Suggestions for Painting Kitchen Cabinets

I had a really old kitchen at my old house, and always wanted the white cabinets, etc... Instead of doing it ourselves, we hired Tom & Rae Dunlap, Kitchen Tuneup at ###-###-#### or ____@____.com had a professional paint the cabinet boxes, and then we ordered all new white cabinet doors. They did all the installation, measuring, etc... They were awesome. It may be a little pricer than doing it yourself, but well worth it. Plus, it helped to sell our house. I think we spent almost $5,000 and that included the new countertops, and it probably added $15,000 to the price of our house. When we had open houses, everyone commented about the new kitchen, when in reality it was our old one with new cabinet doors. They were more affordable than the home depot or Sears refacing service, and theire customer service was outstanding. They will work within your budget, and not try to oversell you.

Try going on the HGTV website. Designed to Sell always paints/stains kitchen cabinets. Good luck.

I am in the same boat and I am so glad I didn't replace my cabinets.. with all the baby-proofing, I would be upset putting holes in my new cabinets.. once our baby (hopefully babies) are grown up we will redo the kitchen entirely.

Anway, I did paint my cabinets red. The color was Barn Red by Dutchboy Paint. The walls are yellow but I wish sometimes I painted them in tan. I do like how they came out. We also changed the hardware. We used a matte paint so that they didn't look painted but we do have to wipe them down a lot of the time. I get compliments on them all the time and the paint has not chipped yet.

You really need to take your time. We didn't sand them... we just used a zissner primer (not sure which one) and painted over them. Leave a lot of drying time inbetween coats.. I would allow at least 3 days for a diy project, maybe more.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or want me to send pics.

I have the same problem. I think I'm just going to re-paint mine white. Would black work with your kitchen? What about staining them? I think a fresh coat of paint would really make them look good, and add some new hardware?

Good luck!

It depends on what design if any is on the cabinet door.If there is a raised or indented shape maybe paint that the accent color you would like on that shape but paint the base white. Just a thought.