Shaker Kitchen Cabinet Update – Painting the doors and drawers

Shaker Kitchen Cabinet Update – Painting the doors and drawers - The DIY Girl

Finally. It took almost 2 weeks for me to get all the MDF strips done. I was working in the basement and the cool temperatures made the drying time for the Liquid Nails take forever. I had stumbled across the original post where the paint choice and instructions had come from at Ask the Paint Gurus http://paintgurus.typepad.com/blog/2011/01/the-right-way-to-re-finish-kitchen-cabinets.html. It’s a Benjamin Moore site. It’s a good write-up and I’d recommend a read for anyone planning to paint their cabinets. Set up I had saved a wooden door (I replaced a wood interior door that led to the garage with a steel door … Read more…

Shaker Kitchen Cabinet Update – painting prep

Shaker Kitchen Cabinet Update – painting prep - The DIY Girl

I believe the first thing you need to do when contemplating painting cabinets is to take a real long look and decide how much. Just the face of the cabinet frames and the outside of the doors? Paint everything including the insides. Personally, even if you held a really big gun (and I mean something like a bazooka) you could not make me paint the inside of cabinets and fortunately I have cabinets with decent interiors. How much do you want to paint? So how much did I want to paint. The current green is only on the outside of … Read more…