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