Painting 1950s Kitchen Cabinets

This was 1991 way before the white kitchen craze began but Id always wanted a white kitchen.

Painting 1950s kitchen cabinets. Use fine sandpaper and go over the cabinet to remove any loose paint or rust. Cabinets countertops hardware and colors in this Fifties kitchen are original. I didnt do it and I am so glad.

I think I could go 1 of 2 ways with this with the formica that youre talking about if it were me I would either sand and stain them a lighter color so that they arent as severe OR paint them but paint the cabinet bases one color and the doors another its a very retro-Mexican look thats the way my grandparents kitchen was and it was an early 50s Spanish style house in West LA with the color scheme that youve chosen my suggestion would be to paint the cabinets. The kitchen is a Fifties nightmare a horror show whispered the broker. If your cabinets dont go all the way to ceiling a great way to update the look is to close off the area above the cabinets.

Remove Doors Drawer Fronts and Hardware. When Kelly and her husband moved into a 1950s fixer-upper in late 2012 they knew their kitchen with original in Kellys words grime-encrusted pine cabinets aluminum-wrapped laminate counters and linoleum floors mixed with asbestos would need some aesthetic upgrading. Last winter my dad came to stay with us for 3 months and renovated our kitchen.

We learned that the cabinets had been repainted with latex paint at one point so the Krud Kutter pretty much melted that paint off. Lead paint was common in the 50s and your cabinets may have been painted numerous times since they were first produced. 15 months later we still are in love with the results and Im finally here to tell you allll about it.

1950s Kitchen Remodel on a 15k Budget - Houzz. Mint green is a popular and lovely paint color that photographs beautifully across many professionally designed Pinterest and HGTV kitchens Cholette says. I love that we went with a more dramatic length and the black is a stark contrast to the rest of the kitchen and pulls out the darker veins in the countertops.

Remove the cabinet doors and drawers and remove all pulls knobs latches and other hardware from these parts. The real-estate agent apologized for the old kitchen but the new owners totally got it. The way my home decor has evolved white wouldnt work at all.