Paint Away! Create a new look for your kitchen cabinet!
This is a 2nd part of my kitchen makeover after I'm done with the counter and counter top.
As a Singaporean, I always see my neighbours thrashing out their stuffs from their house. It makes me wonder am I the only one who do salvaging after salvaging, years after years. So, if you are someone like me, stay tune...
If you do have leftover wall paint, water-base paint and at the same time loves DIY-ing, my advice to you is to keep those with you. What you need to do is just transfer those leftover into a plastic container and they can be kept for many years for your diy projects or maybe have a kitchen makeover too like mine:>
The 'Old' kitchen cabinet paint done 9 years ago, all turning yellowish and dull!
The first kitchen cabinet door paint effect...
Next three...
The whole bottom kitchen cabinet...
And, and, my chalkboard!!!...
I didn't play by rules, to be frank. Who says wall paint is only mend for the wall and poster colors couldn't be used for other purpose? And why should all cabinet doors' color tone be uniform? And since there is no rules, I just Risk, Play. Not Ideal? Change and Get Result.
What you need:
Leftover wall paint
Poster color paint
Water
Empty container
Decide the effect you want to create so you know what color you need for the wall and poster paints.
For example, if you want a cement looking effect, you can have more white wall paint with some black poster paint.
Pour out some white wall paint in an empty container. Apply a thin layer of the white wall paint on the surface to be painted. Slowly, mix in some black poster paint in the container to get a greyish tone and apply onto the wet white surface that you've just painted. Not to worry about getting the right tone. Just play with your brush strokes with not too much paint each time, you can even pat your brush on the surface and create more realistic effect of a cement look here and there. If you're not too confident, have some photos with you for reference as you work .
These 3 pictures above shows the base color I have (leftover wall paint), which is in natural beige color.
At the sides are black and brown poster paints to create the dark brownish wood effect I want to create.
Last picture on the bottom shows the uniform strokes I used throughout, on all the cabinet doors. Unlike the cement effect, you can pat the brush or use rag to create the different paint effect. For wooden effect, you only use strokes.
Hope this post can somehow inspire you on a journey of DIY-ing. Happy risking!
Tags: kitchen makeover, great makeover, low budget, modern industrial kitchen, diy kitchen makeover, counter top refurnish, create concrete panel look, paint work, paint effect, dark wood effect, wall paint, poster paint
As a Singaporean, I always see my neighbours thrashing out their stuffs from their house. It makes me wonder am I the only one who do salvaging after salvaging, years after years. So, if you are someone like me, stay tune...
If you do have leftover wall paint, water-base paint and at the same time loves DIY-ing, my advice to you is to keep those with you. What you need to do is just transfer those leftover into a plastic container and they can be kept for many years for your diy projects or maybe have a kitchen makeover too like mine:>
The 'Old' kitchen cabinet paint done 9 years ago, all turning yellowish and dull!
The first kitchen cabinet door paint effect...
Next three...
The whole bottom kitchen cabinet...
And, and, my chalkboard!!!...
I didn't play by rules, to be frank. Who says wall paint is only mend for the wall and poster colors couldn't be used for other purpose? And why should all cabinet doors' color tone be uniform? And since there is no rules, I just Risk, Play. Not Ideal? Change and Get Result.
What you need:
Leftover wall paint
Poster color paint
Water
Empty container
Decide the effect you want to create so you know what color you need for the wall and poster paints.
For example, if you want a cement looking effect, you can have more white wall paint with some black poster paint.
Pour out some white wall paint in an empty container. Apply a thin layer of the white wall paint on the surface to be painted. Slowly, mix in some black poster paint in the container to get a greyish tone and apply onto the wet white surface that you've just painted. Not to worry about getting the right tone. Just play with your brush strokes with not too much paint each time, you can even pat your brush on the surface and create more realistic effect of a cement look here and there. If you're not too confident, have some photos with you for reference as you work .
These 3 pictures above shows the base color I have (leftover wall paint), which is in natural beige color.
At the sides are black and brown poster paints to create the dark brownish wood effect I want to create.
Last picture on the bottom shows the uniform strokes I used throughout, on all the cabinet doors. Unlike the cement effect, you can pat the brush or use rag to create the different paint effect. For wooden effect, you only use strokes.
Hope this post can somehow inspire you on a journey of DIY-ing. Happy risking!
Tags: kitchen makeover, great makeover, low budget, modern industrial kitchen, diy kitchen makeover, counter top refurnish, create concrete panel look, paint work, paint effect, dark wood effect, wall paint, poster paint
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