Raised-panel oak cabinets filled this kitchen from the sink corner to the cooktop wall, with another full-height bank built around the refrigerator and ovens. Instead of removing the fitted cabinetry, Instagram creator @renewingdecorating changed the wood finish with Farrow & Ball Blue Gray.
The respray covers the doors, drawer fronts, frames, crown molding, end panels, plinths, and open storage in a muted gray-green finish. White worktops, beige floor tiles, the tiled backsplash, cooktop, sink, refrigerator, and cabinet configuration remain, while brass cup pulls and knobs replace the original wood knobs.
Raised-Panel Oak Covered Most of the Original Kitchen
Oak cabinetry ran across the long cooktop wall and turned toward the sink beneath the windows. Arched raised-panel doors repeated across both the upper and lower cabinets, while matching wood knobs sat on almost every door and drawer.
White worktops already provided a light surface above the wood. Beige square floor tiles and a cream tiled backsplash with a patterned border added more brown and tan tones around the oak.
Tall Oak Storage Included a Built-In Wine Rack
A separate floor-to-ceiling cabinet bank contains four large doors with a narrow grid wine rack through the center. Crown molding across the top and a matching plinth make the section read as fitted furniture rather than a group of separate cabinets.
The wine cubbies were built into the original cabinetry, so replacing the entire unit would also mean losing storage designed for this exact space. The makeover kept the rack and sprayed its narrow dividers along with the surrounding doors.
Refrigerator and Ovens Were Already Framed by Cabinetry
Another tall cabinet bank surrounds the white side-by-side refrigerator and stacked black ovens. Narrow vertical doors fill the gaps beside the appliances, while smaller cabinets occupy the space above the refrigerator.
The fitted surround reaches almost to the ceiling and uses the same crown molding and raised-panel fronts found across the kitchen. Its layout remains intact through the color change.
Peninsula Extended the Original Cabinet Run
The cooktop run turns at one end into a short peninsula with an angled white worktop. Base storage continues beneath it, while upper cabinets stop before the peninsula to leave the seating side open.
Blue tape visible on several knobs marks doors and drawers before the work began. The existing cabinet shapes include arched panels, narrow doors, corner units, deep drawers, and several trim profiles that all remain after spraying.
Cabinet Frames Were Sprayed Before the Doors Went Back On
With the doors removed, the fixed cabinet frames, end panels, and trim were sprayed in place. Plastic covered the cabinet openings and surrounding surfaces while the sprayer worked across the exposed oak.
The sequence shows the Blue Gray finish building across the cabinet boxes before the doors and new brass hardware were fitted. Spraying both the removable fronts and fixed sections gives the retained cabinetry the same finish from one cabinet run to the next.
Blue Gray Replaced the Oak Across the Main Cabinet Runs
Farrow & Ball Blue Gray covers the upper cabinets, base cabinets, drawers, end panels, and plinths without flattening the raised profiles of the original doors. Arched panels and molded edges remain visible beneath the new finish.
White worktops and the original backsplash stay in place, so the new cabinet color sits against surfaces already present in the oak kitchen. Beige floor tiles also remain, preserving another large finish from the original room.
Wine Storage Became Part of the Blue Gray Cabinet Bank
The floor-to-ceiling wine cabinet shows how the paint handles the kitchen’s more detailed millwork. Blue Gray covers the crown molding, four raised-panel doors, cabinet sides, plinth, and every divider inside the central bottle rack.
Brass knobs replace the wood knobs on the surrounding doors. The dark openings inside the wine rack create contrast through the center without changing its original construction.
Brass Hardware Changed the Drawers Along With the Paint
Brass cup pulls now sit across the drawer fronts, while round brass knobs mark the cabinet doors. The hardware introduces a different shape as well as a different finish from the small round wood knobs used before.
The long cooktop run remains arranged around the same doors, drawers, corner storage, and peninsula. Blue Gray connects those separate pieces while the brass hardware gives the drawers a clearer horizontal line.
Appliance Cabinetry Kept Its Original Configuration
The stacked black ovens and white refrigerator remain in their previous positions after the respray. Blue Gray now covers the tall cabinet doors, narrow appliance surrounds, drawers beneath the ovens, crown molding, and plinth.
Brass cup pulls were added to the drawers below the ovens, while round brass knobs appear on the doors above and beside the appliances. No new cabinet bank was needed to change how this wall reads.
Existing White Worktops Stand Out Against Blue Gray
The pale worktop was retained across the cooktop run and peninsula. Against oak, it sat above another warm surface; against Blue Gray, the same counter creates a sharper break between the work surface and cabinetry.
The black gas cooktop, cream backsplash, patterned tile border, and beige floor remain visible. Painting the cabinetry changes the dominant color without requiring those surrounding surfaces to be replaced.
Same Cabinet Profiles Read Differently Without the Oak Grain
The completed cabinet run still has the arched doors, molded drawer fronts, crown molding, corner cabinet, and peninsula seen before. Blue Gray removes the visible oak grain that once emphasized every rail, panel, and trim piece.
Brass cup pulls and knobs add another change without altering the doors. The result keeps the original fitted kitchen, including its more traditional cabinet profiles, while shifting the largest wood surface from oak to a gray-green finish.
All credits go to Instagram creator @renewingdecorating