Lime Washed Oak Kitchen Cabinets

Wipe lime wax onto the wood using a cheesecloth.

Lime washed oak kitchen cabinets.

See more ideas about oak kitchen oak kitchen cabinets kitchen. Waxing brought new life to cabinets where finish was worn. Unlike paint liming cabinets using something like this liming wax from briwax lets some of the wood grain show. Be sure to cover the entire surface of the wood.

More from period living. The best paint for kitchen cabinets can give your kitchen a whole new look in just a few hours go on give it a go. It s a shame to see them pulled out but what are contemporary dwellers to do if they aren t keen on the country kitchen look. The look of whitewash cabinets can brighten a room without using paint and allow the wood s natural grain to show through.

Painting of course is always an option but here s another. Blame it on the 80s but lots of homes have honey colored oak cabinets. Wipe in the direction of the grain pressing firmly and working the wax into it for a textured look. One of the projects i ve gotten the most comments on is updating an oak kitchen where i did not paint the cabinets but rather used briwax on them i did this trick at both the skinny house and the split decision you can check out the waxing post here.

Certain wood types like pine are better suited to whitewashing techniques but cabinets made of oak can also be whitewashed through a process called pickling. When used on open grained wood such as oak chestnut and ash liming has a pleasing effect but it s not so good with pine.