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How To Paint a Kitchen
Kendra's February Jumpstart Project 2009

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Project: A Much-Needed Makeover
Name: Kendra
Time: 1 week
Cost: $300

Here's our first kitchen makeover in this year's February Jumpstart! Kendra took a small amount of money and just about a week, and she painted her cabinets. Take a look at the "before" below the jump; what a dramatic difference!

 
 
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BEFORE

TOOLS:
Paint and Brushes/Rollers (Pittsburgh Paint)
Painter's Tape
Kitchen Accessories

STEPS:
Remove all kitchen items
Tape off all "detailing" (take your time.)
Paint walls and trim
Style with kitchen items

RESOURCES:
Kitchen items from eBay and Flea Markets

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Comments (17)

Nice job! Did you also paint the appliances? I really like the dark paint on the inside of the open cabinet.

posted by heather77 on February 12th 2009 at 1:27pm
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looks great, but yeah, more importantly, what did you do to all of your appliances?

posted by amt230 on February 12th 2009 at 5:03pm
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very inspirational...

appliances, it might be a metallic film ...or paint...

posted by Nudik on February 12th 2009 at 5:24pm
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i love the contrast on the doors. i am definitely implementing this in my bathroom!

posted by SpanishOlives on February 12th 2009 at 6:11pm
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I'm going to paint my kitchen in May..I carribbean "Le Creuset" Blue if my landlord agrees:) I think its one of the best way to freshen up a space and I'm quite excited it


Great Job!!

posted by terraskye on February 12th 2009 at 10:08pm
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This is probably a stupid question, but what are those two appliances side by side? Two baby refrigerators? A baby fridge and a baby freezer? I'm intrigued by the idea of keeping fridge space horizontal in a little kitchen so there's usable countertop overhead...

posted by Kaete on February 12th 2009 at 11:21pm
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$300 for paint and rollers? Why so much?

posted by kittykittymeowmixhead on February 12th 2009 at 11:42pm
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Such a difference! Great job. Re: Kaete's appliance quesion...this really looks like a typical NYC kitchen so I'm guessing those would be a dishwasher and compact fridge/freezer. And the paint price sounds about right to me. Although I'm not familiar with Pittsburgh Paint, I pay $54/gal for Dunn-Edwards Interior Latex when I do my yearly touch up, and going from dark to light, or reverse, takes a few coats even with a primer.

posted by DucatiDude on February 13th 2009 at 1:47am
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Nice job! the kitchen looks completely different

posted by bitbit on February 13th 2009 at 4:02am
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What paint color did you use? You got new dishes, too. They look great!

posted by Jerith Bailey on February 13th 2009 at 10:44am
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Is the vent over the range gone? I think I would have kept that...looks great otherwise, esp. the arrangement of tools etc. over the sink. Very convenient.

posted by Bolder on February 13th 2009 at 11:13am
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I'm dying to know what you did to the appliances...

posted by kafern on February 13th 2009 at 12:23pm
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More details needed please... do tell.

posted by ilovebc on February 14th 2009 at 1:18am
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Hi Everyone,

My name is Brad, and I am Kendra's husband.
Thank you for all the nice compliments, you've made our day!

When we bought this 419 sq ft condo, located in Boston's South End neighborhood, the 1st thing we felt needed to be spruced up, was the kitchen and bathroom.

The paint color in the kitchen is a Chocolate Brown with a
Milk White trim, again by Pittsburgh Paint. As for the bathroom, the color is Jet Black and again Milk White,
with Peacock Toile wallpaper.

As for all the appliances, I simply applied a metallic paint.
It's a specific paint, made for metal and plastic surfaces
available at any hardware store. The side by side appliances are in fact 1 mini fridge and 1 mimi freezer.

We did remove the NON-WORKING Stove Vent for aesthetic purposes. Makes sense, right?

Again, thank you so much and have fun on your next home project.

Please visit my website:
www.colorTHEORY.vpweb.com

posted by beantown_brad on February 14th 2009 at 2:55pm
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awesome kitchen and awesome website!

posted by jamiewood on February 14th 2009 at 3:39pm
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those changed up appliances are intriguing.

posted by red.door.read. on February 15th 2009 at 10:36am
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wow. awesome job!!!

posted by eribear12 on February 25th 2009 at 2:44pm
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