However if you are taking out a wood panel and replacing with glass, I would seek out a glass store and have them do it for you. Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. Possibly taking down a cabinet or two can ffinishes help! Please let me know if you decide to do it! I so love your kitchen!

Good luck with the update! Love this blog. Hi Suzanne, Thanks so much! Please let me know if you decide to do it! I love love all your ideas. I want to try the bri wax, and possibly planking the back of our peninsula! I have orange oak cabinets with lots of grain! I was not sure about counters and after seeing your pictures I am so glad that I did not go with a busy granite. I think simple white counters with simple white subway and grey grout is the way to go. I also love your paint color.

I recently painted my kitchen a very light cream beige but thinking about redoing it after seeing your pictures. What paint would you suggest for painting the planks? Thanks so much! You gave me hope on a more up to date kitchen.

Everybody always want to replace cabinets or paint them and now I can see that we can work around them and still have a modern looking kitchen. I would paint the planks a semi-gloss. My favorite paint is Sherwin Williams Pro-classic in semi-gloss.

I often use Extra White and Pure White. Good luck!! Hi Sara, I made those fixtures with basic pendants, finials, and glass bowls. Check out my DIY lighting guide for help. I love your kitchen-especially the subway tile around the window and am thinking about trying something similar with mine. How do you think it would look with a darker countertop? Hi Amy, I think it would look awesome with a darker countertop!

You could also use a darker grout that coordinates with the counter. Hi Marianne, Great update! I, like so many others, am in the process of trying to find ways to live with dated oak cabinets in the house we just purchased. Would you be able to suggest some of your favorite wall paint colors to go with oak cabinets?

I am so terrible at picking paints. Hi Sheela, I tend towards blueish or cool grays, which work well with this combination. In my own home, I have Sherwin Williams Reflection, which is very similar. I think the key is to go cool blueish rather than warm yellowish , and to go with a subtle color.

Hope this helps! Hi Morgan, They are all flat black. Here is an affiliate link to the pulls I used. What hinges did you use? Thank you. Hi Jennifer, your best bet is to take your hinge to a hardware store and match it up. You want to use the same size hinge and be sure it attaches the same to save yourself a lot of headache! Once you know what kind you need, you can shop from amazon or wherever to find a hinge that you like the look of.

The key to spray painting them is patience as the longer you can let them cure, the better the job will hold up. Absolutely love! Just bought our first house with this exact layout and we are going to attempt to do a very similar look! Reading through the comments answered so many of my questions other than, where is that rug from?!

I love the placement rather than having runners or smaller rugs General Finishes Wood Gel Stain Colors infront of the sink! Sorry If I am commenting again, my previous comment did not show up! I just finished my kitchen cabinets using the Tudor Brown Briwax. Wow what a difference and beyond easy! I used chalk paint wax brushes and was done within 2 hours. This stuff is awesome! Thank you! Thank you for this post! I have not had an appreciation for my honey oak cabinets for a few years now but did not have the budget to redo the kitchen.

I already had white counter tops and I painted the walls white. I purchased the Briwax in Tudor Brown and just finished redoing my cabinets. It was very easy. What a transformation! I now like my kitchen again.

The color of the cabinets is now very rich and warm. Awww thanks! I so love your kitchen! Thanks again for the inspiration — glad you approve! I really love what you did with your kitchen. My husband and I are planning a kitchen reno soon and have been coming up with similar ideas.

We want to keep our wood cabinets but they are honey oak and too orange for my liking. I love the colour of the wax you chose. Unfortunately, our entire house has the same honey oak on all the base boards, fireplace, stair rails, doors, door frames, window frames. Any advice? Hi CK. If you hate the orange oak, you could always paint the trim in the kitchen, or try the waxing and see if it helps. FWIW I also waxed the stair rail at this same house and it came out great!

Maybe try a little at a time and see what you think. Awesome job! Were the wood floors in kitchen original or did you add them? But its floor is that typical peach ceramic tile and I would love to not spend money removing it. Any ideas how to incorporate it? Maybe go with. Thanks Chris! If the floor is in good condition, I would maybe consider laying a floating vinyl plank right over it!

Hi…attempting a kitchen update. Oak csbinets in great shape so wanting to keep. Happy to cone across this site. Our cabs are stained Early American along with all our woodwork. Lots of cabinets, not a lot of light. Im at my wits end trying to figure out flooring, counter tops and paint!

Love the new light country looks but dont know how to do that with what I have to work with. Thsnk you for your ideas! I love this post! I am thinking of doing a remodel on my kitchen, it has too much orange tone in it with floors, cabinets, and wall color.

I am going to try a greige wall color and this white ship lap look on the peninsula, I think. What are your ideas? Hi Heather, thanks for stopping! I agree with you, embrace the wood and be sure to use a wall color on the cooler side more blue undertones than yellow.

I think little changes can make a big impact! This is amazing. I have everything very similar to you and initially wanted to go dark for my cabinets but like this way more! I already have 2 open shelves in my kitchen but I really like yours, where did you get the brackets from?

Do you have another suggestion? Thank you!! Hi Kaitlyn, my brother-in-law made these brackets for me, however you can definitely find many similar brackets on Etsy.

Take a look! Could you tell me more about the flooring you used? This has been great inspo for our kitchen remodel! I have orangy oak but the acutal cabinet is like a laminate fake wood. Can I use the wax on that? It would just wipe right back off, so no, I doubt it would work. Hope this helps and thanks for stopping! I am so glad I came across this blog! We were debating having our oak cabinets painted during our kitchen update due to the wood being worn and splintering in places.

I plan on using your idea for planking the boring peninsula with shiplap,too. So excited to get it completed with new countertops and backsplash. Thank you for sharing! Quartz is definitely a great option, but there are lots of solid surface options available. Rebecca Roberson has a kitchen JUST like yours and she did a quick update instead of a complete overhaul as well. It looks gorgeous like your kitchen but that one detail really looks great.

She has a YouTube channel and is a lot of fun. Check out the shutter on YouTube and see if you like it. Beautiful kitchen!!! Hi Debbie, in the kitchen, I think the wax and rugs are really helpful. And take a good look to see if paint could help anything, like I did in the Skinny House with wrapping the peninsula.

Possibly taking down a cabinet or two can also help! As for the woodwork, I feel your pain on that one. I do think though that the wall paint color makes a HUGE difference when it comes to wood trim. With very pale cool blues and whites, I think it can look great. Hope that helps! Love this! Will be ordering new hardware, possible wax and carpet. Where did you find this minty color carpet? I love it!! Hi Heather, happy to hear! I purchased the rug at TJ Maxx a few years ago.

I am starting a cheap ish reno of my kitchen and am really excited to try the Briwax!!! I have a manufactured home, so ALL the woodwork in the entire house is golden oak. I might end up waxing my entire house!!! Have you ever used it? I am really curious where you got the adorable window treatment? All I can ever find is plastic or bamboo roller shades. Hi Angela!

I totally get the itch to make some changes. I love the briwax and simple changes that could change the whole feel of a kitchen. I have not used a countertop kit. I think you are looking at the window treatment in an inspiration pic. This General Finishes Gel Stain Black Reviews post is amazing. We just bought a house with the exact oak cabinet issue and my husband has been searching things for days and weeks but nothing comes close to these great ideas thank you!

Hi Kassandra, Thanks so much for visiting! The kitchen I redid just had a peninsula, which I wrapped with planking. Could it be one of the inspiration pics? I love this!

I actually bought the Briwax liming was to try on my orangey oak cabinets. I have medium oak cabinets and want to use the briwax. They were the typical wood cabinets you see in so many houses. Hoping you can help! Want to update my kitchen with paint. I have light maple cabinets with light green walls currently.

Was thinking of a grey color since that seems to be the new trend. Do you think with the maple cabinets it would work? Will probable use the same with the Great room. I have a dark granite countertop.

Floor is a light terra cotta tile. I Love this! I have a peninsula and it has a cabinet then the bar area for stools. If I wanted to do the white board, would you suggest I paint that cabinet as well? Or would you just take the cabinet out? Always hate to loose cabinet space. Hi Michelle, I think you can get away with not painting it.

You could always temporarily place the boards up there with my favorite, command strips, and see how it looks. If you do permanantly attach, a couple of coats of white primer is probably all you need underneath. I cannot tell in the photos. Hi Claudia!

We sold it shortly after this update. However, I know all about kicking at an island! I think as long as you use some good paint I personally love Sherwin Williams Pro Classic , it should wipe down easily.

I think you will be pretty good. And it would be easy to freshen up with another coat if needed. I am seriously thinking about trying this to my cabinets. How did the cabinet ends turn out? Hi Amy, I personally have had terrible results with gel stain.

The typical cabinet ends will not take the wax, it will just rub right back off. There is nothing pourous for the wax to cling to. Now, there are some end panels that are a very thin, stainable veneer, and if you have that, you should not have a problem. I planked the end panel on the peninsula in the kitchen. The plastic ones are tricky. Your eye reads it as just a light difference. I would start there, by leaving them alone, and see if they are noticable.

If they are noticeable, you could plank or add shelves to the side to disguise the difference. We just are about done with the project. I used dark brown briwax on the orangey oak and it looks great. Like new cabinets. We took them off, lightly sanded, cleaned and did 2 coats. Got some new hardware and next, light fixtures.

A nice budget friendly fix. I like it better than paint. Love the look of the kitchen in the first photo! Do you have the name of the paint color for the walls? Hi Suzanne. The first pic is of the kitchen I redid. The color is Olympus White.

Thanks for stopping by! Thanks for stopping! Hi Bryce, I have not tried any other brands of wax, although I would suspect you would receive similar results. Do you have to redo it? But my gut tells me that it will do pretty well unless you are constantly scrubbing the cabinets.

In that case, you may need to buff some new wax in. I love that you did all this without paint, and we have started on our kitchen today! I cant attach pictures but we have one cabinet by the window down, shelves ready to go in, paint selected, and are changing out the old light to recessed lights! I am so excite! I also started briwax on the cabinets. Thank you do much for the inspiration!! Hi there! The finer sanding will help prohibit stain absorption. Another technique is to apply a glue size to the endgrain.

Make a mixture of water and yellow or white glue. Brush this solution onto the endgrain and give it several hours to dry. Once dry, sand lightly and proceed with staining. The embedded glue will prevent excessive stain absorption. You can also use a light coat of shellac or any sealer to the same end. And remember to always test on scrap or inconspicuous areas to ensure you get the look you are after. Hope these ideas help.

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