We bought paint to paint our kitchen here. We normally went to Lowes for all our paint and bought the cheapest paint we could get. That's fine for walls, but when doing our kitchen cabinets, we wanted the best. We bought the Extreme Bond primer and Emerald Urethane Trim Enamel paint for our cabinets. Time will tell how they hold up, but the paint was much nicer going on than we're used to with the cheap paint and even to the touch feels harder than the cheap paints. So far we're very happy with it and will keep this in mind for future projects. You do get what you pay for. Both the primer and paint were not cheap; however, they often run sales. As much as I like the quality of their products, they run sales too often to pay full price.
The bonus we found was that they have an interior designer that will consult for free, by appointment. We weren't certain of what exact colors we wanted and how wall, cabinet, and back splash colors would match our counter tops. The designer came to our home (I believe she'll also meet in the store if you prefer) and was wonderful helping us pick out our final colors and even with suggesting paint/primer types and how to go about a few other things.
The only downside I found was that the original associate we dealt with in the store was a big gruff with us. He told us immediately that he doesn't pick colors (and followed up about the designer), but he just wasn't overly friendly. I asked him a few questions about some product durabilities and he kind of said, "some like it, some don't, it is what it is...there's a reason cabinet makers get big bucks for that". I appreciate honesty and not wanting to promise too much, but I was asking for an opinion of quality and not really getting one. Thankfully, the designer weighed in an eased my concerns on the matter.
Again, we'll see how the paint holds up, but so far we're very happy with how it went on and are very optimistic that this quality paint is just what this job needed.
