🏡 A tired, dated kitchen doesn’t always need a $40,000 gut job. With the right process, a few thousand dollars and about two weeks can get you a near-new kitchen — without emptying a single cabinet. In this episode, Ariel and Adrian sit down with Nasir Ishmail, owner of Wet Paint, who’s spent 18 years building one of Ontario’s only dedicated cabinet-refinishing companies. He breaks down what the work actually involves, what an average kitchen costs, the colours worth choosing (and the ones to avoid), and why a 💰 kitchen refresh before you list can pay you back at resale.
What you’ll learn:
✅ Refinish vs. replace — how to know which one actually makes sense
✅ What an average kitchen really costs (and what drives the price up)
✅ The full process, start to finish — and why it’s “5 layers of protection”
✅ The DIY mistakes that turn a weekend project into new doors
✅ The cabinet colours people keep choosing — and the ones to skip
✅ How the right refresh can add real value before you sell
Learn more about Wet Paint
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0:00 – Intro
1:07 – How Wet Paint started (the $40K kitchen that sparked a business)
10:28 – Most homeowners don’t know cabinet painting is even an option
12:00 – DIY cabinet painting: where it goes wrong
16:30 – Refinish vs. replace: how to decide
18:09 – Inside the process: the “5 layers of protection”
22:33 – What a kitchen actually costs
24:38 – The resale payback: real value for a few thousand spent
26:10 – The cabinet colours people choose (and the ones to avoid)
35:00 – No deposits, never a missed deadline
36:13 – Outro & how to reach Wet Paint
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