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MrsJ
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Closing on my house today - need ideas for kitchen cabinets - Edited - with PIC
I'm closing on my house today and the kitchen is really all I would like to change, I don't like the cabinets. BUT there are SO many of them and I can't afford to replace them right now - even refacing them would be too much $ right now.
Does anyone have any ideas? Pictures would be great of things you have done!
Thank you 
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Message edited 11/10/2008 1:34:55 PM.
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Jenn627
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Re: Closing on my house today - need ideas for kitchen cabinets - Edited - with PIC
Congrats on your closing!!!
there have been a ton of threads on painting those types of cabinets.... I'll see if I can find it and bump it for you.
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| Posted 11/10/08 2:04 PM |
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Beth
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Re: Closing on my house today - need ideas for kitchen cabinets - Edited - with PIC
there was a post awhile back with these cabinets
I think it was Loriemarie
she painted them and added molding- they looked great!
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| Posted 11/10/08 2:15 PM |
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MrsJ
I love my Katie Bug
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Re: Closing on my house today - need ideas for kitchen cabinets - Edited - with PIC
ooh thank you i searched but didnt see anything
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| Posted 11/10/08 2:17 PM |
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Chrisnamy
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Re: Closing on my house today - need ideas for kitchen cabinets - Edited - with PIC
Try painting the oak a close color to the color on the doors.
I bet it will look good
Congrats on the house....i hope you have many happy memories there
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| Posted 11/10/08 2:57 PM |
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hotelcalie
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Re: Closing on my house today - need ideas for kitchen cabinets - Edited - with PIC
Oh...My kitchen has these cabinets too!! The features are actually nice (2 lazy susans, pot drawers, built in silverware holder) but not so appealing on the outside! I had my dads friend over the other day bc I was going to paint the wood black...he suggested not doing it because he said the paint would start to wear off....I am hoping he is wrong..bc I really want to paint the wood black.
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| Posted 11/10/08 3:00 PM |
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Jenn627
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Re: Closing on my house today - need ideas for kitchen cabinets - Edited - with PIC
Posted by hotelcalie
Oh...My kitchen has these cabinets too!! The features are actually nice (2 lazy susans, pot drawers, built in silverware holder) but not so appealing on the outside! I had my dads friend over the other day bc I was going to paint the wood black...he suggested not doing it because he said the paint would start to wear off....I am hoping he is wrong..bc I really want to paint the wood black.
when DH and I were house-hunting we looked at a house in Babylon that had the entire cabinet painted black. It looked really, really sharp. I noticed it was those cabinets b/c i watch HGTV like it's my job so I can spot stuff like that.
Really - the cabinets being black - really looked nice. I say go for it. Paint the wood black. I mean, what's the worst that could happen?
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| Posted 11/10/08 3:17 PM |
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CathyB
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Re: Closing on my house today - need ideas for kitchen cabinets - Edited - with PIC
Here's a link to lorimarie's post.
Message edited 11/10/2008 3:38:47 PM.
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JldDolphin
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Re: Closing on my house today - need ideas for kitchen cabinets - Edited - with PIC
Posted by hotelcalie
Oh...My kitchen has these cabinets too!! The features are actually nice (2 lazy susans, pot drawers, built in silverware holder) but not so appealing on the outside! I had my dads friend over the other day bc I was going to paint the wood black...he suggested not doing it because he said the paint would start to wear off....I am hoping he is wrong..bc I really want to paint the wood black.
Use a good primer first and then you will probably need two coats of the black paint. Go for it, they will look sharp in black.
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| Posted 11/10/08 3:46 PM |
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Jenn627
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Re: Closing on my house today - need ideas for kitchen cabinets - Edited - with PIC
Link to KittytheStray's post on painting formica cabinets...
Good luck!!
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| Posted 11/10/08 3:53 PM |
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JldDolphin
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Re: Closing on my house today - need ideas for kitchen cabinets - Edited - with PIC
I know this isn't the same kind of cabinets you have, but you can paint them.
KittyTheStray Kitchen
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| Posted 11/10/08 3:56 PM |
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JldDolphin
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Re: Closing on my house today - need ideas for kitchen cabinets - Edited - with PIC
You beat me.
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| Posted 11/10/08 3:56 PM |
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DRMom
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Re: Closing on my house today - need ideas for kitchen cabinets - Edited - with PIC
I would also suggest you use enamel paint as it will stand up the best in a kitchen
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| Posted 11/10/08 5:44 PM |
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MrsJ
I love my Katie Bug
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Re: Closing on my house today - need ideas for kitchen cabinets - Edited - with PIC
wow thanks for the advice and the links!
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| Posted 11/19/08 11:59 AM |
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MommyofG
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Re: Closing on my house today - need ideas for kitchen cabinets - Edited - with PIC
Hey Kathy, congrats on your new home!!!!!! How are you?   
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| Posted 11/19/08 12:02 PM |
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MrsJ
I love my Katie Bug
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Re: Closing on my house today - need ideas for kitchen cabinets - Edited - with PIC
Thank you! I'm doing well...so much to do in the new house, keeping me reallly busy. Congrats on DD #2!!
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| Posted 11/19/08 12:11 PM |
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4PsInaPod
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Re: Closing on my house today - need ideas for kitchen cabinets - Edited - with PIC
I would say paint the wall a darker color, paint them white/off white & adding knobs to them would me a whirl of a difference.
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| Posted 11/19/08 12:16 PM |
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Faithx2
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Re: Closing on my house today - need ideas for kitchen cabinets - Edited - with PIC
Congrats Kathy! I miss seeing you on Parenting!
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| Posted 11/19/08 12:42 PM |
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S00N2BEAMOM
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Re: Closing on my house today - need ideas for kitchen cabinets - Edited - with PIC
We used to have the same cabinets. What we did is went to a cabinet manufacture and got new pre-painted white doors. We then primed and painted the actual oak cabinets (just the out parts that showed) and it looked like we redid the whole kitchen.
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| Posted 11/19/08 4:07 PM |
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MommyofG
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Re: Closing on my house today - need ideas for kitchen cabinets - Edited - with PIC
Posted by MrsJ
Thank you! I'm doing well...so much to do in the new house, keeping me reallly busy. Congrats on DD #2!!
thats great!!!! and Katie is adorable!!
thank you , its funny I found the lil fertile turtle you sent me the other day and swear it worked b/c I became fertile myrtle over here, LOL.
Glad to see you on the boards too!
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