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Last summer, we decided to paint our kitchen cabinets which led to painting and re-building our entertainment center, painting our built-in bookcases and mantel, ripping out the tile and installing a laminate floor, and all sorts of other projects. We bought our 1984 house 18 months ago and it had a TON of honey oak cabinets everywhere. After about 6 months I couldn't take it anymore and decided to paint all the honey oak in the kitchen-greatroom. Here are the Before and Afters: One of my cabinets was built for a garbage can and has a fancy pull out bottom, but I like having my recycling bin and garbage out for easy access. We moved the light fixture with a swag kit which you can read about here: Spray Painting and Moving a Light Fixture I kept the doors off the cabinet above the desk to give it a more open feel. I keep my cookbooks here and like to have quick and easy access. I used paint stripper, sanded the top of the desk and bought the darkest stain I could find. I applied several coats of stain to get it nice and dark and then I applied several coats of polyurethane. This is what I originally planned for this desk, but I soon decided that I didn't like the computer in the kitchen and would rather have a bulletin board and bright red retro phone. I bought this phone at Amazon for free with my Swag Bucks and I LOVE it! The cordless phones in my house seem to disappear and I can never find one when I need it. No one can walk away with this phone and I no longer miss calls. I installed a talking caller id (also from Amazon) under the cabinet which is the round looking thing. I LOVE having my calendar, phone, phone numbers, and other important papers right here in the heart of the home. The Process: Since our tile floor was a 90s pink salmon color and cracked in many places, we decided not to worry about getting paint on it. Later on in the remodel we discovered the floor was uneven due to water damage, which is why the tile was cracked in so many places. You can see that post here: Laminate Floor Instead of sanding, I cleaned all the cabinets with TSP. We also did the entertainment center, mantel, and built-in bookcases at the same time and there is no way I was going to sand all of that oak! Painting all of the cabinets with a brush would have taken forever, so we bought this Wagner Control Spray for around $50. We had to thin out the paint with water, but we did several coats and it gave us a beautiful and smooth finish. I didn't like the placement of the knobs, so we filled in all the holes (My husband and I are both short and the knobs on the taller upper cabinets were way too high for us). We took off all the doors and taped up the countertops. I bought lots of paint samples and experimented before deciding on the right colors. Since there are a LOT of cabinets (one of the reasons I fell in love with this house) I thought I should break up the monotony and do the bottom cabinets a different color. We used Bulls Eye 1-2-3 Primer and had it tinted for the bottom cabinets. The primer claims to work on glossy surfaces with no sanding necessary and it did. Here is everything we used: 1. TSP to clean the cabinets and prep for painting. 2. Bulls Eye 1-2-3 Primer (had some tinted to match the bottom cabinets). 3. Behr flat paint matched to Martha Stewart Mourning Dove for the bottom cabinets. We sprayed 3 coats and used flat paint since we painted polyurethane on top. 4. Behr flat paint matched to Sherwin-Williams Alabaster for the top cabinets. We sprayed 3 coats. 5. MinWax water based oil-modified polyurethane clear semi-gloss. We tried to spray this, but it ran and looked terrible. We brushed 3 coats of this on all the cabinets creating a nice hard finish. This did darken the paint making the alabaster white a much darker cream, which I was planning on when I chose alabaster. 6. A contractors pack of stainless steel knobs and some Martha Stewart pulls for the drawers. It has now been a year since we painted these cabinets and they are still beautiful and durable. Painting all those coats of polyurethane has really paid off and makes cleaning the cabinets easy. Link Parties: Wednesday Handy Man, Crafty Woman, Organize and Decorate Everything, Southern Lovely, Trendy Treehouse, Savvy Southern Style, Mad about Organizing, Adorned from Above Friday The Shabby Nest , At The Picket Fence, My Romantic Home
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If you don't know how to get a perfect gloss paint finish on furniture, I'm going to show you some easy steps for achieving this flawless finish!
Painting kitchen cabinets is a great way to refresh your kitchen without breaking the bank. Follow our guide to help you on your DIY journey.
How to paint kitchen cabinets - get a professional, smooth painted finish. All the steps to get that glossy white finish you're hoping for.
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Painting kitchen cabinets is a great way to refresh your kitchen without breaking the bank. Follow our guide to help you on your DIY journey.
If your cabinets have been painted with a gloss or semi-gloss finish, they may be shinier than you like. These paints typically are not used for cabinets, but it is easy to use them accidentally. Fortunately, there is no need to repaint your cabinets.
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I'm painting the kitchen cabinets and I'm looking for a good paint. I've heard good things about both of these lines and I'm curious if anyone has used both of them and can give me input on them. Things to know: 1. I'm using Olympic's High Gloss Enamel in off-the-shelf white for crown and the board and batten between cupboards. This paint is not a glossy as I expected, but still has a bit more sheen than I'd want on the cupboards and the board and batten area. 2. The bottom cupboards…
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Yes, we specialise in kitchen spraying and we regularly spray over glossy kitchen cabinets. Gloss is a shiny finish which reflects a lot of light and this finish used to be very popular in kitchens. More recently, we've found that customers have been looking to paint over their high
How to paint kitchen cabinets - get a professional, smooth painted finish. All the steps to get that glossy white finish you're hoping for.
If you don't know how to get a perfect gloss paint finish on furniture, I'm going to show you some easy steps for achieving this flawless finish!
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The other day after all the madness of getting my project together for the Kitchen Tour I met my friend Lisa Mowry for lunch and then tagged along while she scouted a home for possible print! I promised her I would only show snippets.....which is gonna be hard..... I had heard about this cottage from my friend Jennifer Schoenberger. She just wetted my appetite to see more. Pam Sessions and her husband Don Donnelly of Hedgewood have been building homes since 1995. They just recently downsized and moved to Buckhead. Pam filled this cottage with so much charm it was stinking crazy. Starting with the outside color..... Painted a dark gray with a white oak front door and that black and white tile. Kapow. After walking through the front door I knew there was trouble ahead. I have not seen this Cole and Sons paper up but believe me when I tell you....Oh Em Gee.... I had to run to ADAC and get a sample. Obsessed. Can I use? Or must I strong arm a client into using? I can say it's going up before I die. This dark teal/green sofa is the second thing you see! So darn rich..... Beautiful custom curtains..... Then....cue the angels singing. High gloss dark teal/green cabinets. You can see that the ceilings are peck cypress! I mean for realz. The custom iron hardware..... Could you die? I mean I am a white cabinet gal but this was ridiculous. Details.... I don't know the exact color but I believe in my trance like state I heard Sherwin Williams.... The family room was on the opposite side and if you look closely you can see that the walls are painted the same color! Believe me when I say it was stunning. This was a banquet area but you can get a look at the ceilings.... The powder bathroom.... More sweet wallpaper..... Master bedroom goodness. Pillow love:) Light fixtures in MB. This is her husbands den. The color on the wall was so so good....not really coming through from my iPhone. Tile porn. Iron railing. Some light fixtures.... One of the guest rooms....they added the brick wall for texture. There was more....so much more. It will be beautiful when it's photographed by a professional. I have to say it has been a tough week for me. I am missing my sweet girl so darn much......lots of tears. I know it will get better but that heartache is so deep. Sigh. Sherika
