Kitchen cabinets run the gamut from beautifully trimmed hardwoods to rather boring, plain cabinets with no special features whatsoever. If your cabinets are the latter, bump up their style several notches by adding your own embellishments or giving them a complete makeover. It costs far less to redecorate boring cabinets than to remove and replace them with something more ornate. On top of that, doing things yourself keeps the old cabinets out of the landfill and allows you to tweak the cabinets to match your style to a “T.” Paints If your cabinet doors have a central area that either sticks out or is indented, paint that area with chalkboard paints for a place to leave notes to family or housemates. For plain cabinet doors, paint each door another color, fitting of the room’s overall theme. Yellows through blues work well for a kitchen with yellow, blue and green decor. Color wash kitchen cabinets by painting one base color on them, such as yellow, then painting bold “X” strokes in a contrasting color of glaze, such as red, rubbing most of the paint off with a dry rag. The end result is a soft finish that adds visual warmth to the room. Read More