Lisa’s kitchen makeover isn’t DIY, but I love the transformation and she thought it still might be helpful and inspiring for those wanting to paint kitchen cabinets. I agree! This is on my DIY to-do list so I’m honored to have it in the DIY archives. I love her blog name too…Popcorn Served Daily! How perfect is that for her kitchen facelift slide show? Pop over and say “hi”. She has even more before/after posts to share! Here is her kitchen makeover post:
Before:
Big island,
and lots and lots of cabinets and drawers.
61 total.
Blonde, maple cabinets.
Plain,
blonde, maple cabinets.
We just felt our kitchen was lacking some character.
So,
a few days before Christmas,
we decided to add a little pizazz to the kitchen.
That’s right,
a few days,
like four.
We’re crazy like that.
We had previously met with Bob,
the cabinet refinisher,
and had gone over painting choices and the details.
He was just waiting on us to give him the go ahead.
We called,
and his crew come over lickity split and removed all doors and drawer fronts.
Welcome to my mess.
Don’t stare at the contents for too long or it will make you schizo.
You can’t help but stare,
I know.
This is all of our junk?
Really?
Well,
who stuffed everything in there like that?
Not me.
7 days later…
My husband and I
removed every single item from every single cabinet and drawer.
Then the prep crew,
Arnie and Misty,
spent no time whatsoever,
removing the hardware and
covering every inch of wall,
countertop,
refrigerator,
floor and fish tank,
with paper and plastic to
keep the area,
which wasn’t getting painted,
protected.
They were meticulous,
and nice.
Very nice.
That’s important.
This is their work.
That was no easy task.
I know,
because I watched them and snapped a few pictures.
They also created a wall of plastic to keep dust and fumes to a minimum.
A thing of beauty.
After the plastic wall went up,
they sanded all of the exposed wood.
The next day,
Bob came in and worked his magic with the paint sprayer,
then applied a glaze by hand.
It was a 2 day painting process.
They added our new hardware,
and this was the finished product.
Before and After….
The island was refinished in expresso.
Caution: Blurry picture ahead. Do not adjust your monitor.
The center panel
to these doors was cut out for glass.
We are waiting for the special order glass to arrive.
to these doors was cut out for glass.
We are waiting for the special order glass to arrive.
The Canadian arranged the items so they were pleasing to the eye.
She’s got an eye for that, don’t you think,eh?
I just had everything shoved in there.
Go ahead and go back, see for yourself.
I have no shame.
Needless to say,
my husband and I
are very happy with the outcome.
With everything (neatly) back in it’s place,
the first 5 days of 2010 are looking good.
It’s gorgeous Lisa! Thank you so much for sharing!
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What a fabulous transformation! We were going to have this done but I had to have a root canal so there went our cabinet money, LOL
And now we have a leaky window so that is a MUST fix . . . ONE day the cabinets will get done!
So good to have you back! I hope each day it's getting a little easier!!
((Hugs))
SHUT UP!! I LOVE THIS! I am gearing up to have my oak cabinets painted…sadly…my husband and I will be the ones doing the painting and staining. I want a man! Send me your man and his helpers!
Seriously, this is gorgeous and gives me MUCH NEEDED motivation!!
Lou Cinda 🙂
I love the new look. I thought it was a beautiful kitchen to begin with, but the new paint makes it really POP! Great inspiration for our (dreadful) kitchen remodel!
Ah, and we have the identical fridge & tile! Too funny! 🙂
Hope you're on the mend and feeling 100% soon!
This was a nice transformation. Using a glaze, painting the island a different color, and adding glass were nice touches.
Cathy
Wow that looks amazing!!
that looks great!
Oh my goodness, that looks amazing!! I love it!
Oh to have a big beautiful kitchen like that! I'll just slink into my ugly hallway that I call a kitchen now.
Wow, you have a wonderfully large kitchen and now it is really beautiful and bright too! I love the finish you chose. Great job and good for you and your husband…being crazy like that!
I've been itching to paint mine for a while – what motivation this is!
I want to know where she got her hardware!?
Fantastic transformation! I need to add some glass doors to our cabinets too 🙂
I hope things are better for you Roeshel.
rue
Looks FAB! I keep going back and forth on whether or not to paint my cabinets… thanks for sending me forth again.
LOVE it.
~ Joanna
Oh my! I thought your 'before' kitchen looked lovely and then I saw your 'after' photos, just beautiful!
I agree ladies – it's a great kitchen makeover. I WISH my kitchen even looked like Lisa's before kitchen!
Roeshel
It's GORGEOUS! It looks so much more open too! LOVE it!!
Beautiful and bright! Thanks for sharing the inspiration.
THIS looks amazing!!!
Great transformation! Thanks for sharing.
Great transformation! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for stopping by my blog. A week in, I am having fun with it.
I am enjoying reading through yours. I've got 2001 builder's grade oak in my kitchen and a remodel isn't in the budget. I've been getting quotes for painting so this is timely…I am headed over to see more photos now…..looks awesome!
Thanks again.
Wow!! I love it. Such an inspiration for my own kitchen cabinet design, I'm really jealous of all the space you have!
WOW, amazing!
OMG – love it!!! What a huge transformation!!! And that hardware is lovely! Well done!
Oh my goodness!! I soooo want to do that. And my cabinets are just about the same color are those before. Love love love love it! I am printing off a copy for my file.
Thanks!
XOXO
Jen
WOW.
JUST, WOW.
Love it!
Holy cow! That is an AMAZING transformation. Makes me jealous, but also gives me some motivation to start working on ours!
Hope you are doing well Roeshel, I'm finally back! 🙂
Gorgeous transformation. It is so fun to have someone else do your work for you!
I just want to say I am loving your "new" kitchen. I have been wanting to paint our existing cabinets for some time and worried about what it might look like – but our cabinets right now are very similar to what you had before, so now I am feeling confident…but I just need to convince my other half! Thanks for sharing.
Chelsea
Wonderful tranformation but oh my, what a lot of work to get ready to paint!! I'm looking at all kitchen as my kitchen is being redone starting next week.