I am really excited to share this kitchen with you! I get a lot of requests for kitchens of a different color (meaning not white) And I love the transformation of this kitchen from light maple to dark chocolate !
-Cassity
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Hi my name is Andrea. I am a wife and a mom on a mission to create a beautiful home for my family. We recently moved into a bigger house with more space. We are loving all the space but it will be challenging decorating it and keeping within our budget. We are doing as much DIY as possible to make this house our home.
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Before:
Pour a generous amount of deglosser on the scrub pad and vigorously scrub each door and drawer front. Youll really work your muscles during this step.
During this step I also filled all the nail holes with nail filler since I was changing the hardware.
The next step is the base coat. I wanted the backs of the doors painted as well so I started with the back. Apply first coat and allow to dry a couple hours before applying the second coat. After the backs are dry, flip and repeat first and second coats on the fronts.
You will need to degloss and paint 2 coats of the base coat on the frame as well.
I removed the drawers and sat them on the counter. I just allowed the face to hand over the counter so I could apply to all sides. Since I still had to feed the family during the week, I placed the drawers back in the frame and just left them pulled them out slightly they could dry. You can see where I did this on the drawers along the window side.
The next step is the optional glaze. The glaze makes the paint a little darker and allows you to add a wood tone to the finish instead of just the brown paint.
Heres the brown paint dry.
Apply the glaze. It goes on like the paint but after a few minutes it separates and looks like this.
Using the supplied cloths, wipe away as much glaze as you like to create the look you want. I wanted the cabinets darker so I left more glaze on and the wood tone looks deeper. Allow the glaze to dry 12 hours before applying the final clear coat.
The instructions say to allow the clear coat 12 hours to dry before putting on hardware and attaching back on frame and 24 hours before full function of the kitchen. We didnt have a problem with this since we were working on it at night and the cabinets had until the next day after work to dry. I would highly recommend waiting for each coat to dry and using the kitchen only if you have to. It would be a waste to go through all the work only to mess it up at the end.
I would definitely say this kit is well worth it. A little time and patience and you get a beautiful outcome. Although I did mention to hubby if we want to change the cabinets color in the future, he will just have to buy me new ones, Im not doing this again.
About Cassity
Cassity started Remodelaholic with her husband, Justin, to share their love for knocking out walls together. She is an interior designer, wife, and mother of two. She and Justin have remodeled three homes from top to bottom and are working on their fourth. Making a house a home is her favorite hobby.
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