Kitchen Cabinet Refacing And Resurfacing Cabinet Doors

There is something comfortable about the kitchen. Perhaps it is the association the kitchen has with nourishment, food and love. Perhaps the kitchen brings back memories of watching mothers baking cookies and waiting anxiously to lick the buttery, sugary cookie dough from the mixing bowls.

Regardless of the reason, many find their kitchens are more than merely a place to cook meals. At parties, everyone will tend to converge into the kitchen, despite the music or football game playing in the living room. Children will sit at the kitchen table to do homework while their parents sit nearby sipping coffee and reading the newspaper. Because so much time is spent in the kitchen, it is only natural it should be a cheery, bright, enjoyable place. Nothing is more depressing than cooking, eating and sitting in a drab, dreary, outdated kitchen. Yet remodeling a kitchen can prove too costly and time consuming for many people. Just replacing the tiling, fixtures and appliances alone could cost thousands of dollars, and could run in the tens of thousands if there is any demolition involved.

Luckily, a kitchen can be instantly revitalized with one quick, easy and inexpensive solution: kitchen cabinet refacing. Kitchen cabinet refacing replaces only a portion of existing cabinets, thus saving the expense, time and labor of installing brand new kitchen cabinets. Kitchen cabinet refacing is accomplished by first removing the current cabinet doors and drawer fronts from the existing kitchen cabinets. The cabinet frames are then sanded down, resurfaced and laminated to ensure the cabinets match the brand new cabinet doors and fronts. The only item the customer pays for will be the new cabinet doors and the labor required to install them.

Those who are handy enough to undertake the task of kitchen cabinet refacing can find easy to follow instructions on Bob Villa's Kitchen Design website. The site offers helpful advice on kitchen cabinet refacing and resurfacing, including what to look for in cabinet doors, replacement of hinges, and finish options and designs for kitchen cabinet refacing. The cost of kitchen cabinet refacing and resurfacing can range from $1,000 to $5,000 depending on the size of the kitchen. The cost of wood cabinet doors will range from $150 to $250 depending on the materials and types of kitchen cabinet refacing.

Another site offering invaluable help in kitchen cabinet refacing is Cabinet Door Depot. This site offers a wealth of information and illustrations on kitchen cabinet refacing, including measuring the cabinet doors, exposed and concealed hinges, and framed versus unframed cabinets. The cost of the cabinet doors range from $12.25 per square foot to $15 per square foot depending on the model. The cabinet doors required for kitchen cabinet refacing, come in a wealth of colors to match any kitchen, including Natural Maple, Verona Cherry and Antique White.

Those who are not equipped with the tools or the requisite knowledge to take on their own kitchen cabinet refacing project, can find help through national stores such as Sears, which specialize in kitchen cabinet refacing. The Sears website conveniently allows the user to find approved contractors by entering their zip code or by calling a toll free number. The work will take three to six days, and the site offers a wide array of door colors and designs to choose from.

Revitalizing the kitchen has never been so easy and inexpensive. Kitchen cabinet refacing allows the homeowner to keep existing, structurally sound cabinets, and only replace the cabinet doors. Not only does this save time and money, it adds beauty to the kitchen without any hassles or needless waste.


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Kitchen King. Refacing Process. 2001. 30 July 2007. http://www.kitchenking.com/refacing.html.

Kitchen Design a Bob Villa.com Channel. Refacing Kitchen Cabinets. 2005. 30 July 2007. http://kitchens.bobvila.com/Article/865.html.

Cabinet Door Depot. 2007. 30 July 2007. http://www.cabinetdoordepot.com/doit.php.

Cabinet Door Depot. 2007. 30 July 2007. http://www.cabinetdoordepot.com/index.php/color/5/ 10000.

Sears. 2007. 30 July 2007. http://www.sears.com/sr/home_services/cabinet_refa cing.jsp.