How To Paint Off White Distressed Kitchen Cabinets

From the fun and flirty relaxed and casual cottage style of white to the more formal and traditional regal sophistication of black distressed kitchen cabinets add character and charm to give the most popular room in the house a lived in look that conveys an aura of comfortable warmth and age.

How to paint off white distressed kitchen cabinets.

The homeowner didn t want a flat cabinet so i distressed the cabinet doors. We just used a plain stark white semi gloss paint. 3 4 using a paint brush i brushed the paint water mixture onto the door. We didn t sand the varnish off of the cabinets before painting.

Scuff the edges corners and grooves in the molding of the cabinets with a sanding block wearing the paint away and darkening the edges. I prefer matte paint for furniture but figured that semi gloss latex paint would be easier to clean grease and dirty finger prints off of. White cabinets which are a bit older well used are even easier to work with as it probably has already worn down its original protective coatings. 2 i sanded the edges of the doors with fine grit sandpaper and removed the dust with a tack cloth.

My husband and i spent a week painting them white. Further distress the cabinets by chiseling off small. Wrap a smooth clean rag around your index finger and carefully wipe off any excess glaze that s accumulated outside of the distressed spots that were created when the cabinet s edges were darkened.