Kitchen Cabinet Renovation

Hello Everyone!

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend and is having a great start to the week.  Today I wanted to share with you my kitchen cabinet renovation.  The day after we closed on our house, my mom and aunt helped me remove all of my kitchen cabinets and drawers and we prepped and primed that same day!  I felt so productive and was so excited to have my kitchen one step closer to my dream kitchen.  After a few days of painting the cabinet trim, I completely lost steam...  I was caught up with other house affairs and our wedding planning, so what should have been a few week project turned into many many months, BUT I have finally finished the cabinets, so I thought I would share with you the before, during, and after!

Here is a quick tutorial on how I renovated my kitchen cabinets:

1. Label all of the cabinet doors and drawers with numbers and include the same number on the inside of the cabinet and on a Ziploc bag with the hardware
2. Remove all cabinet doors and drawers
3. Remove ugly existing cabinets and drawer pulls (unless you are going to use them after being painted.  Mine were hideous and outdated, so they went straight into the trash!)
4. Wash cabinets with TSP Hard Surface Cleaner (I recommend wearing gloves as this leaves a weird feeling on your hands)
5. Sand cabinet doors, drawers, and trim
6. Use a tack cloth after sanding to remove all the sawdust and other debris
7. If you are changing the position of the hardware like I did, you will need to wood putty the existing holes, let dry, then sand down, and again wipe clean with a tack cloth
8. Apply one coat of primer to all surfaces and let dry for at least 24 hours
9. Apply one coat of paint to all surfaces and let dry for at least 24 hours.  Repeat until you are satisfied with the color and finish of the paint
10. Find all of the numbered Ziploc bags and put all cabinet doors and drawers back
11. Attach existing or new hardware
12. Enjoy your beautiful "new" cabinets! :)

The Before!

We numbered all of the cabinet doors/drawers with masking tape, then labeled the inside of the cabinet where we removed them from and then labeled the hardware in a Ziploc bag.  I would definitely recommend doing this if you are removing any doors/drawers as it makes it so much easier to put everything back up once the project is completed!

The primer, paintbrush, and paint used were purchased from my local Ace Hardware as a house warming gift from my mom!  I am sure you can find the same or similar products at any hardware store.

One side of the kitchen primed!

Other side of the kitchen primed!

The finished product!

More of the finished cabinets and drawers!

I purchased these satin nickel knobs from Home Depot and they came in 10 packs for $19.98 and we needed 20 knobs total.

The satin nickel drawer pulls are from Home Depot, too!  These were purchased for $4.32 a pull and we bought a total of 9.

I hope this post helps you with any future cabinetry projects.  I would definitely recommend labeling the doors/drawers like we did.  This made putting everything back on SO much easier and less stressful.  I will not lie and tell you this was a super fun project because it is very tedious, but once you get it done it so worth it!  Now we just need to get our butcher block counter tops, new back splash, and the remainder of our stainless appliances!  Stay tuned for the rest of the remodel soon! :)

- Courtney