Portray kitchen cupboards was $95 nicely spent! Paint can go a LONG strategy to modernize your house. A costlier transform is in our future. By spending much less on this refresh, we are able to pay it ahead for costlier upgrades sooner or later. Extra adjustments to come back! (Take a look at all of our kitchen upgrades right here!)
$95 Kitchen Refresh With Paint
On the time I posted this, our kitchen “transform” (aka: paint provides) value $95! Now we add cheap decor parts to boost the house. There may be nonetheless lots left to do, however we’re pleased with the outcomes to date.
When Mark and I put a proposal in on this home in July 2018, we knew {that a} kitchen transform was in our future. Whereas we’re saving for a costlier transform, we all know first hand that updating your kitchen cabinetry with a contemporary coat of paint can improve the show-ability and the worth of your property. That is our fifth cabinetry paint mission!
Kitchen Cupboard Paint Colours:
- Kitchen Cupboards // Valspar Cupboard Enamels paint line at Lowe’s — tinted in a Benjamin Moore shade referred to as “Graystone”.
- Kitchen Island // Valspar Cupboard Enamels paint line at Lowe’s — tinted in a Benjamin Moore shade referred to as “Peppercorn”.
Kitchen Initiatives You Would possibly Like
This kitchen mini-remodel took lots much less time than my earlier home. I flippantly sanded and cleaned the cupboards. Then gave them a lightweight coat of Kilz 2 Primer. Adopted by 2 coats of enamel (I at all times advocate enamel paint which dries more durable than latex.
Open wooden grain cupboards require a very completely different method, these have been easy grain and saved loads of time.
I didn’t take away the cupboards and used an artist brush across the hinges and across the door openings. I solely needed to flippantly hand sand (I needed to do heavy sanding with the deep grain oak prior to now). I utilized primer adopted by 2 coats of Valspar. Really easy this time!
Kitchen Rework To-Do Record:
The paint and {hardware} is only a momentary resolution for the kitchen however there are some things we nonetheless want to change:
- New counter tops // The pale pink simply doesn’t fairly swimsuit us 🙂
- New sink & replace home equipment // we wish a white or stainless sink. The present black sink is fairly scratched up. We wish our home equipment to additionally appear to be a part of the cabinetry.
- Tiled Backsplash // this time, tile. We had a stenciled kitchen backsplash earlier than, so we’d prefer to improve only a bit on this kitchen.
- Add open shelving // We’d prefer to take away a couple of of the higher cupboards and redesign our pantry (the large, obtrusive cupboard on the fitting).
- Rebuild & prolong the island // We’ve repurposed our kitchen island in our earlier home, so we’d like one thing slightly prettier and extra substantial. We’d additionally like to increase the seating association in there.
- Add window seating // I’d like to alter the bay space right into a smaller seating association.
Change chandelier& add pendants // I’m pondering 2-3 pendant lights over the “new” island, one other over the sink.Then in fact, altering the chandelier.New {Hardware} // we’re ready for brand spanking new vintage brass cup pulls to reach tomorrow, simply in time for Christmas.Finished!- New flooring // we miss our darkish flooring from the outdated home, however these can’t be put in till we make some remaining choices about our island format.
New Kitchen Characteristic Wall within the Works
Kitchen Sources
I shared a tip throughout my look on the Rachael Ray Present about hiding mail. The hampers and all sources could be discovered beneath!
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