Painting 1960s Kitchen Cabinets
Top tips for painting your kitchen cupboards.
Painting 1960s kitchen cabinets. Removing wallpaper and installing a tumbled marble backsplash. Then we moved to BC and bought this house. Installed recessed and under cabinet task.
Best of all these small changes wont cost the earth. Dated 1960s kitchen before remodeling. The idea of painting kitchen cabinets first came around at our old house in Alberta but I was too scared.
You can use a fine grit sand paper. Try lighter colors that reflect natural light leaving the room feeling brighter and more welcoming. By adding extra life to the old or dated kitchen.
Secondly remove the drawers and doors to paint them separately. In the 1960s wood replaced steel as the cabinet material of choice and wood tones began to creep their way back into the kitchen. Stripped the wallpaper and added a marble backsplash.
I have removed the upper cabinets that divided the kitchen and the dining roombeginning next week i paint. 4 - PRIME paint surfaces ZINZER 1-2-3 ALL FINISH PRIMER. Often the internals is in excellent condition and to replace is just throwing your hard-earned money down the drain.
Painting the existing cabinets. First prepare the cabinet surfaces by cleaning them and removing any hardware such as hinges and handles. Colored appliances were still quite prevalent but the favored colors began to shift from pastels to more bold robust colors like harvest yellow and avocado green which matched better with wood tones.