WOOD you tell a homeowner to paint the cabinets?

I am also working with a client right now with dark 70's cabinets and they are going to paint, but still working on color selection.  Thanks for the post!

This is a perfect example of why I would use a stager.  With a background in interior design, I offer minimal staging to my clients but if it is something major or if I feel my client might get a little perturbed with me, I bring in the stager and let them handle it. 

This is a perfect example of why I would use a stager.  With a background in interior design, I offer minimal staging to my clients but if it is something major or if I feel my client might get a little perturbed with me, I bring in the stager and let them handle it. 

Great discussion.  Good reminder to keep age of prospective buyer in mind when talking about refinishing cabinets.  I discourage client DIYers, and always recommend a professional painter SPRAY cabinets for a perfect finish.  Kitchens sell a house, and need to look professionally done.  My painter has successfully stained honey oak a chocolate expresso.  We teamed it with brushed nickel hardware and applicances, and it's gorgeous.  Thanks everyone for a great read.

Oak cabinets are/were typically builder base grade. I use a product called Cabinet Rescue on dated wood and laminate cabinets. It comes in white but can be tinted to a linen white. It is labor intensive but not difficult. Cabinet Rescue does not require a primer and covers in two coats. It requires a light sanding and good cleaning. With new hardware, the results are fabulous.

I have run into the "I couldn't cover up the wood" argument many times.  It is very frustrating.  People sometimes put more value on wood just because it is wood and don't understand that the type of wood makes a big difference.  All wood is not created equal.

Only because you said you wished you had more before & afters from other stagers....

More....

Kind of makes me wish my cabinets were oak, just so I could paint them white................

Painted white cabinets looks so much better, unless you can stan them a expresso type color and add new hardware to update them. 

Staged Makeovers: "Your home is competing with brand new homes. As a buyer, which would you choose? 80's outdated or bright and new?"

You forgot, they'll say, I would choose the wood.  OMG...they are still out there.  We just need to educate, educate, educate and paint, paint, paint. 

this post is still going strong!!!!  I am glad I came back to read a comment and see the photos. 

Happy Anniversary!!  I just looked at when this was written

08/14/2007 11:14 PM 

Rachel are you still with us?  I guess I need to go to your real blog.

I am going to try and paint my own cabinets in the spring.............We recommend painting to lots of our clients and not one has ever been disappointed!

Oak has always traditionally been "base grade" (read cheap) with new home builders.

I've painted cabinets. It is time consuming but not difficult. I used a product that was a Melamine Paint I found at Lowes. It comes in white but can be tinted as I did or glazed for an upscale look. Several of the Realtors commented that it added thousands of dollars in value to the home.

I have so many before and after's. We encourage painting almost every time. I am just dealing with a house right now and am preparing to discuss this very issue with them this week. The link didn't work, so if you have it please send it to me! Kym@staged-to-sell.com.

Yes, I WOOD !  Men really do have a hard time with this one, but once convinced they are not disappointed with the results.

It's also a quick fix for an ugly old brick fireplace.

Barb Walls says "Re-use, re-purpose 80's oak."

Isn't painting re-purposing? 

"It's a waste to rip it out" says Barb Walls.

I don't see Rachel  recommending ripping anything out.  I read the post to be about painting wood.  Rachel has not been around here since 2008.