How to Paint Kitchen Cabinets to Create a Caribbean Decor (June 18, 2009)

Decorating with a Caribbean color scheme includes warm corals and cool shades of ocean blue. Banana yellow mixed with shades of peach, aqua, or sea green work together to make a light, airy space that is vibrant with color. Painting your kitchen cabinets to create a Caribbean d¨¦cor can include any or all of these colors, depending on how color fearless you might be. Contrasting shades of blue or coral, darker for the cabinets and lighter for the doors, is one way to incorporate the Caribbean d¨¦cor without creating a rainbow in your kitchen.

Painting Kitchen Cabinets in a Caribbean Decor



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   Step 1
   
   

   Choose the Caribbean color scheme that pleases you for your kitchen decor. A deep ocean blue for the cabinets and a lighter shade of blue for the doors creates a calm, cool kitchen. Combine sea foam green for the doors and deep coral for the cabinets for a bolder statement. Purchase paint and supplies from your local home improvement store. Select a clean area where you can spread out the doors and drawer fronts, either on a tarp or a covered table.

   
   
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   Step 2
   
   

   Remove the doors and drawer fronts from the cabinets; numbering the backs in sequence will help you when it's time to reinstall the doors to their proper location. Remove all of the hardware from the cabinets, doors and drawer fronts. Organize the hardware so that you know which knob or handle goes where when it's time to replace them. You might also consider purchasing new hardware for your Caribbean kitchen decor. Your local home improvement store will have a selection, or you could order cabinet hardware online. You have predrilled holes already in your cabinet doors and drawers, so purchase hardware that will fit the same way as your old knobs and handles.

   
   
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   Step 3
   
   

   Sand the cabinets, doors and drawer fronts lightly with a medium grade sandpaper. Your goal is to rough up the old finish enough to accept the new paint. Sand the back and the front of the doors. Clean the sanding residue with a damp cloth, careful to remove all of the debris.

   
   
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   Step 4
   
   

   Prime all of your surfaces and let it dry. Lightly sand the primed surfaces according to the directions on your brand of primer. This step may not be necessary, so read the directions.

   
   
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   Step 5
   
   

   Apply a light coat of your chosen paint color to the surfaces. Let it dry and apply a second coat as needed.

   
   
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   Step 6
   
   

   Reattach the doors and drawer fronts to the kitchen cabinets. Reattach the hardware.

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