Painting Kitchen Cabinets White
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Need help please with painting wood trim and doors white
Comments (16)You know... that wood looks pretty good. 70s still had half-way decent wood. So, ok I get that the modern palette has moved away from brown as the neutral to grays. However wood stain color choices have evolved the same way - plenty of grays now, from charcoals to silvery bleached out grays. Not to mention the dark ebonies, jet black, grayed out browns etc. Weathered gray is a popular color. What I dont get is the automatic default to WHITE 99.9% of the time on this forum. PLEASE consider sanding/staining this wood instead of encasing it in an opaque plastic film. Having lived with "landlord white" throughout the 80s -90s, white painted trim looks good for about 5 mins before it starts getting dinged and dirty. In a lot of settings, I think dark trim of whatever color just looks classier too. There are various products out there - rather than a full-on stripping job (yuck) you might consider some of the heavier bodied stains that just need a light sanding to give it some "tooth" (removing only clear finish without going deeper and removing the color.) I dont want to write a novel so Ill just leave it at that - the woodworker forum could give you m ore specifics.....See MorePaint Kitchen Cabinets White?
Comments (3)Painting those white would be AN ABOLUTE NO BRAINER for me. Marry !!! the painter if you must. An easy cabinet to re create, before you do it, I'd consider getting miicro relocated to far left, even if I had to live with a re circulating stainless hood. I'd even live with a counter top micro if you must know : ) also tucked far left....See MorePainting my kitchen cabinets white - Need help with BM paint color.
Comments (11)Your cabinets are lovely, must you paint them? If you must, I agree with choosing something else first, such as the granite. If you're doing your backsplash too, perhaps go tile shopping. If you fall in love with something, it will help narrow down your paint choices. Easier to do it that way as paint choices are much larger than granite/ tile choices....See MoreShould I paint my kitchen cabinets?
Comments (10)You have white trim in there already--does it go? Will you change the wall color? Get your colors all lined up and paint big sample boards to prop against the counters to view in different lighting. (And yes, you should paint those cabinets if you're willing to do the work. No reason to live with cabinets you dislike.)...See Moreamandapadgett
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