Painting kitchen cabinets

[Deadringer]

Sorry it's a dull one, unless you like talking about kitchens, or painting. I am getting my oak kitchen cabinets painted soon, and have always thought i wanted white, but now i fancy duck egg blue. My counter top is black and i can't really afford to change it. Has anyone done theirs, or have any advice? Photos would be great! I attached a small corner of the kitchen but there is a lot of cabinets. No island. Thanks.

I painted my oak cupboards duck egg blue last march. It was the wilkcos paints, it still looks good now

Thank for that, what's the colour on the top, is it different or just the light? Did you paint them yourself, looks like a good job. I am crap at painting so have been saving to get them done.

We did ours in grey dulux eggshell paint. Our cupboards are MDF though and we stripped off the laminate - yours are wood by the looks of things? They’ll need more prep. But so long as you prep well it should be fine.

Google for some blogs.

I've done it but not in my current one so no pics. My tip is to get new door handles as well, to update the whole look. I did one colour on the bottom and another on the wall cupboards. I think it will look great OP

We did ours (solid pine units) in cream eggshell over primer. It is very easy to clean. We did get a professional to do it, which I think makes a big difference.

not painted but we got pale blue units with black work top a while back.
Pics before we decorated the walls

I painted our oak cupboards with Little Greene blue china (deep). No photo, but we were very pleased with the results. It's a lovely fresh, but not cold blue, and works well in our east-facing kitchen.

It took some time and lots of preparation and layers of undercoat to get it right.

I know people who have painted boring caravan brown cupboards with amazing success
Some just painted on top of the brown plastic covering and others stripped it back.

ratspeaker i love that shade! My kitchen is quite dark, northwest facing, so trying to brighten it up. Yes it's solid oak. I am afraid i will get tired of the blue, but if i do play safe and go for white i will definitely get the blue on the walls.

You can get specialised paint for kitchen cupboards that you don't have to sand the units down beforehand. I think Homebase and BandQ sell it.
You do need to really thoroughly clean the units to degrease them. Using a foam roller gets a smoother finish - I only know this because I have watched gazillions of YT videos. I have the same units and am thinking of doing it.

We used Wiko’s sage and white furniture paint. Very pleased with the results as it brightened up the kitchen and delayed replacing the doors for a few years. The jury is still out on durability as we only did it recently. Two coats of primer then two of paint, sanding in between.