Kitchens

What is kitchen painting?

• This is the process of painting walls, cabinets, or other surfaces in a kitchen.

What different types of painting is there in the kitchen?

• Wall Painting

• Ceiling Painting

• Cabinet Painting

• Trim Painting

• Accent Walls

How do I paint the inside of a kitchen?

• There are a lot of different ways to do this depending on if it's lived in, vacant, being repaired, or being built.

1. Surface prep: Target cracks, filling holes, sanding, texturing and making sure it's clean.

2. Selection of color: Make sure you know you have enough paint if you're having a major color transformation.

3. Paint type: We typically recommend eg-shel minimum for walls and semi-gloss minimum for trim or accenting features. This applies to cabinets being an accent.

4. Room specifics: You may need different formulas for different rooms, so double check. You may want to go with a water-resistant and more cleaning friendly type of paint so it's easier to clean up without ruining your finish.

5. Furniture: Protect it. Get plastic sheeting over everything you don't want painted.  Just in case.  Even the most careful of people make mistakes.

6. Paint: Cut-in corners with a brush of the paint color you chose, then cut lines against everything and box it in. For example: if you are painting an accent wall in the kitchen, then take a 2.5 inch wide brush (minimum, larger is fine) and cut against the ceiling, other corners of different walls, against any window or door frames, and at the bottom against any baseboards.  Feather it out a few inches so you can take a roller to it and not worry about touching anything with it besides wall.

7. Roll everything in the same direction so it has an even finish upon drying.  If you do this correctly, it will blend correctly and be uniform.

8. Add more paint if you need it, otherwise, clean up, label your paint, store it correctly (sealed, dry, temperature controlled environment).