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April 12, 2005
Re-facing cabinets
Has anyone ever gone this route for their kitchen reno? Our cabinets are functional if a little unattractive, and looking for people to weigh-in on pros/cons of re-facing and any recs for companies. I've been thinking of asking Nu-facers in Manhattan for an estimate. thank you
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i used home depot to buy kitchen cabinets. i bought thomasville. the cabinets are great quality. i bought 19 cabinets and went all out and got the granite counter tops. the designer was great she really knew what she was doing. the cabinets and the granite cost me a total og 16k but that without installation. home depot wanted 12k just to install them! i said ok to buying the cabinets but no to having them install them. i did it myself and the kitchen looks great.
Posted by: steve at April 18, 2005 8:23 PM
I wouldn't go near home depo with a ten foot pole. They will be out of business before they know it. Honestly, they are no cheaper than going through a decorator or perhaps saving money on just refacing cabinets etc thru a comany such as nufacers in manhattan -
If you are creative, Ikea is the least expensive deal in town and the best looking for your dollar - and yes, they can be extremely helpful if you avoid going on the weekends. check out their web sight - they have an interactive kitchen area on it
Also you may first want to go to one of those huge magazine stores (there are tons of remodeling mags along with straight kitchen and bath mags - the euro ones are the best) or a book store such as barnes and noble and find pictures of the things you like which you can bring with you while shopping - if you dont know what your looking for your head will be spinning when you see the selection out there -
Posted by: daphne jarrett at April 20, 2005 1:29 AM
I'm in the same position as the poster - our cabinets aren't terrible, and am considering new doors only. However I would like something that I can paint rather than something with a vinyl facing on it, which is what I think Nufacers does. While it seems solid wood would be a nice choice, I just spoke with a representative at a company and she suggested MDF because each door is made out of one piece and won't show construction seams the way a wood door would and also it's more economical. Has anyone dones this? I'm curious about results because if in the end it looks bad then it's not economical at all....
Posted by: lou at April 21, 2005 10:18 AM
We looked into refacing and found nothing that looked good. We were told that 80% of the cost of new cabinets is the doors so the savings from refacing isn't what you'd expect. Of course, now we have redesigned the whole kitchen, including new flooring, appliances, reconfiguring the layout and new backsplash. True to past experience, the whole job will be roughly twice our original budget.
Posted by: Anonymous at April 22, 2005 10:22 AM
How is it possible that 80% of the cost of ripping out entire wall cabinets and rebuilding from scratch is the doors? It just doesn't make any sense.
What kind of cabinets did you go with?
Posted by: lou at April 22, 2005 3:37 PM
There are a lot of opinions. I went to Lowe's and was happy with the results. Solid wood or veneer is better than MDF, IMHO. There was an article in Consumers Reports last year that validated my experience: you can now get much better quality cabinets than you used for less.
I wouldn't do the refacing...how about painting them like they do on "designed on a dime"?
If you're going to redo the cabinets, you might as well redo the whole kitchen, including the plan.
Posted by: OE at April 24, 2005 8:36 PM
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