Get a New Look for Your Kitchen by Resurfacing Your Cabinets

Home Improvement can start right in your Kitchen and it does not have to involve demolition! Your kitchen is considered one of the most important rooms and attacking your cabinets is a smart start. For some prospective buyers, the kitchen is a deal maker or deal breaker. Resurfacing your cabinets increases the value of your home, making the resale value go up. The new, up-to-date look gives a stunning first impression. “Wow, look at these cabinets!” are just the words you want to hear. It’s a worthwhile investment.

The Advantage: Your kitchen gets a new improved look. You have the flexibility to choose your own style and make it work. You can Think Big-- the sky is the limit. Add new features. You can add in extra cabinets that reach new heights…like the ceiling! You can even add full cabinet boxes. Materials can be customized to fit the look you are going for. Wood can be ordered natural, stained, painted, or paint ready. You also can choose from laminates. Door styles include panel doors, flat front, glass front, the classic deco-form, and many more. When choosing doors, you want to consider style and structure.

The Cost: Depends on many factors like size, style, materials, etc. but think between $1000 and $5000. Resurfacing cabinets costs about half of what you would pay to remodel. Engineered wood is the best quality material to use because it is a great value, well made, and built to last. If you want to go for a bargain, laminate (which would cover all exposed wood as a veneer) is a less expensive choice, costing about 25% less than buying new wood doors.

What Gets Done: Most commonly, your cabinets get new doors, drawer fronts and hardware. Your cabinets will look new and the project typically takes only 5 days. You can choose to do it yourself, hire a pro, or both (have pro replace doors, and then stain or paint them yourself, replace knobs, get creative etc.)

What’s Hot: using framed glass doors, oak and birch wood, vinyl-clad laminates, paint jobs- with warm bolds like yellow/gold/red, whites, ginger, earth tones