Oak cabinetry filled this kitchen from the cooktop wall to the sink, peninsula, and wall ovens. Raised-panel doors and visible wood grain put the same medium-brown finish across much of the room, while white counters and backsplash tile separated the upper and lower cabinets.
Benjamin Moore Sherwood Green replaced the oak finish across most of the cabinetry. The cabinet layout stayed, along with the white counters, backsplash, geometric tile floor, stainless steel appliances, and large oak range hood.
The makeover shared by Instagram creator @pezzottipainting also changed the hardware, while leaving several existing cabinet details in place. Glass-front doors, open corner shelves, the peninsula, and appliance cabinetry all became part of the new green kitchen.
Oak Cabinets Filled the Original Kitchen
Raised-panel oak cabinets ran across the cooktop wall, with upper storage reaching toward the ceiling and base cabinets filling the space beneath the white counter.
The range hood matched the cabinetry, including its paneled front, visible grain, and wide crown. Oak also surrounded the refrigerator and wall ovens, making wood the dominant cabinet finish from one end of the room to the other.
Peninsula Extended the Oak Into the Room
The peninsula added another bank of oak doors and drawers beneath a wide white counter. Matching panels covered the exposed end facing the adjoining room.
Cabinetry continued around the sink and into the corners, creating a U-shaped work area without large breaks between storage sections. The project retained this arrangement rather than rebuilding the peninsula or moving the work zones.
Glass Doors and Open Shelves Broke Up the Cabinet Runs
Not every upper cabinet had a solid oak front. Dark glass panels appeared on cabinets near the cooktop, while a narrow stack of open shelves occupied the corner beside the sink.
Those details remained through the refinishing process. Keeping them gave the finished cabinet wall breaks between the rows of raised-panel doors without changing the cabinet boxes.
Cabinet Boxes Were Masked for Spraying
Doors and drawer fronts were removed while the fixed cabinet frames stayed in the kitchen. Plastic covered the cabinet openings and appliances, with paper protecting the counters, backsplash, and floor.
The painter sprayed the exposed frames in place so the new finish could continue across the cabinet boxes once the detached fronts returned.
Sherwood Green Covered the Existing Door Profiles
Benjamin Moore Sherwood Green replaced the visible oak grain across the raised-panel doors, drawer fronts, frames, toe kicks, and side panels. The original profiles remained visible beneath the painted finish.
Straight dark bar pulls replaced the decorative hardware used on the oak cabinets. Their simpler shape repeats across doors and drawers without requiring new cabinet fronts.
Oak Range Hood Was Left Unpainted
The range hood was treated differently from the cabinets around it. Its oak grain and brown finish remain above the black cooktop while Sherwood Green covers the upper cabinets on both sides.
Dark glass-front doors flank the hood and add another dark surface to the cooktop wall. White backsplash tile separates the green base cabinets from the uppers and preserved oak above.
Green Continued Around the Sink
Sherwood Green extends from the cooktop wall around the corner and beneath the sink. Upper cabinets beside the windows received the same finish, as did the narrow open shelves between cabinet sections.
The stainless steel sink and dishwasher stayed in place. White counters continue around the corner, forming a light band between the green cabinet fronts and backsplash.
Peninsula Became Part of the Green Cabinet Run
The peninsula received Sherwood Green across its doors, drawers, frames, toe kick, and exposed end panel. Painting the entire base connects it with the perimeter cabinetry rather than leaving a large oak section in the foreground.
Its white counter remained unchanged and continues toward the cooktop wall. Dark bar pulls repeat the hardware used on the surrounding cabinets.
White Counters Create More Contrast With the Cabinets
The existing white counters take on a different role against Sherwood Green. Instead of sitting above medium-brown oak, the pale surface forms a sharper boundary across the darker cabinet fronts.
The wall ovens, refrigerator, backsplash, and floor also remain recognizable from the original kitchen. Cabinet paint and hardware account for the main changes visible from this angle.
Existing Layout Is Still Easy to Recognize
From across the peninsula, the original U-shaped configuration remains intact. The sink stays beneath the windows, the cooktop remains centered under the oak hood, and the tall appliance cabinetry occupies the same wall.
Sherwood Green now connects those separate storage areas. The retained hood interrupts the painted cabinetry with a single large section of natural wood.
Before and After Shows What Paint Changed
The comparison shows the same raised-panel doors, white counters, stainless steel appliances, backsplash, floor, peninsula, and range hood in both versions. Oak cabinet fronts and decorative hardware on one side become Sherwood Green fronts with dark bar pulls on the other.
The hood is easier to notice after the respray than it was before. Surrounded by matching oak, it once blended into the cabinet wall. Against Sherwood Green, the same piece becomes the largest exposed wood feature in the kitchen.
The layout barely changed, yet the Sherwood Green version looks like a different kitchen. We think the green was the right move. Would you have guessed all those painted cabinets started as oak?
All credits go to Instagram creator @pezzottipainting.