Kitchen Cabinet Makeover Reveal

Kitchen Cabinet Makeover Reveal. Today I’m so happy to finally be sharing our kitchen makeover. This has been a long time coming, and the only thing I regret is not painting our kitchen cabinets sooner.

Kitchen Cabinet Makeover Reveal

At about the 20 year mark of living with dark wood cabinets in our home, I decided I was ready for color. We have a lot of brown, with wood cabinets, dark counter tops, wood floors and even a brown leather sofa in the adjoining family room. That’s a lot of brown!

I’m not sure why it felt like such a big deal to paint the cabinets. Now I look back, and think, what was I so worried about. I’m only sharing this, because if you’re waiting for that little nudge to make a similar decision, I say go for it.

After finally making the decision to paint, the next big hurdle was finding the right color. The Mister didn’t want to give up his granite counter top, so I needed a color to compliment the travertine backsplash and counters.

For months, I had a bunch of green paint samples sticking to the cabinets. Then we sorted it down to three, and then the winner, which ended up being “Retreat” by Sherwin Williams. (Emerald, urethane trim enamel, satin finish.) This is a muted green with undertones of blue and gray.

I feel like we are really going to enjoy this medium green, and I’m going to have fun experimenting with other colors in the kitchen too. So far, I can tell Retreat plays well with brown, black, blue, gray, peachy pink and soft orange colors.

By the way the kitchen was professionally painted, and not a DIY project. I have painted bathroom vanities, but the kitchen had to be absolutely flawless, a big selling point with the Mister.

Cabinet and accent wall Changes

Before painting, we hired a carpenter to add wood panels with simple trim around three sides of the island, and cabinet ends. I love the unassuming Shaker style trim which is very practical and perfect for our small kitchen.

New quarter round moulding around all the bottom of the cabinets is also a welcome update. They were showing a lot of wear and needed replacing.

The former accent navy wall running under the bar has new wood panels and trim as well. This sounds funny, but I feel like this wall finally looks complete. Amazing how much small details can make a room.

Instead of painting the new wood panels white like the doors and other trim in the house, I went with our wall color, Dover White by Sherwin Williams. Now this wall flows beautifully from kitchen to family room and around into the foyer.

Styling The Counters

Now that the dark brown cabinets are gone, I’m eager to restyle my counters. I’m already playing around with one corner adding a vintage gym basket to hold bread boards and cook books.

Hopefully my local antique mall will have what I’m looking for. I’m anxious to find a large bowl for fruit, some crocks, small baskets, a painting to lean on the counter and maybe a lamp. Ultimately I want a kitchen with a cottage feel that is warm and inviting. Can you picture it too?

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To see more before photos click on my post Using Trays To Control Kitchen Clutter.

For weeks I’ve been scanning Pinterest and magazines for styling ideas while getting over a horrible upper respiratory infection. Now I’m ready to take action, but I’m so happy to share what I have so far with you. If you have suggestions for my “new” kitchen let me know. I’m hungry for ideas.

I will be sharing more views of the kitchen, some cabinet reorganization and other small updates with you soon. Thanks so much for stopping by today for this quick look at our cabinet makeover reveal.

Cheers!

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