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Mini make over on a budgetWe recently moved into our house and weren’t happy with the kitchen, unfortunately we didn’t have the money to do a full renovation so we gave it a facelift instead! We painted the cabinetry and splashback, swapped out the pendant lights and handles to something more our style and added the brass mixer and it looked like a new fabulous kitchen! Although they were only small changes and nothing structural the facelift was just as impactful as a full renovation and we love it!
Materials
https://www.bunnings.com.au/white-knight-1l-renew-tile-and-laminate-primer-paint_p0197362
https://www.bunnings.com.au/dulux-1l-renovation-range-tiles-benchtops-gloss-white-white_p0116499
https://www.bunnings.com.au/dulux-2l-renovation-range-cabinet-doors-satin-white_p0116477
https://www.bunnings.com.au/selleys-180g-spakfilla-rapid-gap-filler-180g_p1231864?store=6221&gad_sou...
Tools
Paint rollers
Paint brush
Drop sheets
Sanding block
Painters Tape
Drill to remove and attach handles
Putty
Steps
Step 1
The first step is you’ll need to sand back your cabinetry and tiles and remove any handles on your cabinetry and fill the current handle holes. This is the kitchen before it had its mini make over!
Step 2
Once you have sanded everything back you’ll need to do a coat of primer on your splashback and cabinetry, we started with our splashback first as the tiles needed extra attention getting the paint evenly.
Step 3
Once the primer has dried you are ready to apply your first coats of colour! We chose Dulux Papaya Pink for our cabinetry, you can add any colour to the renovation range so you can achieve that custom cabinetry look! You need to wait four or so hours between coats and we applied 3 coats to our cabinetry and two for the splashback.
Step 4
Once the paint has completely dried you can attach your new handles! Just a tip- make sure you give it plenty of time to dry we left the cabinetry for a couple of days.
