The beginnings of a kitchen makeover

I really love our kitchen, it is about 10 times bigger than our old one, and it is open to the family room, but I love the look of painted cabinets, so this week I am starting the process of painting all the cabinets. I like to paint, but the quicker I can achieve my desired outcome the better. So I found this paint at Lowes - Zinsser perma white - "Two coat system, no priming required!" I was sold.
The color I am using is a Sherwin Williams paint color (Softer Tan). I saw pictures in this blog with kitchen cabinets painted this color. It is a soft cream color. So I bought a quart of the Zinsser paint with the Softer tan color mixed in to try out. I painted one end of the counter and the island. And the 2 coats really do seem to cover well. It is just a long process, but I am really happy with the results so far.

Here is a before picture, this was about a week after we moved in. Kind of dark with the brown wall color and then the cabinets too.


















and the kitchen chairs got a makeover too - I spray painted them black (used Valspar grey primer and satin black paint). They now co-ordinate better with the black appliances and granite countertops - I may paint the table too, still thinking about that.




















Here is the island after new paint! I am very happy with the big change so far.


























now I have to paint these...... (I am thinking of a different color for inside the cabinets with open shelving, any suggestions)





















and these.......

and these too.....

eventually we will buy hardware for the cabinets too, but it won't be cheap - I have counted and we need 27 knobs and 14 drawer pulls. I think I want to get the bronze color to match the fawcet.

Maybe by next week I will be done with the painting the cabinets. I have to buy more paint first......