly say we created. Archives
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