This was my kitchen last summer, sorry for the cruddy cell phone pics btw, my camera died on me and I have yet to get it replaced. I also apologize that I do not have the whole step by step process, I took on this feat while 8 months pregnant and with a 2 year old under my feet, i'm still amazed that I got it done!
Here is my newly painted kitchen. I absolutely love it. So much better than the oak, in my humble opinion! My sister is planning on painting hers also in the next month or so to come so I will feature a more in depth step by step of her transformation! See more after pics
HERE
Supplies used:
Behr Ultra White Semi Gloss Paint
Combination of about 4 coats brush/mini roller and Spray paint in an attempt to minimize brush strokes (this was my biggest problem!)
How i did it in a nutshell:
I wiped down with light soap and water let dry
removed hardware
removed doors and drawers. (complete drawers, not drawer fronts)
primed with brush with kilz primer
Painted 2 coats by brush
3rd coat with mini roller on areas that i could roll on
did touch ups with regular spray paint where i couldn't get rid of the brush strokes
let dry overnight at least between each coat.
It was a leaning process, i would probably even suggest doing more coats just for extra coverage and durability.
This was my kitchen last summer, sorry for the cruddy cell phone pics btw, my camera died on me and I have yet to get it replaced. I also apologize that I do not have the whole step by step process, I took on this feat while 8 months pregnant and with a 2 year old under my feet, i'm still amazed that I got it done! 
Here is my newly painted kitchen. I absolutely love it. So much better than the oak, in my humble opinion! My sister is planning on painting hers also in the next month or so to come so I will feature a more in depth step by step of her transformation! See more after pics HERE
I ended up with some very cheap skinny long trim pieces and one flat ply board piece. In hindsight, the ply board was not the best choice because it tends to warp, but nailing the straighter trim pieces on to the sides and top helped to straighten it up a bit, enough so that I could make it work. I cut my pieces after a taking a few measurments. (also in hindsight I've decided i should have gone bigger) slapped it together with some trim nails.
Then I did 2 coats of stain. I used Minwax Dark Maple. and about 3 coats of polyurethane. It took days to dry in between instead of hours like the cans indicate. 
Next I simply set it over my existing (very small) headboard, resting on the bed frame. it seemed to fit snugly enough just like that so thats how I left it!
In the second picture you can see the little bit of streaky-ness in the stain because I didnt sand the front panel delails as well as I should have I think so the stain didnt soak up as evenly, but its even less noticable in person. 
