Laminate Cabinet Refacing Can Renew Your Kitchen

If you have been in your home for several years or you have recently purchased an older existing home, there is a good chance you are in the market for a change in your kitchen such as a laminate cabinet refacing.  Almost every homeowner faces a kitchen makeover sometime during their life as a homeowner and the first issue involved in the planning of a renewed kitchen will be how to address the cabinets.  You may have a strong desire to reconfigure your kitchen and, if so, your best option may be to tear out and entirely replace your cabinets.  However, if your kitchen is laid out to your satisfaction and your cabinets are still structurally sound, your are a good candidate to save quite a bit of time and money be refacing your existing cabinets.

There is more than one process you can choose when you are considering a cabinet refacing.  You can simply paint your existing cabinets for a fresh new look and many people choose this method.  If you have stained cabinets, you can refinish your existing cabinets and again refresh the look of your cabinets.  However, one of the more common methods involves a complete laminate cabinet refacing that includes the replacement of your cabinet doors and drawer fronts, and applying a matching laminated to the cabinet boxes that matches the new drawer and door fronts.  This process will give the appearance of brand new cabinets with much less expensive and be completed in just a few days.

In reality, many times, laminate cabinet refacing may provide you with better quality then new cabinets.  If you are in an older home, your existing cabinets may be of solid wood and higher quality construction than most custom cabinets that are built today.  Refacing your cabinets will allow you to get back in your kitchen much faster as it is also much less labor intensive then tearing out and reinstalling brand new cabinetry.  Keeping your present cabinets will not require you to tamper with existing plumbing, sinks, or counter tops unless you have the desire to do so.  Along with these advantages that help you keep from busting your budget, refacing kitchen cabinets will add value to your home as an updated kitchen can give you a return on your investment of 75 to 125 percent.

When you begin the planning of your kitchen cabinet makeover, do not forget the options available to you in the replacement of your drawer and cabinet pulls.  Chances are these items also need to be updated and will provide a finishing touch to your laminate cabinet refacing.  Consider adding some updates inside your cabinets such as cookie sheet racks, a Lazy Susan in a cornet cabinet or some drawers in the bottom cabinets for your pots and pans.  You will easily be able to pay for these space saving upgrades with the money you saved by not blowing your budget on brand new cabinets.