Went to a friend's house in Austin and saw they painted their kitchen cabinet doors a different color than the frames

It looked so good I had to ask how they did it. They only painted the flat panel parts of the doors a dark blue, but left the frames and the cabinet boxes themselves the original wood color. They said they used a sample size jar of paint from the hardware store, which cost about $6. It took them one afternoon. They just cleaned the doors, taped off the edges, and used a small foam roller. It made the whole kitchen feel new without the mess of a full repaint or the cost of new cabinets. I'm thinking of trying it in my bathroom. Has anyone else done a two-tone cabinet thing like this? Any tips on making the lines clean?

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2 Comments

ninas701mo ago

Honestly that sounds like a cheap shortcut that’ll just look messy in a year.

craig.reese1mo ago

Hah, you're not wrong @ninas70. I'm a master of the messy shortcut.