Kitchen Golden Oak Cabinets

Our first house was built in 1976. We lived that charming house on Rivendell Rd. But the kitchen cabinets were ugly and awful. So I slapped some latex paint on those and called it good. They looked better but just a touch better than awful.

We purchased our current house which was built in 1996, and I was THRILLED to have those beautiful Golden Oak Cabinets. I loved them so much, we had hardwood floors put in to somewhat match. We knew eventually we would change out the cabinets, so our floors have some variety in tone and color. But nonetheless they match.

Here they were when we moved in.

Here we are now, 6 years later and I swear our house is at the end of a rainbow because we have so much gold going on in here, it's nuts. I am so sick of my golden oak cabinets, still love my floors, hate the cabinets.

We had a few painters come in and give us a bid on what it would cost to paint them white. They all said, "I can paint it, but the oak grain will show through loud and clear". See, I have read enough and done enough research (thanks Pinterest) that I felt like that wasn't true. After spending months reading and contemplating and having anxiety over it, I decided I was going to jump in with both feet and tackle this project. Yes, I am doing these bad boys myself. So, here I am sharing with the world how I went from grainy-golden-oak-cabinets to hopefully mostly smooth satin white cabinets. I am in the middle, so we will see. Who knows, I may wish I would have hired those painters to do it.

Here's my 90's-wood-no-more journey, day-by-day.