Slight Miscalculation

 This past weekend I got the Cricut out again and cut the countertop for the kitchen.  It came out really nice.  I was so pleased.  

So I did a dry fit of the cabinet lowers and tested it out.

Small problem.

Somewhere along the way I cut the overall width down to nine inches instead of ten.  My husband had a blast saying measure twice, cut once.  This was made even funnier by the fact that any hand tool (or power tool) he has held was only so he could pass it on to me so I could fix something.

But I went back to the drawing board (almost literally) and tried the whole shebang again on Sunday.

This time it worked out.

I tested it on top of the cabinets, holding my breath the entire time.

I think it came out pretty well. I wanted a thick looking counter, to give it a more substantial look.

I wanted to test out how the whole thing would come together and so far so good.

The other thing I did was prime the pieces I got from Shapeways so I could paint them eventually. I went outside every half hour and sprayed from a different angle.  A picnic umbrella screen kept dust and other stuff from getting on them.

I didn't have time to paint them. That'll be a next weekend project.

Kitchen cabinet hardware.

I did cover the countertop with the contact paper though. I went with white, to get a bit more of a contrast. I'll test the whole thing out next week.

I hope everyone else had a great weekend and got lots of stuff done!