When preparing our suburban home of 10 years for the market, we walked through the house with our agent and noted everything that needed to be fixed, replaced, updated, and painted. One of those things was our chocolate brown master bathroom cabinets. I turned to Pinterest for easy, affordable, and quick inspiration and actually let out a “holy shit!” when I saw people were painting their kitchen cabinets with chalkboard spray paint. I can do that!!
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The process was quick and simple, albeit tedious and fumey. I purchased six cans of Rust-Oleum 302592 Chalked Spray Paint, 12 oz, Aged Gray/Gray (I ended up using four) for our double sink cabinets. I removed the doors, drawer, and hardware, and lightly sanded all surfaces to be painted. I taped off the underside of the counter, the vanity inset wall between the cabinets, the walls adjacent, the flooring, and inside the cabinet door openings. This part took the longest. Because I was going from dark brown to a lighter gray, everything needed about four light coats. I wore a face mask but still needed to take breaks because of the fumes, which was fine because I was also painting elsewhere in the house.
I LOVE how they turned out! Smooth, matte, and very neutral. And I had so much fun with the cabinets that I also painted a small side table for our new home.
For this table I used one can of Rust-Oleum 302590 Chalked Spray Paint, 12 oz, Charcoal/Gray and taped off the wood top. What do you think?
And as soon as I have a free weekend, I’m going to paint our entryway table with Rust-Oleum Series Rustoleum 302598 12OZ Coastal Blue Chalked Paint Spray. The vignette needs a pop of color and I’m just completely smitten with the results so far. Stay tuned for an update on our new home!
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I used the same product in the cocoa bean color. I removed all doors and drawers, sanded, and spray painted outdoors as being in Minnesota the last warm weekend was approaching.
For the boxes I sanded but painted using a brush as spraying indoors was not an option. Did 2 coats of paint. My choice of top coat was poly satin water based. That also was 2 coats sprayed/brushed. Wood species is oak. Don’t know why but doors and drawers ended up slightly lighter in color than the cabinet boxes. Not glaringly obvious. Still Looks amazing but if my cabinets were “forever” I would spray OR brush all surfaces. This is great paint. I will be using again. Great product and colors!
Awesome Denise, I bet they look beautiful!
How are these cabinets holding up!? So cute!
Hi Jessica! We sold the house after painting but the furniture I’ve painted with the same paint and moved to the new house is holding up really well! Even the chairs, which is surprising us all because they get abused all the time.
You say you used chalkboard paint but that is not the same as the chalked spray paint you used, is it?
I used the pictured chalked spray paint, extra matte for a chalkboard look. Not the dark charcoal or black chalkboard paint that you can write on, which would have a slightly smoother finish. Chalkboard vs chalked paint would depend on your project, but to the layman (me) it’s all called chalkboard paint in my house.