Emulsion is a water based paint that you use on your walls but you can use it on furniture if you sand and prep properly. I use it on pieces that need a reasonably tough finish but you need to sand it to get an interesting finish.

Hi again. Finally took the plunge and had the kitchen resprayed. So much lighter and a great job by the professionals. Hard to remember the mustard kitchen now, except the photos remind me.

I'm not in Melbourne and I dont know of any kitchen companies down there but I would call around to your local kitchen companies as many of them have small showrooms, and see if they have a 2 pack example. I'm not sure if it's the quality and feel that you want to experience in real life or if you are looking for design inspiration? 2 pack is simply spray painted doors so you can pick any colour you choose (from any of the paint manufacturers, try Haymes for Australian owned and manufactured) and you can choose any door profile, if you want just a flat faced door or doors with routed borders or a beaded look - all can be finished in 2 pack. For door profiles have a look at the polytec website - ill link it below, even though polytec is mainly melamines and vinyl they still provide the MDF doors and have loads of door profile designs. I hope this helps Door profiles

Is it a wood laminate , or formica or those plastics ? Some will paint up better than others . POSSIBLY , painting the cabinets themselves in a white , but leaving the doors as they are , may work -- theres too much wood look there . And I'd redo the tiles -- even if redoing in 5 years , I'd spend the $500 or less and redo , regrout , etc . Possibly try removing the grout and re-doing in white for a more modern look , but only from a distance haha -- personally I'd go for full tile replacement .