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Finished painting my kitchen befores and afters

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thedarkwolf

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You may remember me from such threads as Finished painting my computer room. Anyway here come the befores.
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Ah classic 70s kitchen with the cheapest cabinets you can buy. Can't really tell in the pics but not only are they cheap but they have lots of water damage and were hung by drunken monkeys.

In between pics
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I fixed all the water damage and painted them green and flat black awhile ago. I liked it but never could figure out what to do with the walls and thought it looked dated so I redid all again.

After
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Thats wisteria(spelling) blue on the walls and design studio white on the cabinets and it is ultra WHITE and shiny. Looks really nice in person. I filled in the huge gaps between the cabinets and added $6 worth of molding around the top to hide the gaps between the cabs and soffit. Makes them look less cheap aswell. Plan to get an over the range microwave to replace the old ugly hood. Problem is I had a 36in hood and a 36in over the range microwave is $500++ and there is noway I am paying that much for one so I'll have to rig in a 30in and fill in the gaps. Maybe I'll build some simple shelves on either side for spices. Plan to do something with the floors this spring. Hoping I have hardwood under that crap like the rest of the house but if not I'll tile it. Next up bedroom painting.
 
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Oh, my. Why did you paint over the wood? The handles are too dark; too much contrast. The walls and cabinets clash. Were you drinking heavily? 😛
 
Those cabinets are made from sawdust and glue so I wasn't exactly painting over something nice. My neighbor gave me a bunch of nickle handles from a job he was doing but I'm 10 short and haven't found any that match yet. I kind of like the flat black ones though so I'm in no hurry. If you think the blue and white clash, I don't, you should have seen the yellow I thought would be really mild yellow but ended up insane yellow on the walls against the green cabinets 🙂. That was a sight to behold. Wish I had taken pics of that.
 
Yeah, definitely do something about the floors. Other than that, the paint looks great.
 
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Looks good!
You should probably go for new cabinets sometime in the future.
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In this area its really not worth it. I paid $42k for the house 6 years ago and I doubt its worth much more then that now. Just trying to pretty things up without spending a lot to make it stand out from the rest of the houses in this price range for when I do sell it.
 
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