Kitchen Cupboard MakeOver Part II

{Just a Sneak Peak}

Here's How You Can do It, Too!

Using a Sander and Course Sand Paper,

I Sanded all the Places I Planned to Paint.

Since I wasn't going to Be Actually Painting

the Center Panel, I Skipped Sanding That Part.

I Sanded with All My Might

to Get as much of the Shiny finish I could Off,

Then I Wiped it Down with a Wet Paper Towel,

to Remove the Sanding Dust.

Then I Primed it,

Using

"Contractors Bonding Primer",

I Got at Lowes.

I Primed each Piece

3 Times.

Until the Yellow Stain from the Cupboards,

Stopped Showing Through.

I was Using White Paint,

and I Wanted to Ensure,

I didn't Have any old Yellow Stain

Showing Through and Making

My White

a White-Ish!

Then Husband Cut Bead Board

and I Glued It Into the Centers,

Using a Glue for Paneling and Wainscoting,

That I Got at Lowes.

I Used Clamps or Heavy Cans

to apply pressure while it dried

Over Night.

Then I Caulked around the Edges,

Where there was a crack between the

edge of the Beadboard and the Cupboard

Not Knowing much about Caulking,

I Learned that Using a Wet Finger Tip

Works Wonderfully.

After the Caulk was Dry

Over Night,

I Gave the Whole Thing

2 Coats of Paint.

I Used

Swiss Coffee in Semi Gloss by Valspar

and a Foam Roller Brush-

Leaves a Smooth Finish

and Has an End

that Can Get in Cracks Super Good!

Then, Using My Tinted Glaze,

by Valspar in Fired Earth,

I VEEEERY Carefully

Went Along all Edges,

and Added Detail where I Wanted it.

You CAN put the Glaze (Antique) on the Whole Thing,

But it WILL Give the Whole Thing a Dark Coat.

I Wanted to Have a WHITE Look,

that Had "Worn/Old" Places.

I used a Foam Paint Brush to Apply,

and a Wet Paper Towel on My Finger tip

to Take off the Excess.

Then a Clear Coat of Semi-Gloss

Poly Acrylic.

YES,

There was Lots of Steps and

"Waiting for Things to Dry" Time.

This Took Me 2 Months,

as it was Always the First Thing I Wanted to Work on,

But Usually the Last Thing I'd Get to in a Day.

I Wasn't even Sure if the Idea of

Putting the BeadBoard IN them Would Work,

[And I Had Several People Tell Me It Wouldn't].

But it Did.

And?

{I LOVE IT!}

Where's Kitchen Cupboard MakeOver Part I?

Check Here

This is just a Quick Peak of the Kitchen,

Just have to get the Floor in,

and then I'll show the whole

Kit'n Kaboodle!