Lazy Girl's Guide to Painting Cabinets

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I wanted to give my master bathroom vanity a makeover, but I was feeling rather lazy at the time. I didn't want to spend days sanding, priming, and painting. I came up with "lazy girl's plan" to completely transform my vanity with only about an hour of work time.
My guide to completely repainting your cabinets without tons of sanding and priming.
First remove all the doors and hardware. Quickly run a sanding block over all of the surfaces, then clean with a TSP substitute.
Paint your cabinets using a high quality paint. I like to use a combination of a foam roller and high quality brush to get the best finish.
After letting the doors dry completely for 24 hours I reattached them and all of the hardware.
What a difference an hour and left over paint can make!
Simply Swider- Stephanie
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  • Elizabeth Elizabeth on Feb 25, 2017
    What did you end up cleaning the cabinets with prior to applying your primer? They look great!!!
  • Caroline Caroline on Dec 10, 2018

    What is a TSP Cleaner?

  • Me 3 color please. Am just wondering if this the lazy girl's version, what would be the full version?

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  • Trudy Trudy on Jul 22, 2019

    Me too! Color? Please!

  • Jeanie  Mouton Jeanie Mouton on Aug 28, 2019

    Your bathroom cabinets look great I decided to try painting my master bath using two coats of primer first then two coats of chalk paint Many areas on doors are chipping , not holding paint I sanded those areas after doors dried but haven’t added the clear wax sealer Any suggestions would be wonderful This project has been a work in progress for three days now 😟

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