Cabinet Refacing Explained
Cabinet refacing is updating your current cabinet doors, drawer faces, and end panels. It’s an inexpensive way to update your kitchen cabinets.
Benefits Of Refacing Your Cabinets
- Much cheaper than new cabinets
- Lot’s of different style options (recessed, wood veneer, laminates, etc.)
- Refacing projects can be completed in days instead of weeks versus removing old cabinets
- You can incorporate new features like pull out garbage cans and lazy susan’s
Cost Of Refacing
On the low end (usually a slab door option) you should budget $150 per door opening and $80 per drawer face. On the high end, budget $300 per door and $150 per drawer face.
Where your project lands on the cost spectrum will depend completely on which style you choose. Laminates are usually your most inexpensive option while wood veneers are often the most costly.
Can Your Cabinets Be Refaced?
The first thing that you have to consider before taking on this budget home remodeling project is the condition of you existing cabinets. The boxes that make up the skeleton of your cabinets have to be structurally sound.
Does your current kitchen layout work? If not then why put money into a kitchen cabinet layout that frustrates you? Wait a little longer and save up the money for a new layout.
Cabinets with full face frames (like the ones pictured above) are the best candidate for refacing. That doesn’t mean that you can’t remodel your kitchen if you have full overlay cabinets, just that it’s much easier and cheaper on cabinetry with visible frames.
