Want to give your kitchen a quick new look? Let's paint the kitchen island a beautiful new color!
Yes my friends, that's how I gave my kitchen a mini-makeover and it all started when I found a set or corbels at Home Depot. They were installed very easily with only four screws driven to the wooden surface of the island.
After living with the dark chocolate brown for quite sometime, I was more than ready for a bright new color. The gorgeous new color is Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Duck Egg Blue - I'm SO in love!
Let me tell you how it all went.
The materials you'll need:
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- 1 quart ASCP Duck Egg Blue
- ASCP Clear Wax
- Translucent color glaze - similar
- Painters tape
- Sanding sponge - 120 grid
- Paint brush
- Wax brush
- Old rags
1. TAPE AND COVER AREAS YOU DON'T WANT TO PAINT
Protect the surfaces you don't want paint on.
2. PAINT THE ISLAND
I gave the entire island two coats of ASCP - Duck Egg blue, waiting for the first coat to dry before applying the second.
3. SAND
The two coats of paint were followed by a good sanding, using a 120-grid sanding sponge.
The texture of chalk painted surfaces is in the rough side. I made it smooth and also gave the corners or edges a little distressing.
4. DUST OFF AND APPLY CLEAR WAX
After dusting very well the entire island, use the wax brush to apply a thin coat of clear wax.
Buff it - Which means that you go with a soft cotton rug buffing all the waxed surfaces, giving them a nice sheen.
You can see the difference of the waxed vs. the un-waxed parts while working on it. Waxed surfaces look darker.
You can stop here. You had just given the kitchen island a beautiful new color and you already protected it with the clear wax. However, I wanted to give the moldings and corbels more interest and that's why I used a glaze, which is the next step.
5. APPLY GLAZE - Optional
Bringing out the details on the moldings was done by applying a translucent color glaze.
This entire process is simply done by applying the glaze with a cheap brush and then removing most of that glaze with a damp cloth. It's up to you to decide how much glaze to leave in those parts you want to highlight.
Apply glaze to a small section - wipe it off and continue with another section. You don't want the glaze to dry off before wiping it off.
6. APPLY WAX - Once again
The glaze dries in about 45 min. Once dry, you can apply another coat of clear wax to protect the glazed surfaces.
The two doors and drawer fronts were given the same treatment.
1. Paint
2. Sand
3. Wax and buff
4. Apply glaze
5. Remove glaze with wet cloth
6. Wax
7. Buff
8. All done!
I'm loving this makeover, the wax gives it a nice soft sheen.
The panels/molding that were hard to notice with the previous brown color are now more noticeable.
Sometimes the Duck Egg Blue color looks blue-ish, some other times is like green.
In general, it gives the kitchen a much brighter look.
You can check its previous makeover where the builder's grade cabinet island was given a totally new look with an added shelf and microwave inside it, right HERE.
Cristina, this is gorgeous! You did such a spectacular job. The bead board is inspired and the corbels wonderful. Oh and the duck egg blue is perfect!
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Why did you was and then glaze? Does the waxing first make the glaze easier to remove? Is the glaze just as stable on the piece? Thanks for the link to the other island makeover. I see she used laquer prior to glazing. Hmmm.... same reason? thanks in advance, Christina
Thanks so much Queenopearls! I do believe applying the wax first makes for an easier way to spread and remove the glaze. The wood doesn't absorb it and it mostly stays in all those areas where you can't remove it, accentuating the piece.
DeleteLOVE...
DeleteAbsolutely STUNNING! Beautiful work- and it's staged so perfectly!
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Shelly @ 100Things2Do.ca
It looks amazing! Such an awesome transformation Cristina! I love the color!!
ReplyDeleteFabulous color and finish Cristina!
ReplyDeleteLooks great, Cristina, the colour is lovely!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE it! Looks so fresh and gorgeous. Good job Cristina!
ReplyDeleteThis is so gorgeous, I just LOVE the color!!! Visiting from The Scoop link party ;)
ReplyDeleteCristina, the island came out beautifully! Lovely color.
ReplyDeleteIt looks great Cristina! Love the color.
ReplyDeleteThat island sure has come a long way! Absolutely gorgeous! XO
ReplyDeleteThis looks fantastic Cristina! The colour is gorgeous and I love how you incorporated both a microwave and open display shelves. I so wish I had a kitchen layout that had room for an island.
ReplyDeleteWow! You're inspiring me... :)
ReplyDeleteIt looks beautiful! Duck Egg is one of my favorite colors.
ReplyDeleteYour island is just beautiful. NIght and day difference from the original builder's grade version, and the duck egg blue with wax is even better than the first re-do. Had to pin this for future reference...
ReplyDeleteJudith
Beautiful, Cristina! I love the paint color..
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Sherry
It looks wonderful! Unbelievable what you have made from a standard piece of cabinetry.
ReplyDeleteIt's gorgeous Cristina! Sharing on my FB page:-)
ReplyDeleteKatie
LOVE IT!!!
ReplyDeleteOh my! I love the color. Beautiful makeover.
ReplyDeleteYou are so amazing! Your projects always blow me away. Love how pretty your white dishes look together.
ReplyDeletelooks amazing! hard to believe where you started with the island.
ReplyDeleteHola Cristina pero que fabulosa ese mueble isla en tu cocina !!!me encantó el colorido y esa patina que le da un aspecto emvejecido
ReplyDeleteThank you so much ladies!
ReplyDeleteCristina, I love the island makeover. The color and glazing are perfect and thanks so much for the shout out!
ReplyDeleteBTW, you were a lot braver than me waxing it. I just could not face all that waxing. That is why I used the Annie Sloan lacquer.
DeleteThanks Kim! Lately I've been loving using wax on my painted pieces, in small areas I don't mind the buffing. However, as I said, your method is easier on that part and they way to go for heavily used kitchen cabinets! Thanks for posting about it, I always love your paint transformations, you're an inspiration!
DeleteI LOVE it Cristina!!
ReplyDeleteYour island is gorgeous! Pinning and sharing with my SIL who wants to paint her island Duck Egg Blue!
ReplyDeleteI'm loving the robin egg blue with the dark glaze! I'm obsessed with chalk paint and distressing right now! Your inspiring kitchen is getting me started on my kitchen now! Check it out as I slowly start working!
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Love it !!! Just bought some Annie Sloan Chateau Grey and told my Husband I thought our plain ugly builders island needed more than just color. And there you were to show him what I meant. GORGEOUS!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Rebecca! You're gonna love your kitchen island transformation. Chateau Grey is a beautiful color too, it's going to bring new life to your kitchen!
DeleteLove it !!! Just bought some Annie Sloan Chateau Grey and told my Husband I thought our plain ugly builders island needed more than just color. And there you were to show him what I meant. GORGEOUS!!!!
ReplyDeleteLove it !!! Just bought some Annie Sloan Chateau Grey and told my Husband I thought our plain ugly builders island needed more than just color. And there you were to show him what I meant. GORGEOUS!!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful island... What paint color is on your cabinets? I like those too.
ReplyDeleteBM Navajo White. You can read all about the painted cabinets right here: https://goo.gl/5MTHfO
DeleteMay I ask you what the side with the cabinet doors ended up looking like? I have this same stock cabinet island and would love to do the upgrade, but I'm nervous that the side with the cabinet doors will look off balance. Did you end up carrying the molding/trim all the way around so there wasn't an awkward flat space? Thank you so much for sharing, you've inspired us to upgrade our kitchen island in preparation for putting our house on the market!
ReplyDeleteHi Christine, there's a picture of that side - cabinet doors- within the post, it's showing the old hardware added to the drawers and doors. I only added the same kind of moldings to the side of the shelf. It doesn't look awkward, at least to our family.
DeleteWhat color are your kitchen cabinets?
ReplyDeleteTaylor, they're BM Navajo White.
DeleteHi! This is my first time visiting your blog. Love your ideas! What would you say the dimensions are?
ReplyDeleteCaralee, Thanks for stopping by and your sweet comment! The island dimension is 55" long x 25" width, the countertop makes it 10" wider.
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