How can I brighten these spice red cabinets
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My top cabinets are stained a cream color, the bottom a spice red. I want to see the red color, but does anyone have any ideas on how to brighten the spice so they don't feel so heavy?
Galley style took a cooked photo to show top and bottom..please ignore the remodeling mess!
12 answers
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Perhaps a design painted in the cream to the red cabinets, be it a wood add or stencil. The same to the top in red. Maybe? Just a thought.
Kari Sioux Tewksbury
on Aug 05, 2015
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How about a light paint glaze over the red?
Tiag
on Aug 05, 2015
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I see your cupboards don't use knobs. I am wondering though, if some lovely knobs on both the upper and lower cabinets might give just a wee decorative touch? There are some magnificent choices on ebay and pinterest, for instance. I love the spice red.
Carol
on Aug 05, 2015
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I agree with Carol...knobs would work wonders, and pull it all together! Good luck they are very pretty:)
Cathy Kurpil
on Aug 05, 2015
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Whitewash over the red or a glaze treatment to the red. Use black hardware on all cabinets. You can searc Hometalk for each treatment for the cabinet or "Google" them. Good luck!
Lisa House
on Aug 05, 2015
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Use a milk glass white wash over the top of the spice you will still be able to see the red but it will soften up the spice
Judi Lewis
on Aug 06, 2015
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I am doing my kitchen in yellow and red. I think that your countertops are what is causing the issue for you. Your red is not deep enough to hold its own against the strong black. If it were me: I would get several samples of different reds. Take and paint the top portion of each door and look at it for a week. You can give the a higher gloss by using a polycrylic in satin, semigloss or high gloss. I use the matte poly and wax on top of that. This home is in S.W. Georgia and the humidity prevents me from using just wax. Which you should not in a kitchen anyway. You should definitely use a liquid sealer.
Hope Williams
on Aug 06, 2015
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What chalk wash over the top.
Carol Shearer Stavlo
on Aug 06, 2015
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I notice there are no knobs or pulls on the cabinets or drawers. Perhaps you can put white or silver knobs/pulls on the bottom cabinets.
Robin
on Aug 06, 2015
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If you want to brighten maybe an orange wash... you could get a small bottle of craft paint the color of cabinets and orange and experiment...
Anne Alexander
on Aug 12, 2015
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periwinkle colored stenclis. The red is gorgeous, just do a minimal stencli at the corners or around where your knobs would go. do a little at a time, step back a day or two. Add more as you wish.
Sooz
on Aug 12, 2015
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Ask the paint dept at Home Depot, Etc--they should have the glazes and previews of how it would look.
Tiag
on Aug 12, 2015
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