Kitchen Island Painted ASCP-Duck Egg Blue

Want to give your kitchen a quick new look? Let's paint the kitchen island a beautiful new color!

Yes, my friends, that's how I gave my kitchen a mini-makeover, and it all started when I found a set of corbels at Home Depot. 

The corbels were installed very quickly, with only four screws driven to the wooden surface of the island. 

I also added a beadboard on the inside of the shelves. The beadboard was a remnant piece I had from the hutch makeover.

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After living with dark chocolate brown for quite some time, I was more than ready for a bright new color. 

The gorgeous new color is Annie Sloan Chalk Paint  Duck Egg Blue - I'm SO in love!

 Let me tell you how it all went.

The materials you'll need: 

• 1-quart ASCP Duck Egg Blue
• ASCP Clear Wax
• Translucent color glaze - similar
• Painters tape
• Sanding sponge - 120 grid
• Paintbrush
• Wax brush
• Old rags

1. TAPE AND COVER AREAS YOU DON'T WANT TO PAINT

Protect the surfaces you don't want paint on.

2. PAINT THE ISLAND

I gave the entire island two coats of ASCP - Duck Egg blue, waiting for the first coat to dry before applying the second.

3. SAND

The two coats of paint were followed by a good sanding using a 120-grid sanding sponge.
The texture of chalk-painted surfaces is on the rough side. I made it smooth and gave the corners or edges a little distressing.

4. DUST OFF AND APPLY CLEAR WAX

After dusting very well the entire island, use the wax brush to apply a thin coat of clear wax.
Buff it - This means you go with a soft cotton rug buffing all the waxed surfaces, giving them a nice sheen.

While working on it, you can see the difference between the waxed vs. the un-waxed parts. Waxed surfaces look darker.

You can stop here. You had just given the kitchen island a beautiful new color and had already protected it with clear wax. However, I wanted to provide the moldings and corbels more interest, so I used a glaze, which is the next step.

5. APPLY GLAZE - Optional

Bringing out the details on the moldings was done by applying a translucent color glaze.
This entire process is simply done by applying the glaze with a cheap brush and removing most of that glaze with a damp cloth. It's up to you to decide how much glaze to leave in those parts you want to highlight.

Apply glaze to a small section - wipe it off and continue with another area. You don't want the glaze to dry off before wiping it off.

6. APPLY WAX - Once again

The glaze dries in about 45 min. Once dry, you can apply another coat of clear wax to protect the glazed surfaces.

The two doors and drawer fronts were given the same treatment.

1. Paint
2. Sand
3. Wax and buff
4. Apply glaze
5. Remove the glaze with a wet cloth
6. Wax
7. Buff
8. All done!

I love this makeover. The wax gives it a lovely soft sheen.

The glaze is one extra step that takes some time applying it, but it is the one that gives more character to all those nooks and crannies, even to the beadboard.

I looked in my old hardware stash and picked these pulls. They go much better with the new style.

The panels/molding that was hard to notice with the previous brown color are now more noticeable.

Sometimes the Duck Egg Blue color looks blueish, and some other times is green.

In general, it gives the kitchen a much brighter look.

:)

You can check its previous makeover, where the builder's grade cabinet island was given a totally new look with an added shelf and microwave inside it, right HERE.

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