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Gel stain cabinets and trim?

meg524
10 years ago

I have oak cabinets from the 90's and would like to stain them darker. The java gel stain is a little too dark from what I have seen online. I'm torn on whether to paint them white and risk them turning out streaky or to stain them with gel stain? If we stain we don't want them to look painted but want them to look nice, professional and not streaky. The problem is we don't know what color from general finishes would look well and our floors trim and doors are all oak too. Should we stain doors and trim as well? Or find a little lighter color stain that will mesh well with csbinet color we choose? Or paint oak trim and doors white? If paint what did you use? How did you do it? And what color? we plan on changing our countertops to granite or quartz when we have more money, adding a backsplash and stainless steel appliances. Just thought we would start here.

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