In my last residence, I painted my kitchen white and shared a tutorial on one of many easiest methods to paint kitchen cabinets. And I nonetheless stand by that tutorial! Nonetheless, I’ve moreover found a neater method that I actually like and thought I’d share it with you proper now.
That’s our new earlier residence, with the distinctive cabinets from 1979. That they had been pretty sturdy picket, nonetheless sooooo not my trend. I actually like the way in which by which the kitchen operates, I merely didn’t love the orangey oak cabinet shade. All they needed was barely refresh, nonetheless I wanted to go looking out a neater method, with out sacrificing any of the usual or sturdiness of my last kitchen.
It appears the secret’s inside the paint! DecoArt Satin Enamels are significantly formulated for painting picket furnishings and cabinets, they often allow you do the mission with NO SANDING and nearly no prep. Yay!
The 1st step, and really the one prep required, is to wash your cabinets properly. I like Krud Kutter. Cleaning is especially obligatory for kitchen cabinets because of the grease and meals residue which will accumulate on them over time.
Then I primed all the surfaces with DecoArt’s Stainblocker, which is a primer/sealer. I used a roller brush for flat surfaces and a small brush for the inlaid components.Do NOT take away the cabinet doorways however. It’s easier to prime and paint them whereas they’re nonetheless hanging on the frames.
The stainblocker goes on making an attempt like glue, nonetheless dries clear. That’s helpful for leaving your kitchen making an attempt common whenever you wait just a few days for the primer to dry.
Time to paint! I started by filling inside the smaller areas with a small brush. Then I rolled on the paint over the larger areas, using a 6″ foam roller. I moreover found it helpful to frivolously drag a transparent paintbrush over the just-rolled areas as I was going, merely to confirm there was no roller texture left behind.I did two coats of paint. There’s no need to sand in between coats. Yay!
Be careful of drips inside the corners. This paint doesn’t drip or sag very merely, nonetheless you proceed to have to look at the place basically essentially the most paint accumulates.
That’s how the kitchen appeared whereas I was painting the doorways. Not too unhealthy!
Then I took the doorways off to can paint the frames. Be sure you label your doorways BEFORE you are taking away them! And try my weblog submit for suggestions on the best method to take care of observe of which door goes to which cabinet.
Whereas the doorways are off, you could further merely attain the sides to paint them. I decided to not paint the insides of the doorways or cabinets.
Proper right here’s the finished product. A up to date coat of paint even made my granite look greater!
I added white hinges and silver pulls from DL Lawless {{hardware}} to embellish up the cabinets and conceal the hinges barely.
I couldn’t be happier with how these cabinets turned out. I used about 10 jars of paint, and 4 jars of stainblocker.
It’s in no way easy taking over a kitchen refresh, nonetheless this technique made the complete course of easier. I didn’t need to tear up the complete kitchen, retailer each little factor from my cabinets someplace else, and clear up layers of sanding mud. Merely clear, prime, and paint.Be sure you check out the full weblog submit for all my ideas and tricks to make it even easier.P.S. It’s been just a few yr now and I’m thrilled with the way in which by which this paint is holding as a lot as frequently use!