Kim and I have recently started a new site all about remodeling and design ideas and pictures. This article was inspired by one of the images Kim found for the new blog – you can find it here: Beautiful Workspaces {Dreamy Desks}. —————- Find Your Color Bliss With Spray Paint I have no idea whether […]
Q & A Day – Painting Laminate Cabinets — Can it be done?
Hi Tim, The sides of my kitcen cabinets aren’t real wood but some kind of laminate or something. What are my options for refinishing them? Thanks for all the great ideas! Melissa ——————– Hi Melissa, Interestingly enough, most of the potential finishes you have can be painted. Formica type plastic laminate can be painted, as […]
Colorful Kitchens – Still My Dream
I just can’t get enough of these colorful kitchens! I wrote apost just over a year ago with one that is still my favorite. That post was titled: Colors in Cabinetry — A New Trend? If it wasn’t already a major trend then, it certainly is now! And I’m one person who is happy, happy, […]
A Perfect Space Saving Kitchen Window Seat
This one is a perfect 10 if you ask me. I found the picture at one of my favorite haunts Houzz.com, and the kitchen is by Valerie Pedersen who works in the SF Bay Area. Wow! I love, love, love it! I was searching for window seats and I came across this shot. I really […]
A Cool Idea for a Hot Island!
One of the advantages of my graying beard is that I can say things that aren’t, like, totally hip, and get away with it! Or at least think I got away with it! For example, I can refer to a kitchen island this way… This island is HOT! Now I know the look overall may […]
Painting Your Cabinets – Brush Finish Results Revealed
Here we go! Finally, the end result of the cabinet door, Plan A version. It looks pretty good! You may recall that we originally had to vote to decide which Drillbit Art pattern we would use. The winner was the bird! So I eagerly got started, sanding and priming, in Painting Your Kitchen Cabinets – […]
Painting Your Cabinets Part 2 – Time For Plan B
Welcome to the ongoing saga of the RemodelingGuy.net “Paint Your Kitchen Cabinets” series of posts! I think that many of you will like where I go with this today, though I know that some will disagree even though I’m on-trend with painting kitchen cabinets black! Plan A – Part 2 – More Sanding As you […]
Drillbit Art – How to Do a Bird Design
Yesterday, I wrote about the sanding and priming portion of repainting cabinets. Today, I’m going to show you how to do this: Making the bird pattern was so much fun I decided it should be a hole post! 😉 Make A Pattern I started off by taking a picture of the door I wanted to […]
Painting Kitchen Cabinets Part 1 – Sanding and Priming
Finally the “Paint Your Cabinets” post you’ve been waiting for! Let’s Jump right in! A Clear Finished Wood Door We’re working with a door I had laying around in my shop. It was a beautiful solid maple door already. But we have other plans for it! Since this door had a clear coat of lacquer […]
NC Jill – Getting it Done!
Hey Crew! Check out the pictures that popped up in my inbox yesterday! One of the regulars here at Remodeling Guy, NC Jill, gave her powder room a makeover and here are the before and afters. Before After: Jill and her husband did a great job! She took advantage of some great ways to do […]