Painting cabinets with chalk paint is one of the easiest and most inexpensive ways to upgrade those ugly old oak cabinets.
I have been remodeling my laundry room lately and finally have gotten around to showing you what I did!! This was the last room in the house that I have done nothing to.
We never even painted it when we moved in 14 years ago. It’s been so depressing to walk in to with the oak cabinets and bland linoleum floor. This was my last set of oak cabinets in the house!
I have re-stained all of them (tutorial here on how to use gel stain), but for this room, I decided to try painting cabinets with chalk paint to add some fun color!
Here is the fun before picture of our sorry-looking laundry room… It’s a small narrow long laundry room.
Pretty blah, right?? Trying to make doing laundry enjoyable is tough, but having a cute room to walk into makes it a little easier!
Painting oak cabinets or any cabinets for that matter is super easy with chalk paint! No prep, no sanding, just painting.
I didn’t even take the doors off… no one but me really sees the room, so it didn’t need to be perfect!
Materials Needed for Painting Cabinets with Chalk Paint
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- chalk paint – I used Renaissance chalk paint – Celadonite color found here on Amazon
Tiffany knabb
Sunday 11th of April 2021
I love it ! Thanks for the step by step and confirming it can be done w/o taking all the doors off !! fyi I too painted the hardware might not be a pro but my cabinets are 100% better than before !
Shayla L Cabrera
Saturday 11th of July 2020
Hi. I love it and am about to paint my cabinets. I'm wondering how long it's been and how is the chalk paint holding up? Thanks
Leap of Faith Crafting
Tuesday 14th of July 2020
Thanks! It's been about a year I think, maybe longer. They have held up great, but again my laundry room cabinets don't get a lot of use! I have chalked painted my spindles over 5 years ago and they still look great!
Carol
Monday 20th of April 2020
Do i need to clean them to get the grease off can i paint them and rhen varnash themm i do not want the distreshed look
Leap of Faith Crafting
Sunday 26th of April 2020
If they're pretty greasy I would definitely wipe them down with a cleaner.
Marie Martin
Wednesday 25th of December 2019
I've been looking for an easy way to paint my kitchen cabinets without spending a small fortune. This looks like the answer! Thanks to you and chalk paint. I'm ready to go ahead with my project (lots of cabinets)
Maranda
Sunday 4th of April 2021
@Marie Martin, can you show us a picture of your completed project?
Leap of Faith Crafting
Friday 27th of December 2019
I love chalk paint! It is easy. Good luck with all your cabinets!
Jo Scharf
Friday 3rd of May 2019
Your bathroom and laundry room projects look great! All in all, do you prefer the gel stain or the chalk paint? Which is easier (for an amateur diy-er) to use? Which holds up the best with use? Or are they equal?
Leap of Faith Crafting
Tuesday 7th of May 2019
Hi Jo, thanks so much! That's a tough question because they look so different. Chalk paint takes the least amount of time since it usually just needs one coat. It has a bit of a rougher feel to it than the gel stains. All of my cabinet doors that I have redone with gel stain and chalk paint have held up great. My staircase has some spots where it's rubbed off because I have little hands that are on it all the time. The chalk paint gives it a more textured appearance too. Hope that helps!