I stood there, paintbrush in hand, feeling like a complete failure. I had spent forty-eight hours and a small fortune on what I thought was the perfect, crisp white for my new custom cabinets. But as the afternoon sun hit the island, my ‘pristine’ kitchen started looking like a hospital hallway from the 1970s. It…
The One Kitchen Flooring Choice That Survives Heavy Spills Better Than Hardwood It is 2:00 AM on a Tuesday. You walk into your kitchen for a glass of water, only to feel a cold, squelching sensation beneath your feet. Your dishwasher has decided to stage a midnight rebellion, and a slow, steady leak has pooled…
I remember standing in my kitchen last Sunday morning, steaming mug of coffee in hand, when the sun hit my upper cabinets at just the right angle. My heart sank. Those “crisp” white doors I bragged about during our kitchen remodel journey weren’t crisp anymore. They looked… tired. A sickly, buttery shade of yellow was…
I remember the cold January morning I first noticed it. I was leaning against the counter, waiting for the kettle to whistle, when the winter sun hit my upper cabinets at just the right angle. There, right at the corner where the vertical stile met the horizontal rail, was a jagged, dark hairline crack. My…
Why Your Indianapolis Kitchen Cabinet Paint Quote Includes a Mandatory De-Greasing Step I’m Chris Elliott, Founder and President of ONiT Painting. Over the years, I’ve sat at hundreds of kitchen tables across Central Indiana, from Meridian-Kessler to Fishers, discussing home transformations. When homeowners receive a paint quote for their kitchen, their eyes often skip straight…
I remember the sinking feeling of watching a $4,000 paint job peel away like a bad sunburn just because I reached for the wrong tube of ‘adhesive.’ It was 2014, and I was putting the finishing touches on some gorgeous built-ins for a client. I thought a tiny bead of silicone in a tight corner…
The Three-Step Prep Geist Homeowners Miss Before Coating a Concrete Pool Deck The Three-Step Prep Geist Homeowners Miss Before Coating a Concrete Pool Deck There is nothing quite like a summer afternoon in Geist. Whether you are overlooking the reservoir from your backyard or enjoying the quiet luxury of a sprawling estate in McCordsville, the…
I’ll never forget the ‘Walnut Incident of 2012.’ I was tackling a massive set of built-ins for my living room, and I thought I was being a purist by staining every single sheet of maple plywood by hand. Two weeks later, I was lightheaded from the fumes, my garage floor was permanently walnut-colored, and the…
Why Using Standard Interior Paint on Your Kitchen Cabinets is a Five-Year Mistake We’ve all seen the Pinterest boards and the DIY YouTube tutorials that make a kitchen transformation look as easy as a Saturday afternoon project. You pick up a gallon of “premium” interior wall paint, grab a brush, and suddenly those dated oak…
I remember the exact Tuesday morning I realized my kitchen was starting to look tired. I wasn’t doing anything fancy; I was just grabbing a mug for my third cup of coffee. As I reached for the handle, my sleeve caught on a sharp, jagged strip of plastic-looking wood that had decided to part ways…
