French Country Cabinets, revisited

Kitchen cabinet's turned out good! I'm sorry we don't have more decorative moldings on them, but that can always be added later.

This is the before picture - as you can see, we mixed cabinets in this kitchen re-do. Always something - I like to re-use things when I can.

Below is what they look like after the paint job. Sorry about the light there, it's too sunny! The cabinets that were light colored originally look very similar in the after photo. But they're painted now. It's just that the new finish is so close in color to the original that you can't really tell in the photos.

Country French Kitchen Cupboards

Starting with plain stock cabinets.

Add two stair balisters to the corners of the island for the furniture leg effect.

Remove cabinet doors. Primer everything. First coat of paint is white touched with taupe to make a 'navaho white'. Second coat of paint is the taupe mixed with polycrylic to make a glaze. Paint it on, pull it back off again with a wallpaper brush. Last coat is a coat of clear polyurethane to harden and protect the paint job. Replace the cupboard doors.

Here's a picture of the effect I'm aiming for. I'll let you know if it works out.