Painting Oak Cabinets Black Before After

You see i had wanted my cabinets black for a long time.

Painting oak cabinets black before after.

365 days of slow cooking. Today i m going to share my updated tutorial for how to paint oak cabinets and hide the grain. Instead of fresh classic white cabinets to me they look like dated oak cabinets that are trying to hide behind white paint. They have held up beautifully.

Here s how we painted our dated oak kitchen cabinets with plenty of before and after photos. Last spring i painted my cabinets as part of the one room challenge 6 week room makeover. 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. Might be worth looking into.

I think the white cabinets and black knobs go wonderfully with my backsplash. You can see how i painted my cabinets in this post. Updating oak kitchen cabinets before and after might be the type of inspirations that you are looking for right now. I just read in house beaufiful magazine last night that glidden has a new no drip paint.

When you paint oak cabinets white the grain texture remains very apparent. I decided on a two tone look with the bottom cabinets black. Last updated may 14 2020. That it was a good idea to paint over my oak cabinets.

How to paint oak cabinets and hide the grain. Talk about the difference some paint makes. 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. Originally published on february 16 2014.

Read this post further to find the 11 attractive inspirations that you can use in your next project. I painted my oak cabinets white about 10 years ago using glidden gripping primer and latex paint. 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. 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.

It s a big job but it pays off. This doesn t bother some people one bit. But as i said i m a total perfectionist and it bothers me. To make sure the color will work well in the space try painting test colors on the wall ahead of time.

Here are the cabinets after they were painted. If that is so it seems you face a situation in which the existing oak cabinets you have at home are outdated. 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. Here are the cabinets before we painted them.

Yikes i have painted a lot of furniture and would say i have pretty much. Kitchen cabinets before and after oak to white thursday august 23 2018.