These Oak Kitchen Cabinets Look Completely Different With Cashmere Paint
Oak cabinets covered much of this kitchen, from the cabinets surrounding the cooktop to tall storage near the sink, paired with black granite worktops, gray floor tiles, and silver handles. Instead of removing the fitted cabinetry, the doors and frames were prepared for a spray finish as part of a makeover shared by Instagram creator @themobilespray.
Cashmere now covers the same cabinets in a satin finish, while the black granite worktops, gray floor tiles, silver handles, and much of the original configuration remain. Tall storage, upper cabinets, the cooktop wall, sink run, and angled end cabinet can all be identified in the finished kitchen.
Oak Cabinets Covered Most of the Original Kitchen
Natural oak surrounded the cooktop and oven, with upper cabinets positioned on both sides of the stainless-steel hood. Black granite covered the worktops and continued behind the cooktop as a tall backsplash.
Cabinet doors used several panel arrangements across the same run. Wide recessed centers sit beside narrow vertical sections and offset rails, giving the oak fronts more detail than a standard repeated Shaker door.
Oak continued across another wall, where upper and lower cabinets provided storage on both sides of the worktop. Black granite and silver bar handles repeated the finishes used around the cooking area.
The amount of exposed oak extended beyond the doors. Cornices, plinths, end panels, drawer fronts, and cabinet frames added more wood across each fitted section.
Tall Storage and Corner Cabinets Stayed in Place
Full-height cabinetry occupied the end of the sink run, with large stacked doors reaching from the plinth to the upper storage. More cabinets extend over the counter beside the tall unit.
The corner below the microwave contains an open compartment for trays and boards. Keeping the fitted cabinetry meant this narrow storage section could remain rather than being redesigned with the rest of the corner.
Another section ends with an angled base cabinet beside the exterior door. Its side panel follows the clipped edge of the black granite worktop instead of ending with a square cabinet box.
The upper cabinet above the television also projects over this area. Both shapes were retained through the respray, so the new finish had to continue across straight, angled, and exposed side panels.
Oak Doors Were Prepared for the New Finish
Doors and drawer fronts came off the cabinets before refinishing. Sanding removed the existing surface and prepared the oak for primer, while the original door profiles and inset details stayed intact.
Primer covered the wood grain and honey tone, creating a uniform base across doors of several sizes. The panels were kept separate during the process so the coating could reach the edges as well as the front faces.
Cashmere was then sprayed over the prepared pieces in a satin finish. The opaque coat hides the oak color but keeps the existing rails, stiles, recessed panels, and smaller geometric details visible.
Cabinet Boxes Were Masked for Spraying
Doors were removed while plastic covered cabinet openings, worktops, appliances, walls, and adjoining surfaces. Paper protected the floor across the work zone.
Fixed sections stayed inside the room for preparation and spraying. Frames, plinths, cornices, end panels, and other exposed oak surfaces could then receive the same Cashmere finish as the detached doors.
Cashmere Covered the Existing Cabinet Profiles
Cashmere now covers the cooking wall from the base cabinets to the large upper units. Recessed centers, offset rails, and narrow vertical details remain visible, but the oak grain no longer separates one door section from another.
Black granite, the stainless-steel hood, silver handles, and gray floor tiles remain. With those finishes retained, the change from oak to Cashmere accounts for much of the difference between the two versions.
Sink Run Received the Same Cashmere Finish
Cashmere continues around the sink, beneath the window, and onto the tall cabinet bank at the end of the room. The finish also covers the upper cabinets and the large cabinet above the television.
Black granite still follows the full counter run, including the raised section beside the television. The gray tile floor also remains, preserving two large dark surfaces from the oak kitchen.
Door Details Remained After the Respray
Close views show how the original cabinet construction remains visible beneath the satin finish. Wide recessed panels sit beside narrow doors with offset rails, while the same cornice continues across the tops of the cabinets.
Silver bar handles were refitted instead of being exchanged for another finish. The makeover changes the wood surface without removing the door profiles or hardware that defined the original cabinets.
Cashmere Continues Across Cabinets With Different Shapes
From the exterior-door side of the room, Cashmere extends from the large upper cabinet across the sink run and onto the tall storage at the opposite end. The angled counter and base cabinet remain in their original positions.
Black granite forms a continuous dark edge through these sections. Its shape makes the retained layout easy to trace even though the oak surface beneath and above it has disappeared.
Oak and Cashmere Show the Scale of the Change
The side-by-side view shows how much visual detail came from the oak itself. Grain direction changes between the recessed centers, rails, and narrow decorative sections, making each part of the doors stand out as a separate piece.
Cashmere reduces those shifts without hiding the cabinet construction. The stepped door patterns remain visible, but they read through shadow and panel depth rather than changes in wood grain.
All credits go to Instagram creator @themobilespray.