Project story · Kitchen renovation & interior painting

Kitchen Restoration & Cabinet Painting

From opened walls to a renewed kitchen. This project brought together replacement fiberglass insulation and drywall, wall and cabinet painting, a dishwasher installation and a full wood countertop renewal with a rounded corner detail.

Before & after

After: the renewed kitchen with coordinated cabinets and wood worktops. — Compare the original room with the renewed kitchen.

Before: the original kitchen before this renovation. — Compare the original room with the renewed kitchen.

After: the painted cabinet run, renewed wood countertop and installed dishwasher. — Fresh wall and cabinet finishes meet the restored wood surfaces.

What changed

The work addressed the wall construction first, then brought the kitchen finishes and installations into one coordinated update.

Removal of damaged wallboard and access to the kitchen wall cavities.
Full replacement of the fiberglass insulation in the opened wall areas.
New drywall, joint finishing and preparation for paint.
Freshly painted kitchen walls.
Prepared and repainted cabinet surfaces, doors and fronts.
Full renewal of the wood countertops and a rounded corner detail.
Dishwasher installation within the kitchen cabinet run.
Reassembly of the kitchen and coordination of the visible finishes.

The work, step by step

Stage 01

The original kitchen

The original photographs show the kitchen before this renovation: white cabinetry, wood countertops, the sink wall and a central island. These are the starting views for the comparisons above.

A second original view showing the sink wall, cabinet runs and wood worktops.

Stage 02

Opening the work areas & revealing the wall condition

The base cabinet runs and work surfaces were moved out of the way so the wall areas could be opened. Removal revealed damaged and discolored wallboard behind the kitchen, defining the areas that needed to be rebuilt.

Base cabinets moved out as removal exposed the wall areas behind them.

The opened work area with damaged and discolored wallboard visible.

A closer view of the affected wallboard before the damaged sections were removed.

Wall condition during removal · 8 seconds.

Project video

A closer look before the walls were rebuilt

This short clip documents the wall condition revealed during removal. It belongs at the beginning of the repair sequence, before replacement insulation, new drywall and the finished surfaces.

Stage 03

Replacing the fiberglass insulation

The affected wallboard was removed to provide access to the wall cavities. The fiberglass insulation was fully replaced in the opened kitchen wall areas before they were closed again. These photographs document the open-wall access stage of that work.

Lower wallboard removed to expose the wall cavities and existing insulation.

The sink-wall cavities opened up for insulation and wall reconstruction.

Open framing before the replacement insulation was enclosed with new drywall.

Stage 04

Installing new drywall & finishing the joints

New drywall rebuilt the opened wall sections around the kitchen and window. The seams, fastener locations and adjoining surfaces were finished to prepare the walls for paint and the return of the cabinetry.

New drywall fitted, with joints and fastener locations being finished.

Wall reconstruction around the window and the kitchen connections.

Stage 05

Preparing & painting the walls

The rebuilt and adjoining wall surfaces were prepared and painted to bring the kitchen back to a consistent finish. Protection around the room and its working surfaces formed part of the painting sequence as the renovation progressed.

The rebuilt wall surfaces with a fresh white finish before the base cabinets returned.

The kitchen protected during the painting and finishing work.

Stage 06

Preparing & repainting the cabinets

The cabinet doors and other cabinet surfaces were prepared and repainted. White upper cabinets and soft gray base cabinets give the room a coordinated appearance, while the existing cabinet arrangement remains part of the kitchen.

Cabinet doors laid out for preparation and painting.

A closer view of the cabinet door finishing stage.

Repainted cabinets bringing the white uppers and soft gray bases together.

Stage 07

Renewing the wood countertops & rounding the corner

The wood countertops were fully renewed, from surface preparation to a richer finished appearance that brings out the grain. A rounded corner was formed as part of the countertop update, bringing a softer transition into the work surface. The sequence below moves from prepared wood to the renewed finish and corner detail.

The wood countertop surface during its renewal, before the richer finish.

A close view of the prepared wood surface and edge.

The renewed countertop finish bringing out the contrasting wood grain.

The restored counter run and matching wood upstand during reassembly.

The renewed sink-side worktop and the kitchen corner detail.

Stage 08

Installing the dishwasher & bringing the kitchen together

The kitchen was reassembled around the rebuilt walls and renewed surfaces, and a dishwasher was installed within the cabinet run. The sink-side work area, repainted cabinets and restored wood countertops come together in the updated views at the end of this project.

Base cabinets and the sink area being reassembled after the wall work.

The sink run and stainless-steel dishwasher during kitchen reassembly.

Painted cabinets, the installed dishwasher and the renewed wood counter.

An updated view across the kitchen, island and restored work surfaces.

The renewed kitchen with coordinated cabinet colors and wood countertops.

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