Painting the Kitchen Cabinets

I finally got around to cleaning after the kitchen remodel, so I could take some after pictures. It still isn’t quite finished. Someday I might get around to some window treatments and another someday new appliances. The cabinets were nice (raised panel-classic design), just ugly so all I had to do there was paint. I also applied beadboard and corbels to the island to give it more substance and painted the walls and molding. It’s amazing how much of a difference paint can make.

Here is it looked like before.

See the space between the cabinet and patio door? There was room there for a lovely garbage can if a person wanted to put one there. I did not, so I removed the existing upper cabinet and built 2 new upper cabinets and an additional base cabinet. Then I made one of the existing base cabinets a slide out garbage cabinet. I built the uppers 14″ deep to fit larger items like chargers or serving dishes that don’t always fit in a standard 12″ cabinet.

This makeover was achieved by replacing the flooring, countertops, cooktop, sink, faucets, lighting and cabinet hardware and by adding a lot of paint!

48 Comments

Magic Brush says:

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Fantastic job! I paint people's kitchen cabinets for a living…. but sometimes they are just so scared to change what they hate. I'm so glad you did it! The space looks so fresh and up to date and BIGGER in my opinion! Nice job!Stop by my painting blog and say hello sometime! Jennifer
Laura says:

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You have my dream kitchen! White cabinets, dark countertops, yellow walls. Just perfect! You did such a great job doing everything. I can't believe you built cabinets! That's amazing! The rest (curtains and stuff) is easy, and will come together just beautifully. Enjoy your fabulous new kitchen!
Angela says:

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Fabulous. Looks like a professional did it. Everything is perfect.
Maryann @ Domestically-Speaking says:

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So lovely! Do you want to come and do mine? 🙂 Painting my kitchen cabinets keeps getting bumped down the list because it seems so overwhelming. I'd love more details on the paints you used, equipment (spray, brush) and anything else that might help me when I tackle this project. Thanks for sharing your kitchen at the Power of Paint Party!
LINDA BARES says:

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Wow! Love it! I wish I were as handy as you! What kind of paint did you use on the cabinets? How many coats of primer and paint did you have to apply?