Distressed Milk Paint Kitchen Cabinets
Olivia Luz
While we are typically hardcore diy ers we had tried our hand at painting kitchen cabinets with traditional oil based paint in the past and knew what a pain in the a it could be.
My original tutorial on how to paint your cabinets with milk paint which you can read here has generated lots of interest within the past year and is actually becoming one of my most popular posts so i assume that many of you would like to know how durable they have proved to be over the course of 12 months. Boarded wall panelling painted in pp11 12 13ad oil eggshell by paper and paints. A different antiquing technique was employed on the gray cabinets of this u shape kitchen. Step 6 in distressing and antiquing kitchen cabinets is to darken the cabinets with additional glaze.
But first a little recap. My new favorite distressing technique is my cabinet scraper then i will for sure be using the vaseline trick as well and of course i cant stop using my 60 grit sanding block. Allow the top coat of varnish to dry before you apply a second coat. White is a classic and timeless color but paint companies forecast the bright and cool whites popular today will warm up and trend toward creamier white in 2017.
See more ideas about distressed kitchen kitchen cabinets distressed kitchen cabinets. Attach the doors and enjoy your distressed kitchen cabinets. The real milk paint company offers finishing creams that can be applied with a rag brush damp sponge or even a spatula. Using a small brush add more antiquing glaze to the distressed parts of the cabinets and doors.
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Feb 11 2018 explore allison lance s board distressed kitchen cabinets followed by 166 people on pinterest. Now that you have finished distressing your kitchen cabinets you can start to protect them. Source of leather handles is unknown. When my husband and i moved into our fixer upper three years ago we hired an expert to professionally paint our 1980 s wood cabinets.
To match the modern industrial look of the kitchen the light gray kitchen cabinets were lightly distressed. It s all right to apply the glaze liberally in these places because some of it will be removed in the next step of the process. The glaze was used mostly on the cabinet grooves crevices to further embolden the small details of the kitchen.
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