"Paint It" Kitchen Cabinets
I've very excited to be linking up with Mandy {fabulous name} for today's edition of the Dog Days of Winter...
Today's post is "Paint-It" and if you know me, then I had trouble decided which projected of mine I wanted to blog about. I constantly have a paintbrush in hand and am attacking another room. In the almost five years we've lived here I've painted every room in the house at least once:
Living room - 3 times
Play room - 2 times
Dining room - 2 times
Kitchen - 3 times
Nursery - just once
Both bathrooms - just once
Emmy's room - twice
Master bedroom - twice
Obviously I change my mind a lot.
This past summer though, I wanted to tackle a little something more difficult. Something to stretch my painting skills a bit more. And since re-doing my kitchen countertops worked out so well, I decided to tackle the kitchen cabinets.
I did tons of research before hand, and finally settled on using the Rustoleum Cabinet Transformation kit. It was the only one I found that didn't require any sanding...that was reason enough to buy it!
After much debate about white vs dark cabinets, I decided to go with dark brown {Tudor was the color I chose}. I prefer the look of white cabinets, but since our kitchen is a decent size I didn't need the white to open it up, and I really didn't want something else I was going to have to clean constantly.
The great thing about the kit I bought {besides the no sanding thing} is that they include almost everything you need. I only had to purchase a few brushes!
I was able to complete the project in only three days, mainly working at night. I did not use the optional glaze that came with it, as I don't think it makes much difference with the darker colors. Because of the way our cabinets are constructed, I also didn't need to take off any of the cabinets, which helped a ton.
Now for the pictures, you know we all love a good before and after.
First, this was our kitchen we we first moved in:
Today's post is "Paint-It" and if you know me, then I had trouble decided which projected of mine I wanted to blog about. I constantly have a paintbrush in hand and am attacking another room. In the almost five years we've lived here I've painted every room in the house at least once:
Living room - 3 times
Play room - 2 times
Dining room - 2 times
Kitchen - 3 times
Nursery - just once
Both bathrooms - just once
Emmy's room - twice
Master bedroom - twice
Obviously I change my mind a lot.
This past summer though, I wanted to tackle a little something more difficult. Something to stretch my painting skills a bit more. And since re-doing my kitchen countertops worked out so well, I decided to tackle the kitchen cabinets.
I did tons of research before hand, and finally settled on using the Rustoleum Cabinet Transformation kit. It was the only one I found that didn't require any sanding...that was reason enough to buy it!
After much debate about white vs dark cabinets, I decided to go with dark brown {Tudor was the color I chose}. I prefer the look of white cabinets, but since our kitchen is a decent size I didn't need the white to open it up, and I really didn't want something else I was going to have to clean constantly.
The great thing about the kit I bought {besides the no sanding thing} is that they include almost everything you need. I only had to purchase a few brushes!
I was able to complete the project in only three days, mainly working at night. I did not use the optional glaze that came with it, as I don't think it makes much difference with the darker colors. Because of the way our cabinets are constructed, I also didn't need to take off any of the cabinets, which helped a ton.
Now for the pictures, you know we all love a good before and after.
First, this was our kitchen we we first moved in:
Here are the pictures after I redid the counter tops:
And here is the kitchen today!
For the first time in four years I actually love my kitchen! It's really amazing what a little time and effort will do to a room.
Very nice restyle the cabinets and counter tops look great!
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