Chalk Painted Kitchen Cabinets
These 20 year old oak cabinets were a wreck!
Here is the before...
here is the during...
And finally... the finished kitchen!
My cabinets were done by 2 very sweet women from a company called Bella Terra Designs. Check Theresa's website, they are true artists and professionals. I would recommend them 100% for those that live in the area. You can check out their Facebook page here.
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Bella Terra Designs used Annie Sloan Chalk Paint...
I didn't want the upper cabinets too white or too cream colored so mixing the 2 was the perfect solution!
At the last minute we ended up using a primer on the top cabinets. Even though a degreaser was used to clean the cabinets first, grease spots were coming up through the white...
In an attempt to stop the spots in their tracks the ladies used a primer first and then 2 coats of chalk paint. Primer is usually an unnecessary step with chalk paint, but in this case it was better safe than sorry!
We finished off the cabinets with a little distressing and 2 coats of varnish. We all felt that the varnish would give the cabinets added protection. The varnish is called C-5000 from Faux Effects International.
Going with the 2 toned kitchen was the perfect choice, not too light and not too dark. It gave the room a lot of character!
Update: The kitchen walls were painted a neutral white color from Sherwin Williams. You can see the new color HERE.
Read more about Bella Terra Designs here.
