Portray kitchen cupboards was $95 properly spent! Paint can go a LONG option to modernize your area. A costlier rework is in our future. By spending much less on this refresh, we will pay it ahead for costlier upgrades sooner or later. Extra modifications to come back! (Take a look at all of our kitchen upgrades right here!)
$95 Kitchen Refresh With Paint
On the time I posted this, our kitchen “rework” (aka: paint provides) value $95! Now we add cheap decor parts to reinforce the area. There’s nonetheless loads left to do, however we’re proud of the outcomes up to now.
When Mark and I put a suggestion in on this home in July 2018, we knew {that a} kitchen rework was in our future. Whereas we’re saving for a costlier rework, we all know first hand that updating your kitchen cabinetry with a contemporary coat of paint can enhance the show-ability and the worth of your property. That is our fifth cabinetry paint challenge!
Kitchen Cupboard Paint Colours:
- Kitchen Cupboards // Valspar Cupboard Enamels paint line at Lowe’s — tinted in a Benjamin Moore colour referred to as “Graystone”.
- Kitchen Island // Valspar Cupboard Enamels paint line at Lowe’s — tinted in a Benjamin Moore colour referred to as “Peppercorn”.
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This kitchen mini-remodel took loads much less time than my earlier home. I flippantly sanded and cleaned the cupboards. Then gave them a light-weight coat of Kilz 2 Primer. Adopted by 2 coats of enamel (I all the time suggest enamel paint which dries more durable than latex.
Open wooden grain cupboards require a very totally different strategy, these had been clean grain and saved lots of time.
I didn’t take away the cupboards and used an artist brush across the hinges and across the door openings. I solely needed to flippantly hand sand (I needed to do heavy sanding with the deep grain oak up to now). I utilized primer adopted by 2 coats of Valspar. Really easy this time!
Kitchen Rework To-Do Record:
The paint and {hardware} is only a short-term resolution for the kitchen however there are some things we nonetheless wish to change:
- New counter tops // The pale pink simply doesn’t fairly go well with us 🙂
- New sink & replace home equipment // we wish a white or stainless sink. The present black sink is fairly scratched up. We wish our home equipment to additionally appear to be a part of the cabinetry.
- Tiled Backsplash // this time, tile. We had a stenciled kitchen backsplash earlier than, so we’d wish to improve only a bit on this kitchen.
- Add open shelving // We’d wish to take away a number of of the higher cupboards and redesign our pantry (the large, obtrusive cupboard on the suitable).
- Rebuild & lengthen the island // We’ve repurposed our kitchen island in our earlier home, so we’d like one thing somewhat prettier and extra substantial. We’d additionally like to increase the seating association in there.
- Add window seating // I’d like to vary the bay space right into a smaller seating association.
Change chandelier& add pendants // I’m pondering 2-3 pendant lights over the “new” island, one other over the sink.Then in fact, altering the chandelier.New {Hardware} // we’re ready for brand new vintage brass cup pulls to reach tomorrow, simply in time for Christmas.Carried out!- New flooring // we miss our darkish flooring from the previous home, however these can’t be put in till we make some last selections about our island format.
New Kitchen Characteristic Wall within the Works
Kitchen Sources
I shared a tip throughout my look on the Rachael Ray Present about hiding mail. The hampers and all sources could be discovered beneath!
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