I was a bit apprehensive but this company has provided all the details needed to metamorphosize your white refrigerator into a “stainless steel” beauty! That said, this is a tedious and time consuming process. So, I decided to try the paint route - what could I lose? However, the fridge is only four years old and I could not bring myself to spend the extra $2k+ on a new refrigerator. The three appliances in my kitchen, dishwasher, range and microwave were all 20+ years old and ready to be replaced. I’ll let Lynn share her story in her own words: JavaScript is currently disabled in this browser. It was a process, but she hung in there and got it finished with great results! She did this all herself, with me looking on the first day. I am SO impressed with how Lynn’s project came out. It’s not super cheap, but at around $75 definitely saves money over buying a new appliance if you have the need for this. They sent me the refrigerator kit for Lynn to use and for me to share with you all.

It’s made by Giani and called Liquid Stainless Steel paint, so technically this post is sponsored by Giani. I’ll share the links from Amazon (affiliate links) with you below. They also have kits for stoves and dishwashers. OK, I was game for that! I did and they said sure and mailed a refrigerator painting kit out to me. She sent me the link and asked me if I might want to write the company and see if they would send me a kit for us to use on her fridge and I could blog about it. She texted me one day and told me she had found a product that could be used to paint a refrigerator to look like stainless steel. Lynn recently upgraded her kitchen appliances to all stainless steel, but since her white refrigerator was only 4 years old, she didn’t want to spend the money on a new stainless one. Yep, using paint! Just wait til you see this one from my friend, Lynn. When one rollout drawer broke after a one time use, they came back to fix it again.This post will let you see how easy it is (with a little planning and elbow grease) to paint a white refrigerator in a stainless steel finish using paint. They also had to redo the rollout drawers which were all installed incorrectly (on the bottom of the cabinets instead of in the center). They added molding to hide uneven spaces under the counter top and redid areas where the cabinets met the wall to cover spaces. We also had them level the hood which was installed crooked. Because we were so fed up, we picked apart every shitty area (pictured below) and made them redo it all at the time of refacing the correct material. They told me it was my fault that the job was still incomplete (among other things that should NEVER be said to a customer). The Home Depot pushed me out another two weeks because I denied them doing the job on that Saturday.Normally that would be fine but this was my son's first birthday and we were expecting 40 people over. When it arrived, Home Depot asked me to come in to do it on a Saturday. They had issues getting the material from Canada so it took another week to come in. The Home Depot ordered new reface material which was promised to be ordered overnight.Two local subcontracted gentleman came over and started the job. Home Depot quoted us 3 to 5 days and started the job on July 1, 2019. In June, we made the decision to go with it - reface all of the cabinets (a portion of the cabinets being built new), new counter, farm sink, and a dream stove that I could never imagine having. This was not in our budget and not something we had much interest in - all we wanted was a new counter! You'll want a new counter, then a new sink, then a new everything else! We went to Home Depot to look at counter tops and instead left with an appointment for someone to come over and quote redoing the whole kitchen. I loved getting rid of that old cabinet look, and loved the fresh look the chalk paint gave, but once you repaint cabinets it has a domino effect. I went out on a whim and painted the cabinets myself using Annie Sloan's chalk paint, in Paris Gray.

We held off on buying a new stove because we knew our goal was to switch to gas, and my husband and I also wanted something bigger than 30' because 4 burners was not enough for me! Over the first 18 months, we purchased a new refrigerator and dishwasher. Our kitchen had medium color oak cabinets, an ivory formica counter top, a 30' electric coil stove, no hardware on the cabinets, and a small stainless steal sink. We moved into our small ranch in May of 2015. Our nightmare Home Depot Kitchen Renovation:

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