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Gel stain brown/white wood cabinets?

6 years ago

I’m renovating a split-level, mid-mod house and I’m thinking of having dual-tone/tuxedo cabinets. I want white uppers and brown lower cabinets in my kitchen. My challenge is the brown cabinets.


The brown cabinets I like, look like they’ve been stained or distressed with gray or white white paint. I’m not sure if this is a gel.


Can someone advise me on how to describe this look? How is it achieved/where do I go to order it?






Comments (14)

  • PRO
    6 years ago

    You would need to replace those cabinets to get that look.

    Jane Doe thanked User
  • 6 years ago

    I agree with @User

    Jane Doe thanked Anna Green
  • 6 years ago

    The color of your current cabinets is very nice. However, I don't think it goes well with the rest of the trim in your house. You might consider painting your doors, crown molding, etc., white. Also paint the small cabinet to the right of your kitchen.

    I would leave your kitchen as it is and use the money saved to buy a counter-depth refrigerator. Your current fridge is a little bulky.

  • 6 years ago

    Get a couple statement pendants, thenew champagne gold hardware, a new fridge and patterned floor runner or mats, and you will have a new space without a huge painting project.

  • 6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    Hi, I should have been clearer, none of these pictures are of my current kitchen (the photos I’ve posted, I found online to use as inspiration photos. The posted photos are examples of cabinets I like).

    My current kitchen was a complete gut job and there’s absolutely nothing in it currently- I have a blank slate.

    Thank you for for the suggestion about Cerused Oak.

  • PRO
    6 years ago

    Omega cabinets makes cerused oak finishes. And other cabinet lines at that level. It’s labor intensive and costly.

    Jane Doe thanked User
  • 6 years ago

    Thanks @User! I will look into that maker, and see whether it fits my budget.

  • 6 years ago

    Cerused doesn’t fit anyone’s budget unless it’s a 150K kitchen.

  • PRO
    6 years ago

    I do not see your kitchen is that the first pic IMO in a mid/ mod house the lowers should be walnut with white uppers

  • 6 years ago

    I am very close to pulling the trigger on virtually these exact cabinets for our kitchen remodel. I am looking at cherry wood shaker style cabinets stained with a cappuccino color. I think they’re beautiful and different from a traditional all white kitchen. Medallion or Yorktowne cabinetry carry these.

    Jane Doe thanked Bob W
  • 6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    Hi, my current kitchen is not pictured. My kitchen is currently an empty space of walls (that will be painted) and floors that will be replaced.

    All of the photos I’ve posted are inspiration photos.

    I‘be now learned that the “look” of cabinets I’ve posted, is mostly cerused oak.

    This has now (happily) led me down the whitewashing and limewashing cabinetry rabbit hole of research.

    Thanks to everyone who helped me out by identifying the cabinetry finish.

  • 6 years ago

    The cabinets in our old house were like your first picture. They were custom cabinets with a pickled finish.

    Jane Doe thanked shivece
  • 6 years ago

    @bswautlet do you have picture of the cherrywood cabinets with the cappuccino stain? I’d love to see it, it sounds so unique!