Grey Stained Oak Cabinets Before And After

The red walls and brown cabinets featured in the original kitchen left the room feeling dark.

Grey stained oak cabinets before and after.

I have done similar work on staining cabinets from oak to a darker stain and the first time i experienced the peeling upon applying the second quote. Painting the cabinets white and adding a textured backsplash helped open up the room. With the next set of cabinet doors i hand sanded lightly and then used a paint stripper at the moment i don t quite remember the name of the brand i purchased at home depot. Over time your oak cabinets may get scratched or become discolored or you may decide you want a slightly darker look.

Change the hardware more often than not cabinets from the 80s and 90s don t have hardware handles or knobs. Stripping to bare wood beyond hugely labor intensive will make the gray go over the raw pink nature of red oak so you get a pink gray more kin to the 80 s pink whitewash g technique than the current fad of gray stain. Try lighter colors that reflect natural light leaving the room feeling brighter and more welcoming. I d love to give you a how to on staining oak cabinets but i d rather leave it to the pros hgtv how to restain wood cabinets.

Nov 29 2018 explore sheila eicholtz s board gray stained cabinets on pinterest. Getting to this point has required hours and hours of painful brainpower over three years during which time i ve asked more people than i have fingers and toes their opinion on oak painted oak stained oak orange cabinets gray cabinets white cabinets dirty cabinets and beveled cabinets. These oak cabinets were in fine condition but ultimately fell flat literally. We just could not bring us to that decision to rip them all out and destroy them.

To add depth and detail to generic doors homeowner and blogger ashley thurman affixed trim and applied a new. Before we had decent bones with the solid oak cabinets shaker style doors. After 7 years of living with them we finally made the decision to get them reglazed in a light gray. Bright paint and new hardware photo by courtesy of cherished bliss.

To get what you want you have to start with a. The only negative was that the hinges were slightly exposed but it s no biggie as you wouldn t see much of them once they were painted a darker colour. In these photos it looks just slightly gray. Diy network how to restain wood cabinets.

Gray over orange is just ugly mud colored. And after i chose benjamin moore chelsea gray for the cabinets. Oak cabinet update idea. Dull doors in a dark kitchen photo by courtesy of cherished bliss.

Starting with orange oak the only way to get gray and not mud is to paint them.