What precisely did you mean by "filling in the oak grain"????
My kitchen cabinets have been painted by a previous owner. I can see the wood grain and don't like it. For some reason I don't think that this wood grain is going to disappear by sanding.
Would you mind using this thread to post pictures of your beautiful kitchen.
Hi luranda! We used wood filler to fill in the oak grain and then sanded smooth and primed, sprayed paint and polycrylic. It is time and labor intensive, but the results have been outstanding. Before:
Finished Kitchen: (except for a little bit of stained woodwork that needs to be painted on the bay windows) This has been completed since taking this picture years ago.
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That does look fabulous! I love the wood valance you put up over the sink too...beautiful! I noticed that you put new hinges on the cabs, added some pretty trim and corbels...VERY nice!
twg - your kitchen pics have really inspired me to get off my caboose and get mine finished. I really like my green painted cabs, but when I see your lighter cabs, I sometimes wish I had gone with another color. sigh! Wonder if DH would suggest a quickie divorce in Mexico if I mentioned I wanted to repaint the cabs.
Thanks for the kind words everyone. I appreciate them.
To those that asked, yes the WT are custom. I wish I could sew, but I have no talent in that area.
lensgaga--yes, we added hidden hinges, took out the soffit and added crown molding, added beadboard to the sides of the cabinets, moved lighting, added range hood. The arch over the sink was an afterthought as it just seemed like it needed something there. I think that added a lot. We cut out the wood panels on 3 of the cabinets above the desk and took them to a stained glass shop and they added the seeded glass.
2SoldiersMom--I know what you mean. We really had no idea what we were geting into when we started this project. It sounded so simple to "just paint the cabinets" as we had 2 headed to expensive colleges and a new kitchen was not in the budget. As you know one thing always leads to another and a good case of well we might as well do this since we are doing That. You know how THAT goes!
Anyway, thanks again everyone. We did this kitchen 6 years ago and we still love it and since we took the time to do it right, the paint on the cabinets still looks brand new and has held up to a very active house of teenage boys and their friends.
Tell me about hidden hinges. I didn't think they could be added to OLD cabinets.
Also when you said you spray painted the cabinets. Did you just spray paint the doors or did you spray the cabinet shell also. How did you avoid getting paint in the air and all over your house including the kitchen. Seems plastic doesn't always protect things. Also did you use oil base paint with a polyurethane top coat?
HI Lu. We bought the Blum hidden/concealed hinges from www.rockler.com. We also bought some sort of Jig-It drill bit from them to make the new hole on the cabinets for the cup for the hinge. Search for Blum hinges on the rockler website.
Also, the key to spraying the cabinets is to use a HVLP sprayer that doesn't overspray and gives a very professional finish. We bought ours at Sears for about $100 and you use it with an air compressor. Yes, we sprayed the frames as well as the doors. My husband is an engineer, so he is a perfectionist about things and very handy with tools, etc. \\
We used Sherwin Williams Proclassic latex paint in the color Antique White and then also sprayed Minwax Polycrylic which is a water based poly.
