How to Paint Kitchen Cabinets for $300

Currently avoiding housework…because I am way too busy enjoying my house instead! Specifically my new white kitchen!

I have wanted white kitchen cabinets for SO LONG as I explained in my previous post. In that post I broke down all the step we took to make this all happen! It is so exciting that we were able to it all on our own and for under $300. Check out the below before and after to see the enormous difference a little white paint can do to a space!

It took us approximately a total of 5 days to do the entire project. We are still adding things and changing things here and there, but that is all our own ideas of additions, and are separate from the initial project! The ability to shop Home Depot®, get all the supplies quickly and easily with the help of Home Depot paint employees, get everything set up and organized, and finally knock out the steps of liquid sanding, priming, and finally painting…the experience was more than exceptional. As a husband and wife team, we mentioned several times to each other how cool of a memory this well be; painting our kitchen cabinets together!

There were parts of this project we did not expect, and therefore there are some things that we learned and would pass on to anyone wanting to do the same type of project.

1. Do not rush the paint drying time. Most paint will leave a window of dry time on the directions that can be a 2-4 hour expectancy between wait times. Our best tip is to wait the full amount of time, or even better? Wait longer! The longer you wait, the more the pain will set, the better it will look, and the less likely it will be to ruin it!
2. TAPE EVERYTHING! It can be really easy to get lazy with this step, but if you take the time to do it right away, the priming and painting will be much faster. The clean up will be much MUCH easier too!
3. When your getting to the end, do not hurry because you are excited. Take the time to make sure you are putting the cabinet doors and drawer faces on the correct way! It is quickly very frustrating to almost be done, and then have to spend an additional few hours fixing everything you put on incorrectly!

In conclusion, if you want to make your space everything you dreamed of, do not be afraid to do it yourself. I never thought painting our kitchen cabinets was an option, and I certainly did not think it could be done for $300. It was really incredible to have the opportunity to work with Home Depot on this project not only to share our experience, but because it has given us the confidence to tackle projects we never thought we could. We have a ton more home improvement projects on our list now, and we will be diving into them all now that we know all we have to do it go to Home Depot to make it happen!