Accenting a Kitchen cabinet

delivers a custom crafted look

The rules of kitchen design tend to favor cabinets all in a row, but the beauty of rules is that they can
sometimes be bent for the sake of style, without compromising function, and that's exactly what happened in this kitchen. The long row of oak cupboards,  nice enough to look at, but in a predictable sort of way. All it took was some small changes to have them stand out, litterally.
In the middle of the cabinet row, a nicely designed cupboard was easily removed so it could be stripped and prepped for a new stain and topcoat. Before the cabinet got its new color, the oak was treated with Minwax Water-Based Pre-Stain Wood Comditioner. Then it was stained with Minwax Water-Based Wood Stain Verdigris, one of the 68 custom-mixed decortor colors now availale. The final topcoating was done with Minwax Polcrylic Protective Finish in a semi-gloss sheen. But instead of simply putting the cabinet back where it was, wood spacer blocks were fastened to the wall to make the unit to protrude about four inches. To create a look of a traditional breakfront, oak beaded board and decorative brackets were installed underneath. Up top, new crown molding was installed along the entire row to tie it all together and further enhance the traditional style. The result of this bit of rule-bending gave the kitchen a new contour and a beautiful focal point.  MINWAX  minwax.com