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Kitchen Door Makeover

DIY ProjectsNovember 2, 2015

recycled doorknobs

Sometimes life hands you design lemons. I mentioned last week that I’ve never yet shared a picture of my kitchen on the blog, and for good reason. One of several design dilemmas in this room is these shuttered closet doors.

Shutter Doors Before

 

Pretty hideous. My husband and I discussed switching them out but it isn’t that easy. The reason being, behind these doors is my furnace and hot water heater. Right in my kitchen! Talk about design dilemma! Because of that, the doors need to be vented. I had the idea of painting & distressing these doors for a while now, but I also wanted to do something with the doorknobs.

My first thought was to switch them out for the cremone casement hardware , Restoration Hardware style.

Restoration Hardware Cabinet

Unfortunately this type of hardware doesn’t come cheap, so I put this project off. Then, two weeks ago my husband and I were doing some yard work and he pointed out my whiskey barrel planter was falling apart and rotting. While disassembling it, I noticed the metal handles and decided maybe they could be my new door knobs. If you follow me on Instagram you may have seen this photo already.

repurposed metal handles

Meanwhile, in addition to my ugly shuttered doors, I have another door just to the right of it. This door leads to our family room which was originally our garage. We had installed a cat door prior to converting the room so the cats could access the litter box. This was the only picture I could find of both doors, pretend you don’t notice the mess!

 

Kitchen Doors Before

 

Once we converted the room, we talked about replacing the door with a French door. For my  birthday in September my husband bought me one. Yay!

French Door Unpainted

 

So now that I was ready for a door makeover (times two) in here, I decided to work on the shuttered doors. In order to get the distressed finish I was going for, I first painted them with Annie Sloan chalk paint in Cocoa, so that when it was time to distress them, this is the color that would show through. Read my first experiment about how to use chalk paint here.

 

annie sloan chalk paint cocoa

 

This was my first time using the cocoa color and I was loving it. I’m keeping this in mind for other projects. With painting, I have been finding lately that it’s better to use a foam or a sponge type brush* rather than a regular paint brush,  you get less brush strokes that way.

luvered door makeover

 

It took several hours to get the first coat of paint on. This is how it looked when I was done with that. Clearly not a staged shot, I’m keeping it real today, mess and all!

shuttered doors with chalk paint

 

About a week later I got around to part two, adding the Annie Sloan Pure White over the Cocoa. I intended to fully cover the Cocoa, and then sand it off in spots, but when I began I realized it would be easier to just paint it on without fully covering the first coat. Then I wouldn’t need to sand so much after.

shutter door makeover with chalk paint

 

As it turned out in the end, I did do a little sanding just around the edges when I had all of the white paint on. Lastly, I attached my repurposed handles for doorknobs!

recycled doorknobs

 

distressed shuttered doors

 

Using a little of the leftover paint from my One Room Challenge, I gave my French door a coat of Pure White from Sherwin-Williams. Here are both of the doors completed!

Shuttered Door Makeover

 

 

 

Painted Rustic Doors

 

 

Recycled Doorknobs

 

Before and after:

before and after kitchen doors

Work has also begun on the rest of my very builder grade kitchen, so I will finally show you what I’m starting with.

builder grade kitchen before

This photo is from 2012 before I even began blogging. The only thing that has changed since this day is that the light fixture was replaced with an Orb Chandelier as you can see in the pictures above, and we have a new stove. The one shown in the picture broke about 3 weeks ago, so we had to replace it. We also picked up the matching microwave to hang above it, that is yet to be installed. We have big plans and a tiny budget for this room so stay tuned for the process!

UPDATE:  See the full kitchen makeover here.

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Comments

  1. Tammy says

    November 2, 2015 at 8:02 am

    What a difference…you did such a great job on these!

    Reply
    • RoxanneK says

      November 3, 2015 at 7:10 am

      Thanks Tammy!

      Reply
  2. Teri says

    November 2, 2015 at 11:44 pm

    Beautiful!

    Reply
  3. Iris Nacole says

    November 3, 2015 at 9:04 am

    It truly makes a huge difference in the the space! I love it, and I bet a lot of people would love to do the same with their doors. Thank you for sharing it with us at the Your Home Decor & More Link Party!

    Reply
  4. Ashlea says

    November 3, 2015 at 11:18 am

    Call me crazy but I love a good shutter. So many people are decorating with chippy, old shutters, and I think your doors are now a lovely back drop for your eating area. Throw some boxwood wreaths in front and your doors are suddenly a thing of dreams 😉 You did a lovely job of transforming these doors.

    Reply
  5. Nancy says

    November 4, 2015 at 11:31 am

    It looks wonderful! Great job….yes, ASCP is wonderful…and the cocoa color is one of my favorites….My main go to color is French Linen….but it is so easy…and fun…..
    Looks great, good job.
    Nancy
    wildoakdesigns.blogspot.com

    Reply
  6. Emily, Our house now a home says

    November 4, 2015 at 11:22 pm

    They turned out great! It was just what was needed to make these work great here! I love the rough finish of them.

    Reply
  7. Kate says

    November 5, 2015 at 3:36 pm

    These turned out great! I also LOVE your light fixture!

    Reply
  8. Sydney @ Tastefully Frugal says

    November 5, 2015 at 6:14 pm

    Wow! I love how you made those doors go from boring to amazing!! I love that french door too; what a great birthday present!!

    Reply
  9. Designing Vibes says

    November 5, 2015 at 7:11 pm

    Thanks for sharing this fabulous makeover! I have been in search of ways to make over my pantry door. Just may be referring to this.

    Reply
  10. Heather @ Viral Upcycle says

    November 7, 2015 at 7:11 am

    The space was looking a little steral until the kitchen door makeover. Now it looks so cozy!

    Reply
  11. Shonee says

    November 9, 2015 at 9:47 am

    Roxanne, what a transformation! I love the way the doors turned out. And it was brilliant to not worry about doing a solid white coat of paint. Save paint, save time. Thanks for sharing!

    Shonee
    http://www.hawthorneandmain.com

    Reply
  12. Stacy says

    November 9, 2015 at 9:45 pm

    Wow. What a difference. Looks great!!

    Reply
  13. Kathy says

    November 12, 2015 at 9:08 pm

    You are so creative!! I can’t believe you made shutter doors look so chic and rustic. They compliment the french door beautifully. Thank you for sharing at The Creative Circle.

    Reply
    • RoxanneK says

      November 13, 2015 at 10:04 pm

      Thanks Kathy, that little makeover made such a huge difference!

      Reply

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