How To Paint Ikea Cabinets White

The room felt a little boring so i decided to paint the cabinets.

How to paint ikea cabinets white. This diy will show you how to paint ikea cabinets. We re big fans of ikea hacks and upgrades so we re completely in favor of adding a little personality with paint. Using my paint sprayer was key. And that laminate finish is something that can t easily be painted.

I would tend to disagree. When we moved into our house in 2010 we installed an ikea kitchen see post here on the kitchen installation. This technique works for all ikea furniture. The process of repurposing or updating ikea furniture also known widely as ikea hacking is quite the craze these days hence the birth of the ikea hackers website.

Before i dive in this is a tutorial for painting laminate ikea furniture. But recently i figured out the trick to painting ikea furniture that makes it totally doable. It created a beautiful smooth finish identical to that of the cabinets. I should have bought a paint sprayer years ago.

I used the same process for painting an ikea besta cabinet. I honestly couldn t believe how professional the outcome was. Particleboard covered in laminate. Ikea sektion cabinet fronts are already finished and painted.

There are lots of different ways to achieve a hack but the simplest method of all and my favourite is just to paint ikea furniture. How to paint ikea cabinets. If you painted your ikea furniture with chalk paint some say that the best way to go is by sealing with wax. Our plan is to paint them at some point in the future.

My husband loves nautical themes which is why we are slowly transitioning our bland bathroom to a sailor s dream. These are the original cabinets and it seems to look like an ikea type cabinet. They are made of laminate wood which means they have a glossy texture. But not all ikea furniture is alike and therefore not all requires the same paint treatment.

I m referring to ikea s popular material of choice. In fact years ago i tried painting a billy bookcase only to see the paint on it bead right up. Wax sealed pieces give a nice velvety finish but are not as durable as pieces sealed with acrylic varnishes. So i wiped it off and gave up.

So i decided to buy all white cabinets and drawer fronts. We had always intended to paint the kitchen cabinets to a light greenish blue color sherwin williams sea salt as evidenced in that 2010 blog post. My diy desk is made from ikea sektion cabinets with grimslov doors.