Anyone paint oak cabinets...and regret it??
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Comments (32)I think yours is more of a medium/dark, and should hide a lot. We did handscraped walnut with a dark charcoal matte finish. So far, the oven is the only thing in use in the new kitchen, and yes, it does show everything that falls on it (especially white things like the cheese that inevitably falls off pizza on the way to the oven...). We added large south facing windows, and in the next stage of remodeling we will add more to the west side, too, as more natural light was highest on my wish list. The dark floors will be through the kitchen, dining area, and living room. We have enough natural light that it doesn't seem too dark at all. I like the dark floors enough to live with the need to dust them frequently, but with the size of our family, we need to vacuum often anyway. One caution is that the sheen of your finish will affect the results. Higher shine finishes tend to show scratches more on darker floors than matte finishes do. We did handscraped matte finished floors so that the distressing that our floors will get will just add to the character. (I hope!)....See Moreanyone painted oak cabinets and regrets it?
Comments (3)Hi cate, Thanks for the compliments! What we did was clean the surfaces to be painted, doors, drawer fronts and gable ends. We used tsp, scrubbed, rinsed and dried. Everything was dismantled and taken down except for the parts that didn't have gable ends to be painted. I was left with about 1/3 of the cabinets during the painting process. We sent them out to be painted with a spray lacquer and were charged $2000 for the whole job, that included getting our kitchen chairs (also golden oak) painted black. The edges inside we painted ourselves, cleaned and primed and then painted with the same navajo white as on the cabs. Any other questions, feel free to ask, I won't be around for the next few hours but I'll check in again when I'm back....See MoreAnyone regret painting their kitchen cabinets?
Comments (8)Priscilla, thanks for the compliment...we are so enjoying our new kitchen! The paint was supplied by the company that did the work. As I mentioned, they're a small local company and they produce their own milk paint and low VOC products. We used their varnish for our hardwood floors, which we re-varnished as part of the house overhaul, and it's a wonderful product - very low sheen. It's really hard to tell (in both the photos and real life!) but the perimenter cabs and the island are actually two different colours. The perimeter cabs are Tapestry and the island is Cartier. We thought that there would be more contrast and have even debated having the island darkened, but will probably leave it as is. I've linked their site below. I know what you mean about GW - here I am, months after being done, still checking in every day! I am hooked and love seeing the new projects take shape. Can't wait to see the pix of your cabs - good luck! Eliz Here is a link that might be useful: Homestead Paints...See MoreAnyone ever regret choosing white cabinets?
Comments (50)I grew up with a kitchen from the early 50's that had white cabinets. 1st house I bought in my first marriage had antique white kitchen cabinets. After that marriage lol, my 1st apt had off white kitchen cabinets. When my current husband and I of 30 years bought our first house, it had oak but so dark almost black you couldn't see the grain. Although that house was built 1950, think the cabinets must have been done early 1970's. We moved in mid 80's. 1990 I striped the cabinets, bought new unfinished doors and stained them a medium oak color. They looked great.. I had vowed I was never going to have white cabinets after living with them so long while growing up. In 1994 had a house built, we chose the new cabinets in medium oak. In 10 years they looked pretty beat up, even after trying to keep them clean and keep up with them. Couldn't afford a whole new kitchen with 16 new cabinets. Started searching houzz and found many where the uppers were a shade of white, and the lowers were stained. I really started to like the look. This also was a way to have a new kitchen at half the price of all new cabinets. So... last Summer, bought a Graco paint sprayer and painted all my upper cabinets antique white, but replaced the doors to be butt doors and 2 cabinets went with frame only and I installed a nice glass and bought all new ORB knobs and handles. We will also be placing LED lights inside the glass cabinets. The whole kitchen looks so much larger than the 16x24 it already is. Being one who loves stained wood, this was a big change for me, even for my husband.when I told him I wanted to paint the uppers white said.. oh no.. don't do that!!.. After showing him the kitchens with painted and stained cabinets, he now loves them too. This year, in fact just over 1 week ago, we ordered lower cabinets from Conestoga Wood Specialties via one of their dealers. 1st part of the order will arrive on Friday. we added 4 new cabinets to the already 16. 2 island cabinets being added on the ends to enlarge the island will be a soft green that I already painted the 2 that are there. 1 corner upper will be antique white like the rest. The rest of the lowers will be Cherry that I will be staining walnut. I do a lot of wood refinishing, so this isn't new to me. 2 years ago, I would have never thought I would ever paint wood cabinets, but so glad I changed my mind. White cabinets in all shades of white have been around probably since the 1800's. If you like white cabinets and it goes in with the style you are going for, they by all means... go for it :) I just have to decide on which Cambria counter to go with....See Morelisa_a
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