Kitchen remodeling can really add a modern touch to your kitchen. Remodeling your kitchen cabinets is a great start. Installing new cabinets can make you feel like you just bought a new kitchen. The good news is that kitchen remodeling doesn’t have to be expensive. There are plenty of great ways to remodel on a budget.
Don’t replace, repaint
Over time, the finish on cabinet doors begins to wear off. Naturally, you want it to look new and vibrant. The most common solution is to replace the cabinet doors, but there is a cheaper and easier way. You can restore your cabinet doors and save a lot of money.
Refinishing is simply touching up the cabinet door and perhaps applying a fresh coat of paint. You can hire a professional to refinish your cabinet doors, or you can try doing it yourself. It involves removing the doors, sanding the edges smooth, cleaning them, and applying a finish that you can buy at your local hardware store. If you are not up to the job yourself, you can always hire someone to do it for you. It’s a small job, so it shouldn’t cost too much.
Give your cabinets a new face
Another inexpensive way to remodel your old cabinets is to refinish them. This is a little more expensive than refinishing, but still not as much as buying new cabinet doors.
Refinishing means replacing all cabinet hardware, such as hinges and bolts, and applying wainscoting to the front of the cabinets. It’s amazing how changing hardware can give cabinets a new look. Metal parts rust and creak over the years, and new things at the hardware store cost only pennies.
Wood veneer gives the cabinet a new shine without replacing anything. You can buy wood veneer at your local hardware store. Ask the staff for a recommendation on what they think is best.
Ready-to-assemble cabinets
If you want to replace cabinet doors but want to save money installing them, you can get ready-to-assemble (RTA) cabinets. These are designed to be a piece of cake for anyone to install. Just follow the instructions and you’ll have new cabinets in no time.
You can also buy storage cabinets. These are cheaper than the custom made ones. Instead of being made exactly to your kitchen’s specifications, they come with filler holes. You can place the cabinets where you want them and use the gaps to fill the extra space.
When replacing cabinets, it’s a general rule of thumb that you get what you pay for. Of course, you want to remodel on the cheap, but if it doesn’t look good, it doesn’t make any sense. Before you start shopping for replacement cabinets, decide exactly how much you want to spend and don’t compromise on style or quality.
Most people don’t realize how much cabinets say about a kitchen. It really is the cabinets that give each kitchen its own special feel and set the mood for the entire room. Don’t save too much on cabinets and don’t take on a job that’s too big for you. If you are not sure how to do it yourself, call the professionals and ask them to do it for you.
