He Spray Painted the Cherry Wood Cabinets Farrow & Ball Blackened and Kept the Dark Details for Contrast
Cherry wood covered most of this galley kitchen, including raised-panel doors, tall storage cabinets, and crown molding. Instagram creator @themobilespray kept the fitted cabinetry, sanded and primed the doors, then sprayed them in Farrow & Ball Blackened with a matte finish.
The pale finish changes the relationship between the cabinets and the surfaces around them. Black countertops, charcoal drawer banks, gray floor tile, stainless steel appliances, and dark roller shutters were left in place, with new black handles added to the painted doors.
Cherry Wood Filled Both Sides of the Narrow Kitchen
Cabinets run down both sides of the room before wrapping around the sink wall. Cherry wood appeared across almost every door and drawer front, including the tall units surrounding the ovens.
Black counters, charcoal drawer stacks, stainless steel appliances, and gray tile were already present. The reddish wood added another strong color across the largest surfaces in the room.
The layout itself offered extensive storage and long stretches of counter space, so the project focused on the cabinet finish rather than rebuilding the kitchen.
Cabinet Doors Were Sanded and Primed for the Respray
Removed doors were arranged on stands for preparation. Sanding dulled the existing cherry finish across the rails, stiles, and recessed center panels before primer covered the exposed surfaces.
The process retained the original doors and their raised-panel construction. Once primed, the wood tone no longer showed through, providing a consistent base for the new topcoat.
Farrow & Ball Blackened Covered the Cherry Wood
Farrow & Ball Blackened has a name that suggests a dark color, yet it appears as a pale gray-white across these cabinets. The matte topcoat covers the doors, frames, end panels, and decorative crown molding.
Against the black worktop, the new finish puts more emphasis on the shape of each cabinet door. Recessed panels and surrounding frames are easier to distinguish without the cherry grain running across them.
Black Handles Replaced the Brushed Metal Hardware
New black pulls replaced the original brushed-metal handles on the painted doors and drawers.
Rather than adding a separate metallic accent, the hardware picks up the black countertop and the charcoal drawer stacks. Those drawer banks were not painted white, which keeps a dark vertical break between sections of pale cabinetry.
The gray floor extends the same black, white, and gray palette across the lower half of the room.
Stainless Steel Still Marks the Cooking Zone
The cooktop wall retains its stainless steel range hood and metal backsplash panel. Black glass at the cooktop connects with the countertop, while the pale cabinets frame the cooking area on either side.
On the opposite wall, stainless steel ovens remain built into the cabinetry. Painting the surrounding doors creates separation between the appliances and cabinet fronts without requiring new equipment.
Frosted Glass Cabinets Were Worked Into the New Finish
Two frosted-glass doors above the counter were retained, with their surrounding frames changed from cherry to Blackened.
The translucent panels prevent the upper run from becoming a continuous row of solid white doors. Their cool gray appearance also sits between the cabinet color and the stainless steel used around the cooktop.
Black handles on the solid doors provide the stronger contrast below and beside them.
Dark Roller Shutters Became a Stronger Feature
The opposite side includes two black roller-shutter sections alongside lift-up cabinet doors, standard base cabinets, the washing machine, dishwasher, and built-in ovens.
Those shutters could have looked disconnected after the cherry wood disappeared, but the retained charcoal drawers, countertops, and new black handles repeat the same dark finish elsewhere.
The respray did not try to turn every surface white. Blackened replaced the cherry wood, while the darker pieces already in the kitchen were kept as part of the new palette.
All credits go to Instagram creator @themobilespray.
