Kitchen Cabinet Refacing Vs. Painting

Painting your old cabinets tends to be one of thepainting your cabinets can range from $50 to $200 if
more affordable and homeowner-friendly homedone by the homeowner and $2,500 to $6,000 if a
improvement projects. However, painting cabinetscontractor is hired.
involves a lot of hard work to be done properly. TheKitchen Cabinet Refacing is the more affordable way
old finish would have to be removed and sandedas compared to expensive new cabinets, usually 50%
down to the bear wood, then you would have toless. Cabinet refacing will replace the cabinet doors
apply the primer and finally painting it, not to mentionand drawer fronts with new ones and the rest will be
all the hardware would have to be remove also. Thisrefaced to match your new cabinet doors and
process is less expensive than replacing or refacingdrawer fronts. Choose cathedral, arch, shaker, and
the cabinets. However, you would still have an oldmany other styles and colors in wood or thermo-foil
looking kitchen with old looking doors and all that youlaminate. By replacing the doors, drawer fronts,
would have accomplished is changing the color andhardware, new moldings, additional space, knick-knock
maybe the hardware and eventually seeing theshelves and other accessories available, you can
grease stick to the painted cabinets accumulating thedesign your dream kitchen.
dust that will stick to the grease. The cost for