Planning to Paint a Kitchen

Series Summary

Have you ever sat down on a bar stool in your kitchen, walls covered with pastel wallpaper peeling on the edges from water stain and mildew, while the lime green exterior wall glares through the window and the reflection of the burnt orange accent wall behind you (that seemed like such a good idea 20 years ago) reflects in your 13-inch TV screen and thought...maybe its time to paint the house? Let's face it, houses age and go out of style quickly, which makes painting a house regularly a must for both its functionality and aesthetic. But now, painting your house has become easier than ever. You don't have to hire a professional painter and lose thousands of dollars!

If you decide that you want to paint your own kitchen, there are a number of necessary steps to follow in order for the job to look professional and nice. In this free video series, a professional painting contractor will teach you how to paint a living room from the preparation stages to clean up. You'll learn what supplies and tools are needed, how to repair and sand the surface of walls and trim, and eventually how to paint the room itself. The painting process may seem simple enough, but professional techniques will keep you from having to repaint the kitchen, or from creating collateral damage. So, get out your rollers and brushes and get ready to have a great looking kitchen!

Video Transcript

"My name is Michael Stewart. I'm a professional House Painter. Today I'm going to show you how to paint the kitchen. As you see, we have a standard size kitchen here. It's about 12 x 10, 8 foot drop ceilings. It's an older house, so there's a lot of unique carpentry details and there's a lot of brush work, which is pretty common for kitchens. So, for our purposes here today, we're not going to paint the entire kitchen, but we are going to focus mainly in this area over here, because it gives us an opportunity to show how we're going to treat each surface. I'll show you how to paint the wall, how to paint the trim, and how to handle the different, interesting areas that are around the counter tops and the cabinets. Which is standard for kitchens. So, the two main reasons for painting a room obviously, is to change a color, which we have quite an interesting color as you can see and to refresh the surfaces. What we picked today is a nice gray and we're going to treat the trim and the walls the same. It's going to be gray on gray, and we picked a pearl finish, which is a moderately shiny gloss, which is going to stand up to a lot of the wear and tear, and washing and scrubbing that's common for kitchens. And the other reason for painting is to refresh the surfaces from all the wear and tear that occurs over the years. You can see some of that happening here right now. So, let's begin."