Updating honey oak kitchen cabinets

As an example, you can see the picture of oak cabinets in a rather small kitchen above. Before the update, it looks ordinary. Here is the look after the update. As you can see, in the final result, the cabinets look white.

The furniture gets a new white paint before getting glazed, which also makes the small kitchen area look brighter. The type of glaze applied to the white-painted cabinets is chocolate glazing. Something like this can create accents to make the cabinets looks more attractive. It also erases the too uniform white look of the furniture.

It becomes a better choice for some people. Sometimes, you can leave the furniture be, but change some elements that are connected to it. As an example, you can make honey oak cabinets looks richer by replacing the countertops. You can create an even richer look by also changing the backsplash. The actual example of this idea is available in the picture. Before the update, the raised-panel honey oak cabinets have white countertops.

Other than that, there is also no backsplash on the wall behind it. After the update, you can see how different the cabinets look. The first thing you may notice first is maybe the dark Verde Peacock granite with hints of gold.

The color of the new countertops looks highly compatible with the oak wood tone. Together they create not only rich but also elegant visuals. Another thing that we cannot skip is the new backsplash. If, by any chance, you already have oak kitchen cabinets with black countertops, but you still want an update to be done, here is another idea you can get inspired from.

It is by coloring the cabinets with white paint but leaving the black countertops as they are. The honey oak cabinets in the picture are an example that we can see. At first, it did not look bad at all, actually. The pairing between the cabinets and the black cabinets and the black appliances was simply great and elegant.

Although so, again and again, a kitchen update is a matter of preference. That is why it is totally fine if you want to do it.

The excellent idea that we want you to notice from this update inspiration is the fact that white is the paint chosen to create the new look. When paired with the black countertops, both of them make the ultimate black and white classic combination.

It gets even better because the existing kitchen appliances are also in black. They excellently fit in the new classic design.

It is none other but the handles. At first, it is chrome. After the update, it is black. Here is another interesting oak cabinets update that you can get inspired from. As shown in the picture, the kitchen furniture is in an open style, meaning it does not come with any doors.

When you choose something like this, you must realize that it comes with a consequence to keep everything you store inside it neat or else it will only create an unpleasant view in the kitchen area.

It is quite tricky, actually. I look forward to hearing about your kitchen updates! Be sure to comment and let me know what changes you try! This article contains affiliate links for Amazon This means when you purchase an item through our link, we can earn a small commission from Amazon at no cost to you. This helps to support our website, thank you for shopping our links!

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The good news is that you probably have the supplies on hand from your other oak painting projects. This file cabinet wasn't even made out of real oak. However, the compressed wood was probably still called oak color.

This DIY file cabinet makeover was such a fun way to repurpose and modernize. We used this fun geometric contact paper and white spray to complete the new look. Did you know that you can even paint those old oak vanity lights.

This is such a quick and easy way to update a vanity light fixture without having to purchase a completely brand new one. Finally, paint those construction-grade oak cabinets. These white painted cabinets surely brightened the whole kitchen to create a modern look on a budget!

Adding a new light fixture sure helped, too! Not only can you get rid of the honey oak cabinets, but if you can also "re-modernize" painted cabinets by repainting a new on-trend color.

We absolutely love what our bottom kitchen cabinets look like now. You can see how repainting already painted oak cabinets is another way to update your space several years later. We love how this DIY kitchen painting project turned out. What is your favorite way to update a space? I guess I have to say mine probably involves painting and I am happy that these painting projects really did upgrade the oak in our home. I accept the Privacy Policy. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam.