Coastal French Country Kitchen, Stage 2: Chalk painting & Whitewashing cabinets

BEFORE
Coastal French Country kitchen cabinets
Cabinet chalk painted and whitewashed
Coastal French Country kitchen cabinets -- chalk painted with knot hardware
Cabinet knob and close-up of white washed chalk paint

If you want Coastal French Country kitchen cabinets and you own a 1980s Dutch Colonial, something drastic is gonna have to happen. One crazy August, with three young children underfoot, I embarked on chalk painting our dark brown wooden, paneled kitchen cabinets. Not a simple flat color, of course — this was going to have a whitewashed coat, too. It was an UNDERTAKING. For all the details (and there are a LOT), you’ll want to read the full post.

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