Hello from Fargo, ND! I have no experience w/ Miller, but you won't go wrong with Cabinet-Coat! (you're prob'ly tired of my babbling about it...!?) If you're fussy...and why NOT be?!... * Lightly sand your surface. Make sure there's no "wavers" or ridges you don't like. Remove all dust. * Use the best brush you can get your hands on ($15+) for Latex paints. Using just a few strokes, apply an even first coat. Long, light, easy strokes to smooth it. After 30 seconds to a minute....GET OUT OF IT!! * Clean your brush...call it a day. * DO NOT go back into it. Leave it alone 'till tomorrow. * Let it level overnight in a dust-free area. * OPTIONAL: lightly sand dried 1st coat with 220 or finer, remove dust, and apply the "money" coat! * Each morning, you'll probably be startled how nice it looks!! * To me, it's very low odor, & soap & water clean-up! * Our ACE has the gallons at $39. The tint-base is $40. Insl-x makes some Dang good coatings, & Cabinet-Coat is one of-'em! >>> Try to create a dust-free area if possible. Pets/birds should be far away...dander/dust you know! Faron

I will admit I did not sand my old cabinets at all - but they went into the laundry room which is not a high use area. That was about 20 years ago and they are fine. I used Zinsser 123 primer which actually says you do not have to sand. I did clean very well and the cabinets were not high gloss. I did all my trim the same way. Zinsser BIN is supposed to be even better at sticking without sanding. It does take time for both of those primers to cure. You can topcoat, but the primer can take up to a week to cure, so don't go knocking the doors around till the cure time is up.

The kitchen needs to play well with the elements of the house you are keeping like floors, existing trim, other rooms, etc. do you have some pictures?

I'd look for a tinted white/ barely there gray, as I prefer a white/neutral kitchen. as in this entry space gray door and light walls. You need to know the tones of gray cabinet paint- cool or warm.. Take a cabinet door to BM or Sherwin Williams or other paint store.....Ask staff to match it to one of their colors. Research palettes with that color. SW has several books that have pre-coordinated palettes --nearly all have a few gray shades.... Or web search example below. My current project: Laundry/ utility room was decided on colors we liked SWSea Salt and Eider White. The cabinet color is SWMindful Gray after reviewing many paint swatches. Then, last night I came across this, which reinforced the selections ETA. I hated the BM and SW color visualizers, those programs were not helpful. Search kitchens with gray cabinets. If a page doesn't have wall paint details, then save the image and use a Reverse Image search, which will show you to other sites with that image, like Instagram. It takes a bit of effort, but it is well worth it . Try: https://www.reverseimagesearch.com