Nearly two years ago, as part of our kitchen makeover, I painted our kitchen cabinets.  Our home was built in the 90s, and had the typical orange oak cabinets that come with homes built in that era.  I get lots of questions about painting my kitchen cabinets, and I’d like to answer some of the most-asked questions and share with you how our painted kitchen cabinets are holding up two years after being painted.

How Our Painted Kitchen Cabinets Are Holding Up & The Most Asked Questions About Painting Kitchen Cabinets

Why did we decide to paint our cabinets"
I made the decision to paint our kitchen cabinets for a couple of reasons:  1) As I mentioned above, our cabinets were originally an orange-toned color.  You can see the “before” shots here.  This was simply not a color I could look at every day.  They were very dated and, in my opinion, very unattractive.  IF my cabinets were a wood tone that was less offensive, I may have considered leaving them or working with them.  2)  Brand new cabinets were simply not in the budget.  We never even really considered getting new cabinets.  We knew that our kitchen makeover would have to be budget-friendly, so painting them was really the only option.
What kind of paint did you use"
I used two kinds of paint.  For the island I primed with Zinsser Primer, and used Benjamin Moore’s ADVANCE Interior Paint – Semi -Gloss in the color, “Fieldstone.”  This is an exc...