"While there wasn't necessarily anything wrong with Chelsea's kitchen before this project, she describes it as a "landlord special"- essentially, a look that favors affordability over anything else. The kitchen had basic orange-toned cabinets paired with large-format white floor tiles and white walls to match. Not the worst, but not great, either. Here's how she gave it a fresh look. White paint instantly transformed the cabinets."
"To give the room a brighter feel, Chelsea sought permission from her landlord to paint the cabinets. Once she had the go ahead, Chelsea selected a bright white shade from Benjamin Moore's Advanced line, which is a special type of paint that doesn't need a sealant. "We don't have a garage or basement, so I could only work on a few cabinet doors each evening after my kids went to bed," Chelsea says."
""I also couldn't sand, because the sander was very loud and would make a mess, so I opted for liquid sandpaper before the primer coat." After the cabinets were complete with a shiny finish (and new hardware!), Chelsea decided to add contrast with the wall color to give off a sophisticated, designer-ready vibe. "I love the mood that the dark walls bring in," says Chelsea."
Chelsea transformed a landlord-special kitchen by painting orange-toned cabinets a bright white using Benjamin Moore's Advanced paint that requires no sealant. Permission was obtained from the landlord and liquid sandpaper was used in place of loud sanding to prep doors gradually. New hardware and a shiny finish modernized the cabinetry while dark wall paint added designer-ready contrast and mood. Styling choices included ornately framed pictures above and between cabinets, layered wooden cutting boards, decanted soaps on a wood pedestal, and a fabric Roman shade at the window that completed the updated, luxe-feeling apartment kitchen.
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