Kitchen Cabinet Refacing Offers Sound Investment

by Allison Beatty
Face Your Kitchen Columnist

The kitchen is an important room where your home improvement dollars typically pay big dividends. This is particularly true for cabinet refacing, as it adds plenty of value and is much less costly than replacing cabinets.

Kitchen Cabinet Refacing Costs

Depending on the size of your kitchen and the number of cabinets, your kitchen cabinet refacing costs might range from $3,000 to $5,000. This is a fraction of the cost of replacing kitchen cabinets. You'll also save the mental energy required to live through a full kitchen remodeling project.

Cabinet Refacing is Efficient

Unlike cabinet replacement, cabinet refacing is quick and easy. Most cabinet refacing companies can complete a project within two to three days. After measuring your kitchen and completing a diagram of the cabinets, the cabinet refacing company makes the new doors and drawers, then delivers and installs them.

Many Cabinet Refacing Benefits

The cost of your cabinet refacing project will quickly provide benefits, as you stand back and look at the dramatic change in your kitchen design. You'll have a clean, modern look for your kitchen, plus added functionality with:

• Roll out drawers in your kitchen cabinets.
• New storage options for spices, pots and pans and other kitchen items.
• Improved cabinet drawer glides to make opening and closing drawers easier.

Kitchen Cabinet Replacement is Costly

The cost to replace kitchen cabinets can easily range from $15,000 to $40,000. The cost varies based on:

• The size of the room
• The type of kitchen cabinets
• The use of premium woods or stains. If you want cherry wood with a mocha stain, for example, your kitchen cabinet bill will be higher.

Cabinet refacing is an inexpensive way to create a big change in the kitchen. Since cabinet refacing costs are a fraction of the cost to replace cabinets, the decision should be an easy one.

About the Author
Allison E. Beatty is a syndicated real estate writer. She has been a writer of home improvement columns for 15 years. Her articles have appeared in numerous national newspapers and magazines, and on home improvement web sites.