Has anyone refaced cabinets (i.e. purchased new doors and veneers for old boxes)?
h and I have a vacation home where the cabinet doors are super flimsy and not our style. We're weighing the pros and cons of ripping out the kitchen and replacing the cabinets/countertops (same layout), or just staining/refacing.
I really want to do this. I can't afford new cabinets and the boxes are oak so I can paint them, but I LOATHE the doors. I just want to replace them. It doesn't seem like it will be an easy project though.
We did this at our old house before we moved. We bought new doors, veneer and the matching paint from kitchenreface.com.
We did the upper cabinets light and the lowers were a wood tone, so we refaced the wood boxes that were visible, the face frames and painted the little exposed places that were left to match, and the frames on the uppers were painted to match those doors.
It was such a great bang for the buck, We were kicking ourselves for not having done it sooner. Honestly,if the kitchen here had been a decent layout, we would have just gotten new doors and refaced.
If you do it the way TBM did it's probably worth it, but if you're talking about hiring a company to come in and do it that gets pricey quick. From the quotes I've seen/heard of, you'd be better off buying new cabinets.
If you do it the way TBM did it's probably worth it, but if you're talking about hiring a company to come in and do it that gets pricey quick. From the quotes I've seen/heard of, you'd be better off buying new cabinets.
This. Our old neighbors had their cabinets professionally refaced, and it was more expensive than replacing them with new cabinets. It was crazy.
Post by laterbloomer on Jul 25, 2014 8:30:20 GMT -5
The previous owners did it in my kitchen and I love it. The boxes were solid and straight so no need to replace them. They went with a dark wood look shaker style. It updates the kitchen a 1000% and from what I understand was much cheaper than new cabinets.
My problem is that I have 80s oak cabinets with like three inches of exposed box around each door and visible hinges, but what I want are shakers that cover the box completely and have European hinges. I don't think I can convert them, which makes me want to cry. Almost as much as the fact that I can't remove my soffit and that there's a beam in the way, so all my dreams of having nice, tall, narrow, shakers have been crushed. I'm working with standard size, a soffit, and a tiny budget.
Post by thatgirl2478 on Jul 25, 2014 12:48:14 GMT -5
We did it on our previous home turned rental before we put it on the market. We bought doors & door fronts at HD after measuring carefully and install was pretty easy. We did have to drill new holes for the hinges, but it wasn't the end of the world. The hardest part was the drawer fronts honestly.
My problem is that I have 80s oak cabinets with like three inches of exposed box around each door and visible hinges, but what I want are shakers that cover the box completely and have European hinges. I don't think I can convert them, which makes me want to cry. Almost as much as the fact that I can't remove my soffit and that there's a beam in the way, so all my dreams of having nice, tall, narrow, shakers have been crushed. I'm working with standard size, a soffit, and a tiny budget.
I think there are hinges that make that possible. I remember seeing an option when we ordered our doors, but I didn't have time to figure out which hinges I needed for that.
super helpful, thanks for all the responses! We've priced out new RTA (ready to assemble) cabinets (because yes, we would absolutely be doing this ourselves) and it came out to about $2000 so if refacing is going to cost $1500 it might be worth it to go for new cabinets for the extra $500. Glad to know others have had good luck with it though!