How to Paint Your Kitchen Cabinets with Annie Sloan French Linen and Glaze
When I started working on this kitchen I felt like there was no where to go but up. The Kitchen cabinets in this lake house were as plain as they could be and painted bright shiny gloss white. They were however built well and for a weekend retreat they serve the purpose in this kitchen. My client had seen the kitchen I did recently where I painted kitchen cabinets with Annie Sloan French Linen and dark glaze. She loved the look so we decided that’s what I’d do for her.
As usual I started by taping off all the walls and appliances. Even though I’ve been painting for a long time and have a pretty steady hand it just makes things easier. Plain and simple.
I actually left all the doors attached this time because we decide it would be best to paint the hinges. They really stuck out in a not so good way and it didn’t make much sense to replace them because they worked just fine. Annie Sloan paint bonds to metal really well so it was a no brainer.
I even had my sweet little helper (aka my son) helping me. I love that my kids are capable of helping me. They’re really good painters and let’s face it teenagers like money so it just works out to “hire” them.
It took three coats of paint to cover all the shiny white. I’ve read several blogs where people say that you can get one coat coverage but I haven’t had that experience. More power to them.
Next it was time to add the glaze. This process is very time consuming. It’s one of my least favorite things, as a matter of fact. HOWEVER it produces the best look and it’s so worth all the work. It just takes time.
After all the glaze was added I used soft wax to seal the cabinets. There is a little controversy about using wax on cabinets but I love it as a finish coat. It seals well and buffs out with a beautiful shine. If it needs to touching up it literally takes minutes to do, so I’m sticking with it.
Finally it was time for hardware. I LURVE the contrast of the cabinets against the hardware. This finish almost has a stainless look. It’s a little modern but still has warm inviting feel.
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How beautifully warm…what a great update! 🙂
Thanks Trudy!
Love that color and I’m with ya! I just got done giving a set of boring builder grade cabinets a sexy up-do with ASCP in pure white. I’ve found that her “coat and a half” is realistically about 3 when it comes to laminate or shiny pieces.
Yes! Waxing is time consuming but SO BEAUTIFUL!! After painting my cabinets I started thinking:” All that waxing is for the birds!” So after I distressed the doors & drawers I reached for the trusty polycrylic in lieu of the clear wax. Mistake:-/ After it dried I applied the dark wax to 2 of the doors and got poopy faced. I’ve read a few blogs that say you can use the polycrylic instead of the clear wax. This may be true if the clear wax is your final step. But using it in preparation for the dark wax just did not have the same look IMO. The good news is I’ll just have to sand and refinish those 2 I messed up before coming back in to my right mind. I really like the plain distressed white look with the poly coat! What do you think? Maybe it’s just me but they just look dirty; in a not cool kinda way. Lol
Hi Kimberly,
I actually tried polycrylic myself as well and HATED it. 🙁 In fact on the sample board that I painted it turned my beautiful Old White PINK after a few days. It was awful. I was so thankful that I didn’t cover my clients cabinets with it. Like everything else this is all just based on my opinion and experience but in all honesty all of it’s hard to do and in the end waxing doesn’t really take that much more time so that’s just what I’m going to keep doing. 🙂
Blessings,
Beth
Again- I’m with ya! Well, here in Tennessee…. I guess I’m going to nevermind those blogs that say you CAN use poly over ASCP (Annie Sloan Chalkpaint). Technically, I guess you CAN still use Aqua Net hairspray; doesn’t mean you should. LOL Ha! THANK YOU!!!
Amen to that girl!
what kind and brand of glaze did you use? Didn’t know if that was an AS product or not. thanks! the cabinets look amazing
Kelli this was a custom glaze from Lowes. You can have glazes mixed there is whatever color you choose.
Thanks,
Beth