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Antique Kitchen Cabinets

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There’s no need to spend $3000 on cheapo Home Depot cabinets or $20000 for nicer ones that still look like dreck. Get yourself to an antiques shop or flea market and buy some mismatched pieces of history for your kitchen!

Can’t you see an entire red-cabinet kitchen to match the single painted piece above? Or how about multiple colors? You can have similar styles co-exist with just a few coats of paint and some matching hardware. Tip: Make sure it’s a durable paint or seal it with poly as this is for everyday kitchen use.

Ok, so this one isn’t dirt cheap flea market price, but it’s not easy to find a Hoosier with matching side cupboards. It retails for $3975 at an online antiques shop.

There’s a whole story behind this old hutch. You can read about how it was saved from certain death at Bearfort Lodge.

Need some spice storage? This antique Chinese apothecary doesn’t come cheap at $4500 but it will surely be the centerpiece of you kitchen. A less expensive and almost-as-cool alternative for spices might be a library card catalog that can be picked up for a few hundred bucks.

Keep in mind that vintage mid century cabinetry is pretty awesome and you can pick up entire sets, but this post is about ANTIQUE, not vintage. Just so you know.

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I just grabbed that photo from Pinterest and apparently the link is no longer working. I’m going to guess that’s chalk paint. The two main companies are Annie Sloane and Americana Decor, although everyone makes chalk paint now. You can also make your own with any number of recipes ranging from plaster to baking soda. Much less expensive and you can play with the color a bit too!

What color and brand of paint did you use on the red cabinet?

This was an image I grabbed from the internet, so I can’t answer that. To me it looks like a chalk paint though. As you see, it’s a bit distressed. If I wanted to recreate that look, I’d use a deep red chalk paint (store bought or make your own by mixing plaster in) and brush it on right over the wood without primer. You can distress by sanding or with a wet rag. Be sure to wax or poly over it.

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