Well, if you decide to diy, you cant get it done in a weekend, or two weekends, or 3 or maybe even 4. Prep, is the most important thing, and prep takes a much longer time. Once all the prep and sanding is complete (no deglossing, use real sand paper), then comes a very good quality bonding sealing primer. Then a light sanding. Finally you can start painting, and here I agree with live wire oak, matte finish will show all your fingerprint oil, and every single spill. A satin black, would look stunning, if you really want black cabinets. You also want to use a very good quality cabinet paint. It is very time consuming, but, yes, it is possible, to get nice looking results. A regular painter wont do all the necessary prep, to get a good job, you would need a cabinet painter and several thousand dollars. Be aware though, that your kitchen will never look exactly like the kitchen in the pictures, which have entirely different cabinets, both in style, and type of cabinets.

the only durable matte finish would be in a conversion varnish that only a professional can do. like mentioned above will take multiple weekends.

I painted my kitchen cabinets over a weekend plus a week of weeknights. Be warned that matte black will readily show any imperfections, and a black kitchen needs lots of light to look good.

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Yes you are mad.

Do you also plan to change to black counters and paint your walls black, like the inspiration photo? If so, Live wire oak is correct, you'll have to invest substantially in lighting to not have a deep, dark cave of a kitchen.

1. no. Perhaps if you're an expert but you've said you're not.

2. not a specific paint, but there are paints dedicated to cabinetry that you should look into.

3. Don't do it yourself.

Those two kitchens are worlds apart, and a coat of paint will never change that. I really fear you are going to ruin what looks like a nice kitchen — one that has has loads of potential. But becoming a glossy, modern black kitchen just isn’t one of the options, IMHO. Do you have any other inspiration pics?

I had to look at the calendar to make sure it wasn't April 1st.

Mad, no. More like insane!

I like them the way they are - it's a pretty color.

And I'm usually the first one around here to say "paint it" especially if you don't like it.

Only way an inexperienced DIYer can survive a cabinet repaint is if they use Break Through 250 from PPG. Can recoat deeptone, satin finish after 2 hours.

Dry time between coats for other products is what'll get ya.

Put a slab of soapstone on your island / a black rod w black/cream check valance above window/ black geometric floor mats etc . Leave the pretty blue but black as a contrast would be fabulous.

Thank you for all of the feedback and suggestions... I can gladly say I won't be doing this myself :-)

The inspiration picture is beautiful, but very different from your kitchen. Very modern, slab doors, no hardware, white flooring - very dramatic look. You have shaker cabinets and wood flooring and normal windows. Much more traditional style.

Would this fit with the rest of your home?

I don't disagree with having your cabinets painted. They look blue next to the flooring and yellow under counter lighting - guessing it is really a blue white or light blue gray.

Seems to me that you are comfortable stepping away from current trends and are brave - have you considered color for either your walls or cabinets.

I don't know why, but it seems to me that eggplant could really work with your flooring.

A bit too pink - but I like the balance - not too little or too much color , , ,

Better color, but not enough of it. . . maybe if the walls were also eggplant. . .

A bit grayer . . .

Black on Black, the AC/DC kitchen, is a hot look on Insta at the moment. Every one of those photographs are highly manipulated, with extra lighting during the professional photoshoot, and with Lightroom after the shoot. It takes a lot of skill to pull off good pictures, with details in the shadows, and without the whites being washed out, because of the high contrast.

Our eyes don’t naturally see that way. In person, we search out the light, which blinds us to the dark, making it one large undifferentiated mass. If we squint to try y to o find the detail in the dark, it all becomes blurry. Or if we focus solely on the dark, the light blinds us, because we have dark adapted eyes.

To get the to artificiality of the photographs requires a LOT of added light. A huge amount. Matte black absorbs twice as much as does gloss black. You’ll need lots more recessed lights, with higher lumen output, plus some added cable wire spotlights, and stronger under cabinet lighting. You can’t take a standard lit kitchen and paint it black and then expect to be able to see your bleeding hand in front of your face and the sharp knife in the other like the photos fake.

This isn’t just a minor kitchen change. It’s a different way of living in that kitchen entirely.