Project · Lake in the Hills, IL
We Painted the Oak Cabinets White in This Lake in the Hills House
We painted the oak cabinets white and repainted the inside of this Lake in the Hills two-story.
Two-story house · McHenry County · Written by Tim Dodaro, owner of Level Best Painting
- Town
- Lake in the Hills, IL
- Job
- Interior and cabinet repaint
- Painted
- Walls, ceilings, trim, cabinets
- Cabinets
- Oak to white
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The Job
Nearly every room in this house was a different color: deep blue around the fireplace, purple and mint green in the bedrooms, bright green in a bathroom. The kitchen still had its original oak cabinets.
We painted the cabinets white and took the whole house to one warm neutral with white trim. The cabinets are the part people notice, and the walls are what tie the house together.
What We Did
- The kitchen cabinets
- Walls throughout
- Ceilings throughout
- Trim
The Oak Kitchen Cabinets
The oak cabinets got painted white. Oak has an open grain, so you may still see some of it through paint unless it gets filled first, and that is a choice to make before the job starts. We walk through the rest of how cabinets get done on our cabinet process page.
Before
After
The Fireplace Room
Deep blue walls surrounded the brick fireplace. They went to a warm neutral, and the red in the brick looks better now that it isn’t fighting the wall color. Blue this dark takes real coverage to hide, so we don’t count on one coat.
Before
AfterThe Vaulted Ceiling
The entry goes up two stories under a vaulted ceiling, and the walls were a dark blue-gray. Tall walls are where a repaint gets harder, and also where a dark color felt the heaviest. Warm neutral and a white ceiling opened it up.
Before
After
The Purple Bedroom
Purple walls, gone. We painted the walls, ceiling and trim, and went with the same warm neutral as downstairs.
Before
AfterThe Mint Bedroom
Mint green on three walls and a dark chalkboard wall on the fourth. The chalkboard paint was the one to watch, since that dark a surface can show through a light color. It all matches the rest of the upstairs now.
Before
AfterThe Green Bathroom
Bright green above white tile. The tile stayed, and we painted the walls and ceiling down to the tile line. Getting a clean edge along tile takes time, and this room has a lot of it.
Before
AfterThe Half Bath Border
A floral wallpaper border ran around the top of this room. It came down before we painted, so there’s no ridge left around the room.
Before
AfterThe Primary Bedroom and Basement
The primary bedroom and the finished basement got the same color, so nothing in the house feels left out. In a basement, a lighter color matters more than anywhere else.
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