kitchen Update/revamp

3 years ago

This is my current kitchen and I hate it. I can’t afford a new one at present. I need a new floor and the walls need painting as we had a major leak through the ceiling. I am in two minds wether to paint the units but I am worried about what the finish will be and they are not in that great a condition. Has anyone painted units like this before? I could leave the units as they are and hope that a new floor, tiles and accessories make it look better. Any ideas on tile colour or suggestions on what I can do to make it look better?

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Kiwikate
3 years ago
There are lots of posts you can search about people who have successfully painted their doors and tiles. However, like you, my doors weren't in great shape. I used my limited budget to buy new white doors from a high street retailer and then painted all the trims/side panels using a good primer (Zinsser) and satin paint. Together with new vinyl sheet flooring it made my kitchen liveable for me. You can also take the doors off the upper cupboards, fill the holes and treat it as open shelving, as shown in the link below.

https://www.lelaburris.com/open-shelving-cabinet/
Beckie Cave
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3 years ago
Thanks for your comment. I didn’t think about changing just the doors. I will have a look at costs.
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Aqua might be a nice wall colour too. I think your kitchen floor tiles are nice. White in the sitting room would be good too and I would ditch the brown carpet in favour of a pale grey or else some natural sisal or similar, some houseplants and colourful artwork. I'd also replace or recover (even with slip covers) the sitting room suite with a grey or taupe cotton or similar and add a couple of zingy, colourful scatter cushions. If you do all this, it may not be necessary to paint the fireplace though, by all means do this if you want. Just be aware that once you paint brick, you can't really get the paint off i.e. it's virtually impossible to bring it back to its natural colour. As this is modern brick and only a fireplace that's not so much of an issue though as it might be in a period house with old brick.
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Beckie Cave
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3 years ago
Well I decided not to paint the cupboards and just go with new flooring, tiles, accessories and blind and I think it’s an improvement until we can afford a complete new kitchen. I am happier with it now.
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3 years ago
Great transformation Beckie!
Kiwikate
3 years ago
Looks really good together with your new accessories.

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