Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Kitchen Goes White

Today I am going to tell you a story about how Nate’s sister’s kitchen went from this…

To this…

One Labor Day week-end, Nate’s sister invited us over to help her paint her kitchen cabinets.  How nice of her.  (She had previously painted the walls (Burnished Clay from Behr) and installed new flooring (Armstrong's Almafi Black Vinyl Tile.))

The cabinet doors were removed and set up for painting in the garage…

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Nate’s sister went with Rustoleum's cabinet painting kit in Linen.  The kit contained a stripper (for the cabinets..get your head out of the gutter), a base, a glaze, and a sealer.  The stripper would have worked well if the previous owners hadn’t chosen to use gallons of varnish on every door.  The many layers of varnish did require some sanding.  We then brushed on 3 coats of the base on all of the doors and then cabinet frames.  Nate’s sister decided to skip the glaze and then finished with the sealer.  Overall, we were all impressed with Rustoleum’s kit.  The paint went on well and had a nice professional finish when dry.

After we left (we are only so loving), Nate’s parents helped install the counters (Custom Craft in Black Granite), reinstall the cabinet doors, and install the new cabinet hardware.

Nate’s sister then got to work on the tile backsplash the following week-end.

A couple of week-ends and less than $1000 later, she has a pretty new kitchen!  I’m pumped to wash dishes in this kitchen at Thanksgiving! On second thought, I vote paper plates so I can just admire the beauty of a newly remodeled kitchen.

Moral of this story: Painting your kitchen cabinets is totally worth the effort.  We do recommend calling all willing family members to help you out!  Nate’s sister also e-mailed me stating she would be willing to help us with our kitchen backsplash when we get around to it. Bonus!

17 comments:

  1. Wow those after photos are great, you wouldn't believe it was the same kitchen! My kitchen is awful, 1980's dark brown cabinets, dark green built in appliances, dark green tiles, artexing on the ceiling and green walls!
    Ideally I want to rip it all out, but until then I will be doing the same and painting the walls and cupboard doors, replacing the tiles and dragging the room out of the 80's! Just need to get off my arse and do it now :/

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  2. Love white cabinets! Except they get dirty fast, at least mind do anyways.

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  3. It looks SO great! I think you just defined my problem though, I tried to tackle my cabinets all by myself and they are still not done a year later...
    But hey! last weekend I brought the can of paint out a the garage and set it in the kitchen. If that's not progress, I don't know what it!

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  4. Dang.it. That's the step I missed - calling family to come help. I'm still slopping paint on by myself. Wanna come help, since you have experience and all??

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  5. That is quite the transformation! I love the back splash she chose!

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  6. Wow. What a difference. Would you recommend using the Rustoleum product or just good old fashioned paint?

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  7. Huge change! So are you offering your painting services for free? Cuz I have some projects...

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  8. it looks amazing!!! you seriously can't beat paint...not only the most dramatic, but most economical way to improve the house! I wish i had some family around to paint my cabinets when we tackled that project!

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  9. Awesome transformation! Want to come to Indiana and help me paint our kitchen cabinets white?

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  10. Omg, I am dying to try something like this.

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  11. Looks amazing! You know I'm pro-cabinet painting... Just wish I'd thought to invite the family over for "support." ;)

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  12. How amazing! My parents want to refinish their old farmhouse kitchen cabinets - I think Linen might be the way to go!

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  13. Looks like a totally different kitchen - love the linen color and the backsplash and window treatment are a nice contrast with interesting pattern.

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  14. That is a beautiful transformation! How nice of ya'll to help!
    :) CAS

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  15. I second paper plates. Who wants to do dishes instead of just basking in the kitchen glory? ;)

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  16. Wow! What a transformation. I am impressed she with all the family help got it done so quickly. Looks great!

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  17. Beautiful!! I am trying to convince my husband we should paint our kitchen cabinets while saving up to get new ones and he keeps vetoing. Maybe I'll have to show him this post!
    Katie

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