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Entertaining Kitchen: The Island The kitchen island receives a paint treatment that makes it the focus of the room. From "Fresh Coat" episode DFCT-212

The kitchen makeover is well under way; now it's time to add depth and texture to the kitchen island base and pantry shelves with paint, paper towels and steel wool.

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Materials (island):

Kitchen island: before

sandpaper block
box brush
tack cloth
plastic bowl
Clear Aqua glaze
Benjamin Moore paint (2112-30, Stone Brown)
stir stick
satin varnish
paper towels

Materials (pantry shelves):

	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C

brushes
plastic bowls
Benjamin Moore paint (2112-30, Stone Brown)
Golden Acrylics paint (Metallic Green Gold)
steel wool

1. The top of the island is taped off prior to sanding.

2. The island base is sanded and wiped clean of dust, creating a smooth, paintable surface (figure A).

3. One part Stone Brown paint is mixed with 2 to 3 parts clear glaze, brushed on the base and smoothed out with paper towels. Shannon Kaye uses clean sections of toweling for each painted area and moves the towels in a circular pattern as she works the glaze into the wood grain (figure B).

4. When the glaze is dry, a coat of clear varnish is applied to protect the wood finish.

5. The pantry shelves are taken outside and painted Stone Brown; the semigloss paint finish won't require a protective top coat of varnish.

6. When the paint is dry, Metallic Green Gold paint is brushed over the shelves and, while it's still wet, steel wool is dragged over the paint, creating a textured surface (figure C).

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