After painting my kitchen cabinets this past summer, I realized this is the 4th time I've painted cabinets in homes I've lived in. It's not that I love painting cabinets - in fact I strongly dislike it (my mom taught me to never use the word hate ;) ). It's a ton of prep work and then you can't even use your kitchen for several days at a time. And then you have to ask your husband to put all the doors back up - NOT his favorite thing to do! However, it's been so necessary to paint the kitchen cabinets in my last two homes. In our current home, the cabinets had a black glaze over oak cabinets. Sounds interesting - but WAY too dark. The home before that had mint green cabinets - and I lived with those for two years before I finally painted them! ( And then moved one year after that - go figure) So, all the work has definitely been worth it. One of the things I like to do most is leave 2 or 3 cabinets open-faced (without doors back on) and painting the inside a contrasting color. This way my pretty reproduction red and white everyday transferware dishes can be seen - and I can even lean a couple unique vintage pieces against the back of the cabinet for more visibility. People always ask me - Don't your dishes get dusty? Not when they are used several times a day every day! The shelves do get dusty, but I just swipe it off with a wet paper towel every once in a while. No biggie. I've done this exact same thing to a cabinet that holds stemware, and another that holds pretty serving dishes and cake stands. Creating open kitchen cabinets can be done without painting the outside of the cabinets. Just remove the doors and paint the insides! Definitely make sure you have pretty dishes to display though. Nothing plastic or metal please!
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