Painting kitchen cabinets.. DIYers come in.

jettagurl

Our cabinets look like the top left of this pic....medium oak - standard builder, grade, I assume.

  

I'd like to paint them soon (which means 1-2 yrs at our rate).. but I worry with the Oak woodgrain it may not look great.  Is this something I should just forget and add new cabinets to the list of project? 

I am ignorant when it comes to wood/refinishing furniture. 

 

 

 

SuperCuteBenz

There have been lots of post about this on decorating and renovating. A bunch of ladies have use the Rustoleum cabinet stuff, and the difference has been amazing. I would ask over there.

https://cabinets.rustoleumtransformations.com/

2bearichards

I painted our bathroom cabinets that looked like that in our old house.  I sanded them first and then painted.  They turned out great!

soontobemomma

If you can get away with painting them, do it!  Cabinets are sooo expensive.  We have the smallest kitchen in the world, and to get new Kraftmaids I was told it will be at least $8000.  This is without any fancy accessories with them, like pull outs(except for a pantry cab.)

Yodajo

My cabinets that I painted in my laundry room were oak and didn't look as nice as those in  your pic.  The oak grain was really loud.  I painted them and they look great.  A good primer, quality paint, sanding a little and a foam roller and brush make all the difference.  

Here they are before and after:

mason15

Our cabinets looked awful--they were 70s era dark wood.  They were so hideous!  I removed the doors, sanded them, primed, and then painted them. I got the paint from Ben. Moore. It was an enamel. They've been painted for 5 years and still look great!  They wash easily and haven't chipped at all.  I spray painted the hinges silver and then put new handles on and they look like new cabinets.  I got the handles from Ikea.

amiamish

mason15:

Our cabinets looked awful--they were 70s era dark wood.  They were so hideous!  I removed the doors, sanded them, primed, and then painted them. I got the paint from Ben. Moore. It was an enamel. They've been painted for 5 years and still look great!  They wash easily and haven't chipped at all.  I spray painted the hinges silver and then put new handles on and they look like new cabinets.  I got the handles from Ikea.

do you have any before/afters? We have DARK wood with bronze//black hardware. I *hate* them. I want to paint them too, but DH thinks it'll look terrible. I need proof that it'll be great. It's a tiny kitchen, and so dark in there.... sigh. My own little jail cell.