Hi Victoria, it is a laminate that is designed to look like marble.

One last thing. Know that coating paint with poly does increase durability, but it can be much harder to paint over down the line if you wanted to repaint or resurface them. You will need to take extra steps to prep the cabinets to paint over the polyurethane so it will properly accept new paint.

Depending on your budget another option is painting the cabinet bodies and replacing the doors that have already been painted a matching color. Look into Semihandmade.com they specifically market to doors for IKEA cabinets, but I believe they can do doors for standard cabinets as well.

Hey Ellen, I have not used hard wax oil over paint and would not recommend doing so as it is designed to bond with the pores of bear wood. I have used polyurethane over paint with success. Over paint I prefer multiple coats of wipe on poly, or standard poly sprayed on. A water based poly will dry crystal clear, but has less working time. An oil based poly has more working time and dries slightly harder, but will develop a slight yellow or amber tint overtime. How noticeable the tint becomes depends on the color of paint it covers. If clearcoating paint with poly be sure you give the paint plenty of time to cure and harden before applying the poly.

Another thing to consider is what paint you are going to use. I know painters that swear by using a hardening waterborne alkyd paint with no clearcoat on cabinets.

I am so sad to leave this room behind! I don’t think I can even fit this rolling laundry hamper in our new home’s laundry space

Hi! I didn’t get to fully use the space before we started packing things, but currently using some cabinets to store beach and bath towels, laundry detergents (I buy bigger sizes from costco), iron, rags, etc.