Pink Kitchen in the making!
For so long I have been wanting a pink kitchen with pink cabinets, appliances, and accessories! haha, but its a bit hard doing everything at once! so I decided to start by painting my cabinets in the color pink. Now thats a great start!
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| Pink Kitchen Cabinets using BEHR paint |
Let me just start by telling you guys how all this pink kitchen dream started... I used to go the the public library often, and i would always rent books, VHS, then DVDs when they came out, and magazines, and one time I rented a magazine (can't remember which one) but in it came an article of Dita Von Teese home, and it was the most wonderfull amazing, beautiful home I have seen! I teared those papers out and obviously took the magazine back (no shame) and saved the papers.
So now that I am able to do such thing to my kitchen, I went ahead and went to Home Depot for all my supplies to paint my kitchen cabinets. Everything was around 65 U.S. dollars. I bought the paint in the color Youth Blush P170-1º from the BEHR paints, in Semi-gloss. I bought the 1 gallon bucket $35, but only used half, now I have some paint left for the bathroom! yay! I bought sanding paper in 100grit Medium but for wood I think it is usually the 120 fine. And a kit that had all the supplies to paint (a $30 value kit for $15)
I didn't took any pictures while working. But I first removed all the doors and hardware from the cabinets and made sure they where numbered so it won't be hard knowing which one goes where. Then I sanded all the cabinets just to remove the shine from the old color and for the new color to adhere. After that I cleaned them with a sponge and water, but if they had oil and too much dirt I cleaned them up with some soap and water.
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| Before |
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| Cabinets where a Beige, light brown Now that they where all sanded and dust free, I taped everywhere I didn't want the paint to stain, I painted them with a small roller and also with a brush to get those tight gaps and edges. It took me two days to do this project, probably 3-4 hours per day. But it was worth it because the results are just what I imagined! My kitchen is still in remodeling status, so until them I will post when my kitchen is complete, but FYI I am still going to stick with my black appliances, until I have money for vintage inspired ones. |
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| after! |
Light pink Cabinets!
Jenny Lopez
