Comments on: How To Paint Your Kitchen Cabinets http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/11/how-to-paint-your-kitchen-cabinets/ Two Young People + One Old House = Love Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:02:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: YoungHouseLove http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/11/how-to-paint-your-kitchen-cabinets/comment-page-10/#comment-822099 YoungHouseLove Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:13:39 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=4779#comment-822099 I would check out this post and follow the directions (it's the same whether they're painted or not since you still need to sand and degloss and prime to make the new paint stick): http://www.younghouselove.com/2012/01/how-to-paint-your-cabinets-aka-hallelujah/ Hope it helps! xo, s

I would check out this post and follow the directions (it’s the same whether they’re painted or not since you still need to sand and degloss and prime to make the new paint stick): http://www.younghouselove.com/2012/01/how-to-paint-your-cabinets-aka-hallelujah/

Hope it helps!

xo,
s

]]> By: Melissa http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/11/how-to-paint-your-kitchen-cabinets/comment-page-10/#comment-822078 Melissa Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:24:09 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=4779#comment-822078 Hi there, My husband and I will be moving into our first home in a month and a half. It is an old house (1900) with tons of character, but needs work. We're starting with the kitchen and I plan to redo the cabinets. They are painted green right now. :( I'm planning on refinishing them. I'd like them to be a glossed dark wood, to match the dark wood in the rest of the house. How would I go about refinishing them, seeing as they have already been stripped and painted (poorly at that)? Thanks! Hi there,
My husband and I will be moving into our first home in a month and a half. It is an old house (1900) with tons of character, but needs work. We’re starting with the kitchen and I plan to redo the cabinets. They are painted green right now. :( I’m planning on refinishing them. I’d like them to be a glossed dark wood, to match the dark wood in the rest of the house. How would I go about refinishing them, seeing as they have already been stripped and painted (poorly at that)?
Thanks!

]]> By: YoungHouseLove http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/11/how-to-paint-your-kitchen-cabinets/comment-page-10/#comment-818055 YoungHouseLove Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:49:41 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=4779#comment-818055 Oh yes if you can it's a great way to modernize! xo, s

Oh yes if you can it’s a great way to modernize!

xo,
s

]]> By: Lauren http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/11/how-to-paint-your-kitchen-cabinets/comment-page-10/#comment-818050 Lauren Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:03:14 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=4779#comment-818050 Hello, Thank you for your site..I just love it! I am about to start a cabinet painting project. The cabinets are pine or birch and will be painting them white. I've got a question though regarding the hinges. What is your opinion on replacing the current hinges with concealed hinges....do you think it'll help to make the cabinets look a little more modern? I'd love to hear your insight! Lauren Kelly Dorchester, Ontario Canada Hello,

Thank you for your site..I just love it!

I am about to start a cabinet painting project. The cabinets are pine or birch and will be painting them white. I’ve got a question though regarding the hinges. What is your opinion on replacing the current hinges with concealed hinges….do you think it’ll help to make the cabinets look a little more modern?

I’d love to hear your insight!

Lauren Kelly
Dorchester, Ontario Canada

]]> By: YoungHouseLove http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/11/how-to-paint-your-kitchen-cabinets/comment-page-10/#comment-817958 YoungHouseLove Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:15:43 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=4779#comment-817958 Great tips! xo, s

Great tips!

xo,
s

]]> By: Katie http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/11/how-to-paint-your-kitchen-cabinets/comment-page-10/#comment-817913 Katie Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:23:31 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=4779#comment-817913 Great tutorial, the one thing that I wish it had said was to tint your primer to match your paint. This way if you do get a ding (bound to happen)the blaring white doesn't show. I painted mine a slate grey and boy you can tell if you have a little chip. Also, while re-hanging the doors some of them didn't quite line up correctly, (they weren't perfect when we started either) but a rubber mallet and a towel helped us a ton! If the doors were rubbing we would put the towel on the edge of the door and pound it into place, was a life saver! Other then that my kitchen looks great! Great tutorial, the one thing that I wish it had said was to tint your primer to match your paint. This way if you do get a ding (bound to happen)the blaring white doesn’t show. I painted mine a slate grey and boy you can tell if you have a little chip.

Also, while re-hanging the doors some of them didn’t quite line up correctly, (they weren’t perfect when we started either) but a rubber mallet and a towel helped us a ton! If the doors were rubbing we would put the towel on the edge of the door and pound it into place, was a life saver!

Other then that my kitchen looks great!

]]> By: YoungHouseLove http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/11/how-to-paint-your-kitchen-cabinets/comment-page-10/#comment-817509 YoungHouseLove Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:09:13 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=4779#comment-817509 Oh yes, you always want to sand and prime so the paint sticks. Otherwise it can crack and peel right off months after doing it! xo, s

Oh yes, you always want to sand and prime so the paint sticks. Otherwise it can crack and peel right off months after doing it!

xo,
s

]]> By: Kayla http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/11/how-to-paint-your-kitchen-cabinets/comment-page-10/#comment-817463 Kayla Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:33:25 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=4779#comment-817463 I have ivory colored cabinets that I would like to paint a crisp white. Will I still need the oil-based primer, since I'm not going from a very dark color to white? I was thinking about using the paint with the included primer....thoughts?? I have ivory colored cabinets that I would like to paint a crisp white. Will I still need the oil-based primer, since I’m not going from a very dark color to white? I was thinking about using the paint with the included primer….thoughts??

]]> By: YoungHouseLove http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/11/how-to-paint-your-kitchen-cabinets/comment-page-10/#comment-816922 YoungHouseLove Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:57:15 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=4779#comment-816922 Hmm, that's a toughie. I think you can definitely do white cabinets with wood trim (I think our Reader Redesign last week had wood window trim with a white cabineted kitchen) so you still might want to go that route since it's classic and usually pretty well liked. Sometimes trying to paint something to match stained wood just looks flat next to it (since it's paint and not stain) but it could work too! xo, s

Hmm, that’s a toughie. I think you can definitely do white cabinets with wood trim (I think our Reader Redesign last week had wood window trim with a white cabineted kitchen) so you still might want to go that route since it’s classic and usually pretty well liked. Sometimes trying to paint something to match stained wood just looks flat next to it (since it’s paint and not stain) but it could work too!

xo,
s

]]> By: Rhonda http://www.younghouselove.com/2008/11/how-to-paint-your-kitchen-cabinets/comment-page-10/#comment-816913 Rhonda Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:52:55 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=4779#comment-816913 I have been reading your blog for over a year but this is my first post! My husband and I are renovating a family member's house for resale. Due to limited funds we are hoping to paint the kitchen cabinets but not paint the door/floor trim etc in the kitchen due to it connecting to other rooms. I know white is more universally flattering for resale but would you recommend a light tan or light charcoal gray instead to better match the standard wood trim in the room? We have not picked out floors or countertops so the options are still endless. Any ideas will be appreciated!! Keep up the great work! I have been reading your blog for over a year but this is my first post! My husband and I are renovating a family member’s house for resale. Due to limited funds we are hoping to paint the kitchen cabinets but not paint the door/floor trim etc in the kitchen due to it connecting to other rooms. I know white is more universally flattering for resale but would you recommend a light tan or light charcoal gray instead to better match the standard wood trim in the room? We have not picked out floors or countertops so the options are still endless. Any ideas will be appreciated!! Keep up the great work!

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