Interior Trim Removal

Spent just a lil' bit of time in Lil' Chick yesterday, cleaning up my debris field from the de-veneering efforts of the prior day, and also removing a couple of things.

I had already taken off the brushed gold trim strip on the edge of the counter/lower galley cabinet so the veneer could completely be removed; since that was so easy, I proceeded to take off all the interior trim.  It all needed to come off anyway:  most of it had been covered in the same white and gold contact paper that the shelves were covered with, cemented to the trim strip by years of adhesive action.  It would have taken a lot of scraping with a razor blade to remove it, which would have scratched and damaged the trim strips.  Besides, I decided to replace it all with brushed aluminum trim. 

The trim was all held by small nails, and was super easy to remove - just pried it off with the flat-head screwdriver.



Trim strip on edge of curb-side bench.....

.....all gone!

I also disconnected the light fixture under the rear overhead cabinets, to get them ready to sand and prime:

Kind of a cool old fixture, with a neat vintage label:

and an equally neat globe and bulb:

Next on the to-do list:  remove the veneer from the lower galley cabinet drawer fronts and scrub the drawers.

This part of the makeover isn't glamorous, but it sure is productive and rewarding!