Painting Progress?

The kitchen painting is slow going. I'm not ready to just destroy the kitchen and take off all the doors at once. I'm moving at a snails pace, tackling one section at a time. Each door/drawer needs some repair work and then with the coats of primer and top coat and the curing time, it's just slow going. I started priming the base of the peninsula this weekend using the odorless kilz oil base primer that I bought.

I also painted the interior of our hall closet. Here it is with our mail slot propped open to let air circulate.

 

Here's are funky mail slot. It's nice because when we go on vacation we don't have to worry about stopping the mail. Of course most of the mail doesn't make it into said slot and just falls on the floor of the closet. Maybe I'll fashion some sort of cover/lid?

I also have big plans to put in more shelves on the bottom of the closet for shoes and misc sporting equipment. Something real Martha Stewarty, maybe like this:

I definitely want some of those really long hooks on the door to hold bags.

In other news, my husband continues to work on the studio renovations. He found out you can make 4 trips to the dump. (If they actually record you've gone. If no one cares to mark it down, you can go even more often.) That's been really helpful because getting a dumpster is expensive (like $800) and can raise red flags for roving city inspectors. And the bagster is really a waste of money.
Here are some pictures of the gutted space:

Oh and remember the outside? Here it is and my vision for the renovated exterior (minus the concrete slab). We have some of those cool old windows which my husband plans to install on the studio, so this is totally achievable.