How Do You Paint Kitchen Cabinets To Look Old?
Whether your home is old or new, you can bring old-fashioned charm into your kitchen with a simple faux finishing technique. A liquid called crackle medium, used along with two shades of paint, provides a cracked finish reminiscent of a worn antique, making newer cabinets look old in just a weekend. If your kitchen cabinets are already old but are unappealing, a crackle finish will make them interesting and palatable once again. Use painter’s tape, if necessary, to protect your ceiling from paint. If your cabinets go all the way to the ceiling, press the blue tape onto the ceiling where it meets the cabinets to keep paint off. Use a screwdriver or drill to remove the cabinet hardware; put it aside until the end of the project. Put a dropcloth down where you will be painting the cabinet doors, whether it’s the garage or another room in your house. If you have sawhorses or worktables, place the doors on top for painting to save your back from bending. Use a screwdriver or drill to remove
