Painting Oak Cabinets Black Before After

Here are the cabinets after they were painted.

Painting oak cabinets black before after.

Talk about the difference some paint makes. I painted my oak cabinets white about 10 years ago using glidden gripping primer and latex paint. Last updated may 14 2020. Here s how we painted our dated oak kitchen cabinets with plenty of before and after photos.

Here are the cabinets before we painted them. I decided on a two tone look with the bottom cabinets black. This doesn t bother some people one bit. Yikes i have painted a lot of furniture and would say i have pretty much.

Read this post further to find the 11 attractive inspirations that you can use in your next project. They have held up beautifully. I just read in house beaufiful magazine last night that glidden has a new no drip paint. When we decided to upgrade the cabinets with a soffit i quickly realized that the heavy grain of the painted oak would look a lot different than the painted smooth mdf that was used for the.

To make sure the color will work well in the space try painting test colors on the wall ahead of time. I have tackled a great deal of oak cabinet client projects so i thought i would share some tips and tricks for painting oak cabinets that i have learned along the way if you re looking to give yours a refresh. It s a big job but it pays off. Last spring i painted my cabinets as part of the one room challenge 6 week room makeover.

I absolutely love how light and bright our kitchen is now. We successfully completed this project and painted our oak cabinets white over five years ago to achieve a smooth finish. 365 days of slow cooking. Instead of fresh classic white cabinets to me they look like dated oak cabinets that are trying to hide behind white paint.

Today i m going to share my updated tutorial for how to paint oak cabinets and hide the grain. Our realtor saw our kitchen before and after we d painted the cabinets she suggested increasing what we planned to ask for the house by 30 000 and it sold in one. You can see how i painted my cabinets in this post. How to paint oak cabinets and hide the grain.

You see i had wanted my cabinets black for a long time. When i first saw the kitchen of layla from the lettered cottage years ago i wanted to try black kitchen cabinets in my own home. But as i said i m a total perfectionist and it bothers me. Originally published on february 16 2014.

I think the white cabinets and black knobs go wonderfully with my backsplash. Kitchen cabinets before and after oak to white thursday august 23 2018. If that is so it seems you face a situation in which the existing oak cabinets you have at home are outdated. My most popular post by far has been how to paint your cabinets like a professional as a result i have gotten a lot of questions specifically about how to paint oak cabinets.

The golden green color in this room contrasts with the black walls keeping the space lively. When you paint oak cabinets white the grain texture remains very apparent.