The start of a counter top, pantry, and ceiling paint

Today we worked on a few different projects, but only because we ran out of materials for one spot, so we moved to another spot. So we started with a counter top. We will be putting epoxy over the counter top which will seal all the cracks/gaps in the wood, as well as make the wood rock hard and resistant to cuts, nicks and dings.

We are going to fill all the screw holes with wood putty, along with the backsplash/counter joint. So here's our sink, which we got for free from my father-in-law's buddy. He is tearing apart an old nasty RV, and gave us a few parts. We got it in and we think it looks pretty good. We still need to get a faucet, but those are easy to do.

So after that was done, and we couldn't do any more on the counter, we started on spraying the ceiling. Shanesta and I decided to go with a light sky blue, and with all the cedar on the walls, and the sandy-brown carpet we are going to get, it will feel like we are outside when we can't be due to bad weather or nighttime. We did make sure to tape off what we didn't want blue! (I've made that mistake more than once!)

After going through 2 - $5 cans, and getting almost 1/2 of the ceiling painted, we ran out of paint. Gotta get more paint! The really cool thing is that the imperfections of spray paint makes it look like clouds in the blue sky, Can't wait to see what it looks like when it's done!!! But, since we ran out of paint, next project!

We got busy on the pantry. TJ put the OSB in for the shelves by himself. Man, he's growing up quick!

We are still trying to figure out how to hold the food/drinks in the pantry (we don't want doors.....doors have a tendency to trap air and cause condensation which causes mold). We might possibly use a copper pipe about 2 inches above the front of each shelf to help hold things in place, but we aren't 100% sure yet. I guess we will research it some more and see what others have done, and decide from there.

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