Red Oak Cabinets Stained Grey
For red oak that has been colored with darker stains go with antique white walls or light grey cabinets to keep the room from getting too dark.
Red oak cabinets stained grey. This classic gray stain creates the perfect weathered look without over saturating with too much gray. I know that 90 of you are cursing your 1990s oak cabinets while the remaining 10 love them and wouldn t let a lick of paint go near them. See more ideas about kitchen remodel kitchen design new kitchen. Stripping to bare wood beyond hugely labor intensive will make the gray go over the raw pink nature of red oak so you get a pink gray more kin to the 80 s pink whitewash g technique than the current fad of gray stain.
Gray over orange is just ugly mud colored. Oak and wood cabinets how do decide whether to stain or paint. I have oak cabinets in our home and i love them but not all oak or wood cabinets were. Of the same lye as above be sure to add the lye to the water and not the other way around and 1 2 cup of 40 volume clear hair developer from a sally s beauty supply then brushed it on with.
Every single piece of wood took on a gray hue including the red oak. Nov 29 2018 explore sheila eicholtz s board gray stained cabinets on pinterest. It gave me the courage to try bleaching some red oak trim to match my white oak cabinets. To get what you want you have to start with a.
I love oak cabinets. Brighten up a room with darkly stained red oak flooring with antique colors and decor. If you want to lighten up darker tones try antique white or light grey colors. Which also means the wood grains still show through the stain color.