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White cabinets are all the rage. A recent Houzz survey found that 42 percent of people who are updating their cabinets are painting them white — and that number is growing year over year. I just had my own kitchen cabinets painted white, and I can attest that the color does an amazing job of brightening up the space and making my kitchen look up to date!

But painting cabinets white can be tricky because typically you’re trying to paint a light color over a dark stain, so you run the risk of the darker color showing through and ruining the final product.

“White is on the totally opposite end of the color spectrum from brown and those deep red tones like cherry,” explain professional painters Chris and Lexi Dowding of Michigan-based SwatchOut. And those wood tones are exactly what homeowners are usually trying to cover up. Here’s what they recommend to make sure you get the white you want.

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