*Before: taken the day we looked at the house in person for the first time
I, of course, waited until I had emergency gallbladder surgery... and while sitting home recovering I ordered everything I needed to paint all my kitchen cabinets. After lots of research I settled on chalk paint. It requires NO PRIMING, NO SANDING, and no mess really! 5 days post surgery, I cleaned all of my cabinets (removing grease, stuck on food, baby drool lol), then removed all of the cabinet doors and hinges. The weather was nice and cool so I set the doors up on my deck and began painting. The chalk paint went right over the old dark brown wood, which absolutely amazed me since I was using a much lighter gray color.
7 hours of painting the first day until I called it a night. I knew tomorrow I would be able to finish everything by myself, and I did. I finished the second coats everywhere, and then began using the Annie sloan wax sealer. I stood there in my kitchen looking around, just amazed at how simple the project of transforming the cabinets was. We went out on day 3 to pick up all the new hardware (since we never had any in this house), and it continued improving the look of our new kitchen drastically! So for $200 bucks, we have a whole new look and you bet your behind that I'm kicking myself for not doing this sooner!
Looks great an im doing similar with my oak cabinets atm!
ReplyDeletewow!! i have been afraid to do mine!! thanks for this post!
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