Budget Kitchen Update Part 5 | Refacing Base Cabinets

I finished refacing the base cabinets in our kitchen 6 months ago and I think it’s still my favorite project. NOT because it was fun. It was not. But it did enable a dramatic transformation for the cost of mdf, bondo, and paint. These cabinets were outdated and horribly scratched up, but also built in place and functioning beautifully.
I spent months agonizing over the color. My friend Jesse is an interior designer and she helped me figure it out. She reassured me that keeping the wood trim could look great as long as I stayed in the right color family and suggested Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee for the beadboard and a green for the base cabinets so I could just leave the formica countertops and linoleum floors as long as I need to. Jesse is a genius. Her link is below if you want a consultation. I put lots of greens up to test and fell in love with Benjamin Moore Essex green. It’s not historic, but I’m good with that.
I started by just doing one drawer so I could learn what not to do. I’m now realizing that for the amount of time I put into this, I could perhaps have made new cabinet doors the proper way (MaCenna did it!). But I also love that we’re making use of these sturdy materials.
0:00 Intro
1:11 Test drawer
5:34 Preparing hinges for Rub-N-Buff
5:58 Test door
6:36 Let’s do all the doors!
14:40 Brad nailer tips
16:53 Measurement failures
18:21 Don’t work in the middle of the kitchen
23:57 Using the generator to power the 240V tablesaw
25:01 A better place to work
25:45 Drawers
27:38 Bondo
28:23 An angle grinder
31:26 The home stretch
37:35 Before and After
Jesse Peck Interior Design: [link coming soon!]
*Images from Intro*
DeVol Kitchens Pekham Rye Kitchen: www.devolkitchens.com/kitchen...
XO, MaCenna Vlogs: • building 42 CABINET DO...
Helpful video about floetrol: • Explaining Paint Addit...
*Music*
“Local Elevator” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under CC BY 4.0
“Gaiety in the Golden Age” by Aaron Kenny was downloaded from the TH-cam audio library.
“Investigations” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under CC BY 4.0
Breaktime - Silent Film Light” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under CC BY 4.0
“Hustle” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under CC BY 4.0
“Sneaking Up” by Audionautix is licensed CC BY 4.0
“Hyperfun” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under CC BY 4.0
"El Capitan - United States Marine Band" by Composition: John Philip Sousa Performance: United States Marine Band, Col. Michael J. Colburn (conductor), Performed Jan. 10, 2010, Fairfax, VA: George Mason University is licensed under CC BY 3.0.

[@dianna2911]

Those cabinets look amazing. I was skeptical at first, but I think now that it's perfection. Your choice of that specific shade of green is right on point. Just beautiful!

[@betweentwobrooks]

Thanks so much! I love them :)

[@kathleenwoodbury7491]

Well, if MaCenna can do it…! Your little guy is so precious!

[@betweentwobrooks]

Thanks you!

[@ingamajbjornstrom9400]

So nice! Love green.

[@betweentwobrooks]

Thank you! 😊

[@landyachtz05]

Great work and vid, I watched it in 2x speed. Sketchy way to use the table saw!

[@betweentwobrooks]

Glad you liked it!

[@micvm00]

Wow. Impressive amount of work. So are you assembling your own router table??

[@betweentwobrooks]

Thank you! I'm definitely planning to build a router table when I can no longer resist the urge to redo the pantry cabinets :)

[@dawnperras5359]

Wow! You did an awesome job! Looks great! I myself have painted all
My kitchen cabinets. I know how much work it takes. But the end results makes it worth it. And the green actually looks pretty close to a historical color. Also love your antique island with the light fixture above. Have you ever hear of A Primitive Place magazine?? It’s wonderful and so inspiring. I get a lot of my decorating inspiration from it. Highly recommend!! 🤎

[@betweentwobrooks]

I haven't, but I will check it out. Thanks very much!