New Kitchen Decorating 2015: restoring cabinets

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My mom called me last week and we were catching up </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and began chatting about our latest home projects.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My mom is always up to something </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(where do you think I get it?) </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and always has great advice!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She told me that she was restoring the finish </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">on her kitchen cabinets.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">OK, I was thinking, your cabinets look fine!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She really does have a beautiful custom kitchen that she planned out and had remodeled a few years ago.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She has warm wood cabinets and </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">beautiful dark brown granite counters.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But, she said that her dog had scratched </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">some of the drawers and cabinet doors </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">by jumping up for treats and people food.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bad Max!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mom said that she was at Home Depot and saw a product </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">called <a href="http://www.howardproducts.com/prod-restor-a-finish.php" target="_blank">Restor-A-Finish by Howard</a>.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She said that she had started using it and was </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">astonished at the difference.   </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, if you can't trust your mother then who can you trust?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But I told her to send me some Before and After Pictures so that I could see for myself.  *wink*  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKuuvCb6iY4WooTkG-tx08jeCbX66EHhXhqf-yer2TKRQf6JhR7icN64HbIJsNyPvFxR_RqXoQUMh2GLpRBHxPqkS4059pKndY4S7JiReeWqqrQpyswbU4MobBRkaDnQX7EL5xyc7ZWGI/s1600/p1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKuuvCb6iY4WooTkG-tx08jeCbX66EHhXhqf-yer2TKRQf6JhR7icN64HbIJsNyPvFxR_RqXoQUMh2GLpRBHxPqkS4059pKndY4S7JiReeWqqrQpyswbU4MobBRkaDnQX7EL5xyc7ZWGI/s320/p1.png" width="286" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Restor-A-Finish comes in 9 colors to match your cabinets or furniture.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2qoLJpUJe4UpnqRYsMCNGJX3ytPiFD3MWGKAplkoxhj9G0vMGS5ks9VRAxlupXuPSvmwCPogCmJK9ewJjjm-XyLlX43ES5dogChIsaaTUUIlJhnIXNcMGQskG7b3y5Hf8rpv-0Ue8GPc/s1600/p2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2qoLJpUJe4UpnqRYsMCNGJX3ytPiFD3MWGKAplkoxhj9G0vMGS5ks9VRAxlupXuPSvmwCPogCmJK9ewJjjm-XyLlX43ES5dogChIsaaTUUIlJhnIXNcMGQskG7b3y5Hf8rpv-0Ue8GPc/s320/p2.png" width="286" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After she used the Restor-A-Finish she used Feed-N-Wax to give it a beautiful shine and to condition the wood.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAaTHQ2geGXOY2G4FxqKwIjm_C-i2rxxvreeQd0R_ah0BAJMLfOn19_v_RZ4bTDcSqW5sFHdLOC3Yo1EEwlB_dlFR8tFm_2z88cCGGRmEEEyyVC46zN5d-ZrIARPup_AFGinvgZwD2BwU/s1600/Drawers-Before.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAaTHQ2geGXOY2G4FxqKwIjm_C-i2rxxvreeQd0R_ah0BAJMLfOn19_v_RZ4bTDcSqW5sFHdLOC3Yo1EEwlB_dlFR8tFm_2z88cCGGRmEEEyyVC46zN5d-ZrIARPup_AFGinvgZwD2BwU/s640/Drawers-Before.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here is a <b>Before</b> picture of one of the drawers </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that Max had scratched with his little paws.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She used a very fine steel wool (0000) on the scratches </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and a soft cloth on the other parts of the drawer </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that weren't scratched.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After a few minutes she wiped it off.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The website says that it treats scratches, nicks, abrasions, and those nasty heat rings and water marks!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-ifNiVL5R6MU3KYvuSM9g93JIrBhPDnGp-LMPzzj4jhZABAOjDBMdt5u83nBKBRR8CFvqoob0fCbq8MKT5txPIZTq5azgNip4ZA8oQJuL37yrHRz6KtpehLYIQHbPk5ulshP7CXfc98/s1600/Drawers-After.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-ifNiVL5R6MU3KYvuSM9g93JIrBhPDnGp-LMPzzj4jhZABAOjDBMdt5u83nBKBRR8CFvqoob0fCbq8MKT5txPIZTq5azgNip4ZA8oQJuL37yrHRz6KtpehLYIQHbPk5ulshP7CXfc98/s640/Drawers-After.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And the same drawer <b>After</b>!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wow!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That really does look pretty!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3gIpePKDOVURKKev5T95PIC_fWSKxdlQ3GztEy4MBoZJUBBjeiEExwWfPDYshOLr_xxRGpIIgT98J73OEn3-phwd0eGlD2-PpjY1uGLAsaBreleMdPJ7ViFJojYBQ34GuLVdjLrNdUo/s1600/Pantry+Door-Before.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3gIpePKDOVURKKev5T95PIC_fWSKxdlQ3GztEy4MBoZJUBBjeiEExwWfPDYshOLr_xxRGpIIgT98J73OEn3-phwd0eGlD2-PpjY1uGLAsaBreleMdPJ7ViFJojYBQ34GuLVdjLrNdUo/s640/Pantry+Door-Before.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is her Pantry door <b>Before</b> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that had a few scratches on it.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sGEA0772bvX4nJRnNTjTv78SLRIEN74DP9qKQejP3rfS6VOLqOXeeyvxfJ4Lo4wrdIE0_1z2-SQRdQ-K5Sx0EMuVMEH77CcIW1i0KACwmfpNFOK-Pl48QHHMGhbQ-hYRD8dD2nK61ls/s1600/Pantry+Door-After.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sGEA0772bvX4nJRnNTjTv78SLRIEN74DP9qKQejP3rfS6VOLqOXeeyvxfJ4Lo4wrdIE0_1z2-SQRdQ-K5Sx0EMuVMEH77CcIW1i0KACwmfpNFOK-Pl48QHHMGhbQ-hYRD8dD2nK61ls/s640/Pantry+Door-After.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> And <b>After</b>!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You can't even see where the scratches were!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzYHj64f1Wtdq1zRy9O88CYh5iRBmkL2CAlqnXw5EpLgffZr5yW0hP4onKC7mSEMDONWwRsapKxBAMH38mbzsHY4Q2Gnk9Lki9UcuHtTQJeGwjFHG8x28-SHahYlO-2LzkxrPaP4w5tJU/s1600/Kitchen+Cabinets+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzYHj64f1Wtdq1zRy9O88CYh5iRBmkL2CAlqnXw5EpLgffZr5yW0hP4onKC7mSEMDONWwRsapKxBAMH38mbzsHY4Q2Gnk9Lki9UcuHtTQJeGwjFHG8x28-SHahYlO-2LzkxrPaP4w5tJU/s640/Kitchen+Cabinets+003.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">More pictures of her cabinets <b>After</b>.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mom said that it was easy but a little time consuming.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'll trade a little time and effort for that outcome!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuwS-DJh5K-RAPWSbfngBWm31nZ2TDV-ZylhSeacn8ncVHrxJjncKyaRWhoJFPN4Eioku-ZI97jX1_9aVMp69e7eVLdMyoqcoZy29xuOBwJXXJ6oBb2p-9RqWQgxIgbpk1NuLm6HawwI/s1600/Kitchen+Cabinets+005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuwS-DJh5K-RAPWSbfngBWm31nZ2TDV-ZylhSeacn8ncVHrxJjncKyaRWhoJFPN4Eioku-ZI97jX1_9aVMp69e7eVLdMyoqcoZy29xuOBwJXXJ6oBb2p-9RqWQgxIgbpk1NuLm6HawwI/s640/Kitchen+Cabinets+005.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The website says that you can even use a darker color </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">for a richer, darker look.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hmmmmmm, that has me thinking about all of those folks with Honey Oak cabinets...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I run into those while I'm staging <b>All</b> of the time!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvD4cX4yUvBC9kDK3pwXvbm8NwhvzHfWsCXuvThv1hiP3EyTAb1jHqasTL2mX-KEOxTeINcomgi-Pa0iXc9efeY_ZFBzpX99XmrgFBckHG_V9ZCauHZ6Ke_1PvwT-78b74z2MpwJTyng/s1600/Kitchen+Cabinets+009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvD4cX4yUvBC9kDK3pwXvbm8NwhvzHfWsCXuvThv1hiP3EyTAb1jHqasTL2mX-KEOxTeINcomgi-Pa0iXc9efeY_ZFBzpX99XmrgFBckHG_V9ZCauHZ6Ke_1PvwT-78b74z2MpwJTyng/s640/Kitchen+Cabinets+009.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Don't they look Brand New?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Nice Job Mom!  </span></span></i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, if you have company coming and you want to freshen up your kitchen or get those scratches and water rings off of the furniture give this product a try.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">BTW, I am in<b> NO WAY</b> being compensated </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">by this makers of this product.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I just like passing on good information.</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(And, I'm hoping to get some Pumpkin Bread or Homemade Fudge from Mom) </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">XO 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