Restoring 1950s Kitchen Cabinets

Specifically she used rust oleum cabinet transformations to give her 1980s melamine kitchen cabinets a new retro modern vibe.

Restoring 1950s kitchen cabinets. What a bright new ikea kitchen. I am committed to investing 4 weeks to strip restain and revarnish the cabinets there are lots of cabinets 26 doors. You will find that it is important that you know the proper steps to take to make sure that you are able to restore them in a way that is going to keep them looking beautiful while still maintaining their vintage flair. Let s be real world.

I m in the process of redoing a 1950 s kitchen. I wanted to refinish them without all the work and cost of actual refinishing. Easily renew wood cabinets without actually refinishing. Post by dfwskier mon aug 28 2006 3 13 pm.

Remodeling and repainting your 50s kitchen cabinets can breathe new life into your kitchen. They were water stained drab and ugly. We are not interested in painting the cabinets and i m sure the original stained surface. Refinishing these cabinets was a massive amount of work but seeing them in our shiny new kitchen made it all worth it.

The pendant fixture came from a wrecker. Cabinets countertops hardware and colors in this fifties kitchen are original. When kelly and her husband moved into a 1950s fixer upper in late 2012 they knew their kitchen with original in kelly s words grime encrusted pine cabinets aluminum wrapped laminate counters and linoleum floors mixed with asbestos would need some aesthetic upgrading. Refinishing 1950 s kitchen cabinets.

And yes susan tells us painting the melamine worked the brush strokes even look like wood grain she says. Since then i ve refaced them and put new solid doors on. Refinishing cabinets isn t like doing your favorite table. This kitchen hadn t been touched since it was built in the 1950s including the 1949 stove and pineapples painted on the cabinets.

I found products at home depot. I painted our cheap 70s cabinets about 15 years ago for an inexpensive update. To say that it was a. Whether you want to restore the cabinets to their vintage glory or bring them into the 21st century a.

It was so easy and only cost abou. Jan 23 2019 original. It is very satisfying to know that i did the work myself and that i saved these from ending up in a scrap heap. Take a look at the remodel she completed with the help of inspired kitchen design.

Amazing how modern those 1980s kitchen cabinets look when painted out. The real estate agent apologized for the old kitchen but the new owners totally got it. But the homeowner amy decided it was time for an upgrade. Vintage metal cabinets can be really beautiful after they have been restored.