months ago i decided that my kitchen cabinets REALLY needed to be refinished. i also have a lot of cabinets (i love that about my kitchen), so having them refinished was going to cost a bit of money. being the diy addict that i am, i decided i could do them myself. months and months later they are done! i love how they turned out.
this is what they looked like before. plain oak, no hardware and sun damaged

here is what they look like after


here is what i did:
- took off all the door and sanded them and the cabinet frames
- primed everything
- painted on 4 coats of canvas corp cabinet and furniture paint with a brush and then smoothed with a roller (8 hours of drying between each coat)
- added walnut gel stain in the recessed areas and edges (rubbed it on and let sit for 1-2 minutes
and then rubbed it back off)
- painted on 3 coats of matte polyurethane
- added hardware and rehung the doors
i also added a chalk board on the end of one cabinet as a message center
i love the end result and now i'm thinking a new facet and refinishing the floors would make them look even better...
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