I had been sanding for a few days, among other tasks, but everyday various other things came up and took my attentions away from continuous work, so it was good to finally get the sanding completed and to wipe down everything and get the shop swept up. Here are a few shots of the sanded and wiped down woodwork, some with additional explanations at their tops.
That piece of wall on the left is range/refer shared wall and the surface you are seeing will receive some sort of back-splash material.
This shot shows the "back-splash" walls more clearly. The camper left side side-wall below the upper cabinet will only be stained around the window area. The back-splash begins not far to the right of the window opening.
The paneling below the counter-top level is in pretty good condition. We haven't decided yet whether to paint it primer white for the "easier to see" under cabinet locations like we are doing in cabinet and utility areas closer to the floor, or to finish it in stain and poly just like will be done in the upper, eye-level cabinets. But we are leaning toward the latter. I'll decide once we get the left wing assembly down, and that's not until after we get the right-side wing assembly in place, as well as the back wall.
After wipe down and shop cleanup I broke open the stain. Here's what I used. We've used this color in so many places around the home. Of course it depends on what type of wood, and its grain, for how dark it will be. Last summer we had tried out about five different choices on some scrap from the donor camper and had chosen this color. We had already stained two other interior cabinet pieces (currently removed and stored) as well as the refrigerator face wall. That refer wall incidentally, will require more work as the fridge cutout will change it somewhat.
And here are the "stained wood" results.
I applied the stain with a rag and it was all hand rubbed. I spent several hours "hand rubbing Lil' Queeny in the garage", and I enjoyed the process so greatly that after a while I began to feel a little bit of guilt. At lunch I promised DW a soothing body massage real soon.
