Staining Builder Grade Oak Cabinets

We just bought a house with a beautiful kitchen but the cabinets are builders grade oak.

Staining builder grade oak cabinets.

After reading many posts in this forum as well as others i convinced my wife that this will be a cost efficient solution to our kitchen upgrade budget restrictions. It is usually the cheapest option 2. Buh bye oak cabinets i conquered you. Inexpensive way to update builder grade oak in your house.

I love that they are 42 inches tall and that i have a ton of them but hate the oak. My house has ugly oak builder s grade cabinets. We can do it ourselves and 3. From kitchen cabinets to doors using general finishes java gel stain.

The hardest part for us was choosing the color. When i came across gel stain i knew it was a no brainer. It is a good idea to use a small test piece to see if you need one or two coats of stain check it against your kitchen in the actual space to make sure it looks right. Then i stumbled across your tutorial on pinterest.

Staining oak cabinets an espresso color. Out with the golden. Typically it s pretty simple. Hi there i have just begun gel staining my builder grade honey oak cabinets.

The rough cost to refinish the cabinets with gel stain was. We tested a few different colors amount of coats and. We always consider painting first because 1. Take your oak 1 x 6 small pine molding and crown only if real wood stain them to match the color of your cabinets.

I came across a blog with a step by step tutorial on how to restain builder grade oak cabinets. I want to paint the uppers but stain the lower ones a dark espresso but it appears the panels are laminate. With my budget this was simply not an option so i started googling.