Updated on August 14, 2024
Kitchen Makeover: Update #2 (Cabinets done!). Cabinet makeover without paint. We updated our cabinets by cleaning them well and installing new hardware.
Are you STILL working on that kitchen, you ask? Why, yes, we are.
Needless to say, the spackling was a much more horrible time-consuming project than I would have expected. Things are moving along, though.
The spackling is finally done!
Cabinet Makeover
The next project on our list was doing a cabinet makeover.
Clean Cabinets Thoroughly
I cleaned and scrubbed the spackling dust, grease, grime, and God only knows what else off the cabinets.
I used Murphy’s Oil Soap and Pledge Revitalizing Oil. I started by mixing the Murphy’s Oil Soap according to the directions. Add 1/4 cup of soap in 1 gallon of warm water. Then, I used this solution to wipe down every cabinet and drawer.
After they dried, I used the Pledge oil to shine them back up. They almost looked like new!
Replace Hardware
As you know from my last kitchen update, we purchased all new hardware.
I am still not sure what the old homeowners were thinking about using brass and white cabinet pulls and then copper knobs on the drawers. Needless to say, they didn’t match at all.
I replaced the hideously ugly, non-matching brass and copper hardware with oil-rubbed bronze matching hardware.
It is amazing how a little hardware can change the room’s look.
Stain Cabinet
We also stained and sealed the random cabinet that the old homeowners added to match the rest of the cabinets. This is what it looked like before. It was unfinished wood.
This is what the cabinet looked like after sanding and staining.
All that remains of our original project is to prime and paint, which will be this weekend’s project.
We will replace our ugly laminate countertops with tile sometime later this month. This was an add-on project inspired by the rest of the makeover. You can’t have ugly countertops with a nicely painted kitchen, now can you?