We have lived in our house for 5 years and there has been one consistent source of discontent! My UGLY medium oak kitchen cabinets! I finally decided enough is enough and they MUST BE PAINTED! The color of choice: WHITE. After getting roughly 15 quotes, I finally decided on a painter who specialized in painting oak and had the best sample and price. We had him paint a "cotton" white on our kitchen cabinets, 3 bathroom cabinets, as well as a dark walnut on the stair banister. I am so thrilled with the result!!! I have to say....it was definitely money well spent.
My oak cabinet’s were the ugly duckling they've been transformed into a beautiful swan.
Below is BEFORE:
Here is AFTER:
One of our contractors recommended adding beadboard to dress up the kitchen. I really like how it turned out: