I have been promising to finally get around painting my own kitchen for .... well, some time now. In anticipation of work slowing down for the Christmas period I decided to look at what colours we would like and what we would like to change about the kitchen. First on the list was to install handles again as I had decided the last time I painted the kitchen to remove them. This was a mistake for us! Confession: we are messy cooks--constantly reaching into drawers and cupboards during cooking had us in a perpetual state of cleaning the cupboards.

In my last post I looked at various approaches to choosing colours, my kitchen is filled with contrasting dark tiles, slate floor but plain white painted walls and lots of light so I was confident I could go for a striking black blue colour on the cabinets settling on Basalt (221) with a LRV (Light Reflectance Value) of just 5. To compliment the dark cabinets we chose brass cross knurl pattern T bars for the doors and pull bars for the drawers.

The kitchen was previously painted and the surface was in good condition, once the doors and drawers where removed I washed & degreased everything before light sanding. I used a dark tinted primer to ensure a solid base for the Basalt. The carcass, cabinet doors and drawers received a total of 5 coats of basalt, light sanding each coat when dry to 600 grit to leave a smooth surface, which is key for the next coat of paint.

The finished surface has a soft deep texture and the new handles give the kitchen a luxurious look and feel.

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