Our Kitchen Cabinet Makeover

Kassandra DeKoning
by Kassandra DeKoning
$200
4 Days
Medium
Brent and I had considered hiring someone to professionally paint our kitchen cabinets. After reading blog after blog on how to paint kitchen cabinets and discovering a painting technique that was equivalent to mine, I thought maybe I could just do it myself but I was still hesitant… Then, after friends of ours painted their kitchen cabinets, I was inspired to just do it! Deciding on a colour for the cabinets was tough enough. I’ve always loved white kitchens and I still do, but with the kitchen finishes we have, bright white cabinets wouldn’t flow as naturally. Here’s my original kitchen vision back in March. Grey was my other option and ended up being the winner. The hard part was deciding if we should go light or dark– you can view my grey kitchen round-up here! With a good balance of both light and dark, we settled for Chelsea Gray by Benjamin Moore in their Advance line.
Before & After Comparison
Our kitchen evolution over 3 years.
Market Sign DIY tutorial found on blog.
I decided to change out the bottom drawer pulls (which used to be the same as the cabinet pulls) to some cup pulls. It has really completed the look of our kitchen, feeling more “farmhouse” with an up-scaled appearance!
Before
After
I spy a troublemaker!!
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After
We love our bench seating, it's been great for the kids and gives us more room around the table.
Kassandra DeKoning
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  • Jen60765064 Jen60765064 on Mar 24, 2022

    Beautifully done! I have the same oak cabinets with maybe a little more detail. I hate the “grainyness” and want to paint them. I can’t tell from the pictures but can you still see the grain through the paint?

  • Debbie Debbie on Aug 11, 2022

    What color us the paint and what brand??

  • GoSandi GoSandi on Nov 17, 2022

    What was your “paint technique”? Did you remove cabinet doors? What type paint?

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