Are you planning to give a new look to your kitchen, but don't want to shell out more money as you have a limited budget? Well then refacing your kitchen cabinets would be the most ideal solution for you. Suppose, your kitchen cabinets are in good shape, getting it completely replaced will be an expensive option. Moreover, it would be a waste to just throw away your cabinets that are in good shape. Below is the information that you should know about replacement versus refacing your kitchen cabinets.
Examine Your Kitchen Cabinets Thoroughly
Here are some reasons that might compel you to get your kitchen replacement done:
- • The paint may have lost its glow and freshness.
- • The doors are hanging down.
- • The drawers are not that smooth to operate.
- • The kitchen looks grimy.
- • You may dislike the current layout of your kitchen.
Any of these reasons don't have anything to do with your cabinets. Investigate your kitchen cabinets more minutely from inside. Remove all things from the cabinet including all the shelves. If you find that cabinets are still strong and durable, getting them replaced would be perhaps a waste of your money. You can easily replace the inside hardware of your cabinets such as drawer runners, shelves, hinges and other deteriorated parts. By doing this, you can make it work smoothly for you. To give a new look to your cabinets, you can paint your door and drawer frontals, which would be the easiest and fastest method of rendering a new look to your kitchen cabinets without making a big hole in your pocket.
Suppose, you like to have a timber finishing to the frontals of your doors and drawers, you can easily do it without replacing your doors and drawer frontals. These days, you can buy timber veneers and apply directly on the top of your doors. Then after, you can make use of matching tape for the drawers, doors and cabinet edges.
Hire a professional cabinet maker
You can hire a professional kitchen designer who can do these small fixes for you perfectly, and render your kitchen a new look that is beautiful and fresh and more importantly, easy to operate. And you can have it done without making a big dent to your pocket.
Refacing your kitchen is cost effective than having your kitchen replaced completely. When you go for a complete kitchen replacement, you have to incur the below costs:
- The labour costs to remove your old kitchen.
- The labour costs to install your new kitchen.
- The costs that you need to incur for new electrical and plumbing work as per your new kitchen layout.
Suppose, you want to change the complete layout of your existing kitchen or your kitchen cabinets and other kitchen fixtures have deteriorated a lot, probably a new kitchen is the right solution for you. However, if you don't require any change done to your existing kitchen layout and you are happy with it, then you can go for quick fixes by replacing the required hardware for your kitchen cabinets and drawers and other kitchen fixtures. If you opt for kitchen refacing, you can save thousands of dollars and render your kitchen a fresh and refined new look.