Inexpensive Kitchen Face Lift by Fauxing with Paint

Want a richer looking Kitchen that "POPS"?

Well you can get just that with simply two colors of paint, a paint brush, a bristled scrub brush, and a little four letter word.....w-o-r-k.

We purchased this 1997 manufactured home to flip. We wanted to make the interior look more expensive without spending much cash, we had a strick budget with this home.

We decided to faux the kitchen a dark color to make the cabinet stand out. We chose a dark blue because there were existing stained glass windows with this color existing.

To start, we taped off all trim and cabinet edges and then we proceeded to paint a medium toned blue (picture 2) and let that dry over night. We then painted over the medium blue with a dark, "almost black" blue and used a scrub brush and begain to remove some of the paint by "X" shaped strokes. After each stroke, we wiped the excess paint onto a rag.

The dark blue paint was first thinned with glaze (3 parts glaze, one part paint) to delay drying time. Once the paint was dry, we removed the painters tape....and wala....a completely different look in the kitchen.

This faux techique along with the darker color selectlion helps hide the wall panel strips that are common in manufactured homes for an additional bonus.

The new home owners loved it!