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Bright White Cabinets

Nothing makes me happier than a white kitchen. I love how clean and crisp white cabinets look and our little kitchen got a bit of makeover with bright white cabinets.

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

It’s funny how when you know a magazine is coming to shoot your home you get very excited BUT you also get very critical and start noticing all those little things that maybe wouldn’t bother you otherwise. As many of you know, Fifi O’Neill is coming to my home this weekend to shoot it for an upcoming issue of Romantic Country. One area that was really bothering me in our home was the kitchen. The cabinets, really. They were looking very distressed (not in a good way). Part of it is due to having a puppy who went through some teething stages here and there but the other part is wear and tear. I know in photos a space can look good, but here’s a close up of some of the kitchen cabinets.

Cabinets (Before)

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

I’ve already done some work to this room. I painted the once yellow walls gray. Click here to read that post. We added stick on subway tile which were so easy to put up and have really stood up well. We painted the walls a year and half ago and did the stick on tiles a year ago. I didn’t paint the cabinets and trim because I thought we would redo the kitchen.

Well, friends, it’s just not in the budget right now. I had one quote that was $70K and got another that would be $34K to reface the existing cabinets and some new counters and tiles, but that would be the same current layout.

So, those weren’t an option. Sigh. I’m sure some of you can relate.

I dream of having a pretty range with a hood, quartz counters that look like marble and bright white cabinets.

I decided we’d paint the cabinets and trim for now. Luke and I are thinking in time (once we’ve saved up), we’d like to change the layout and move the fridge so that it’s into the kitchen. We’re also talking about turning our tiny half bath back into the kitchen. We’re thinking about doing the majority of work ourselves, but I’ll share all of this with you when it happens which probably won’t be for a few years.

I ended up having my good friend and professional painter, Andy Lane, come with his crew and they knocked out our kitchen in two days.

You can see here just how much brighter the primer is than the cabinets were. Please excuse how messy my cabinets are on the inside!

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

AJ Lane Painting is wonderful. Andy is very tidy when working and an excellent painter. His team are great too and so great with our boys and dogs. They all love dogs. 😉

They came and took all the doors and hardware off and primed and did a few coats on the body of our cabinets.

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

I love that they still use proper brushes rather than spraying everything.

Then Andy brought our doors back to his workshop and sprayed them with primer and the cabinet paint. I believe he did three coats in all.

You can see them here on a drying rack:

Cabinet Doors Drying

Here they are being wrapped up to deliver them back to our home. On Monday it was my birthday (thank you for all the birthday wishes by the way) he said he was wrapping them up for my birthday present. Ha! Ha!

Finished Cabinets in White Dove

They are so smooth and the satin finish reflects the light in our kitchen.

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

Maybe I should show you a before and after so you can see just how huge the difference is:

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

Here’s one more before and after photo:

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

The only difference in these photos is the cabinet and trim paint. Before the cabinets were painted in Benjamin Moore Bone White Semi Gloss while the trim was White Dove. Now both the trim and cabinets are White Dove in Satin.

It is amazing to me how magical paint is. A few coats of paint have drastically changed up this room.

Flowers in the Kitchen I Finding Silver Pennies

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

 

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

The white just looks so perfect.

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

It even makes our old china cabinet pop.

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

We spend so much time in here from breakfast around the nook to after school snacks.

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

The boys enjoy fruit and cookies when they get home from school. I wish I could tell you these were fresh baked.

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

You can see right into our newly decorated dining room. If you missed that post click here. I’m still IN LOVE with that farmhouse table my hubby built.

I’m constantly in here cooking dinner or making lunch.

Lunchtime

Luke snapped this the other day while I was getting lunch ready. Can you see just how happy I am with my newly painted kitchen? Yay!!!!

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

Okay, I know it’s a bit of photo overload but here’s a few more photos:

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

I love this little jar I found at an antique store. I store candy in it 😉 It usually lives in the china cabinet along with some Ikea dishes and some antiques.

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

Can you believe those aren’t real subway tiles?

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

Here’s a view of the room from the dining room:

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

A huge thank you to Andy Lane for helping us with this project! We love how it came out. Perhaps, if you’re not loving your kitchen a fresh coat of paint will do just the trick. He used a special cabinet paint by Benjamin Moore Advance which is durable enamel paint for cabinets and hardens over time. I hope you enjoyed our new bright white kitchen cabinets as much as I do!

Bright White Cabinets Make Our Small Kitchen Brighter I Finding Silver Pennies

I thought I’d include a source list for our kitchen below.

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Source List

 

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Donna
Donna
6 years ago

You’re kitchen is lovely…as is your whole house! I’d love to redo my kitchen as well, but, like you, a reno. isnt in the budget right now. 🙁 Good luck this weekend, and most of all…HAVE FUN!!!

Carolyn
Carolyn
6 years ago

Oh, wow that really spiffed up your cabinets and kitchen…..love it ? How fun to have Fifi coming to your home??

Cindy
6 years ago

I hear you with budget. We are waiting to update our great room sofa to a sectional we love and change out to some French chairs.

You must be so excited about your home being photographed.

Cindy

Kate
Kate
6 years ago

Such a difference! I love the bright white!

Ellen Shook
Ellen Shook
6 years ago

Your kitchen looks fantastic! White paint is magic, isn’t it? I am still in love with that DR table.?

Dianne
Dianne
6 years ago

I love the fresh new look!!!

Cynthia Chilson Finger

The power of paint never ceases to amaze. Your cabinets look amazing, Danielle! I bet food even tastes better in your kitchen. LOL Enjoy! Cynthia

Holly @ Life on Southpointe Drive

It turned out so beautiful! I really love the color and I love the Ikea light. I have been looking at that pendent for a while but couldn’t decide. I love the way it looks in your kitchen!

Jennifer @ Tow
6 years ago

It’s beautiful, Danielle! I’m loving all the new changes in your home!

Sheryl Miller
Sheryl Miller
6 years ago

You have nothing to worry about with FiFi. Have you ever seen her cute little cottage in Florida in books or magazines. She is the expert at making a beautiful space out of nothing. Your house is beautiful as is so I hope you can have a good time during the shoot. If you could see my kitchen you would be very satisfied with your own.