Kitchen cabinet re-do with paint & new hardware.

We are linking this older post to Kimbas DIY party.

My kitchen cabinets have been bothering me for a long time. Pricing out new ones was too expensive for our budget, so I began to look for other alternatives. After finding inspiration and lots of advice from the gracious Katie at Clean and Classic Interiors,

I convinced my husband that painting our kitchen cabinets would be a good thing.

Here are the products we used. The paint is called Cabinet Coat by Insl-x in the color Almond and the glaze we used was from Lowe's in Mocha. We did NOT prime or sand. This paint is self-settling and dries amazingly smooth. It was very easy to work with and we did our entire kitchen (2 coats) with less than one gallon. *The paint was about $46 a gallon but SO worth the price. Especially when you nix the sanding and priming steps!

So, on to the pictures. Warning, my photography skills and the lighting don't do them justice, & there are a lot of pictures.

BEFORE with the lovely gold hardware:

During the painting first coat on the backs of the cabinets.

The hardest part of this project for us, was keeping our 21 month old out of the cupboards.

Just to keep it real here are a couple shots of the in between craziness.

I am so pleased with how these turned out. I wanted an aged off-white look and the almond with the mocha glaze turned out just as I had hoped, so...drum roll please...

AFTER with the glazing, new hinges and hardware in oil-rubbed bronze.

This is the light fixture that I spray painted to match all the new hardware.

Next on our to do list is a new back splash and new counter tops, but that's going to take some time to save up for. I don't mind though, because every time I walk into my kitchen I can't help but smile and feel happy at how they turned out.

~JJ