Affordable Cabinet Refacing Materials: Ultimate Value, Remarkable Results

by Kelly Richardson
Face Your Kitchen Columnist

If your kitchen cabinets are difficult to look at, but brand new ones aren't in the financial forecast, there is a way out. This collection of affordable cabinet refacing materials turn darkness into light in the direst of circumstances.

Let's face it. The kitchen and the bathroom are perhaps the most important living spaces in your home. And if you're unhappy with either of them, the quickest, most cost-effective way to make an immediate impact is cabinet refacing. But the project must be affordable or it's no good. Here are some affordable cabinet refacing materials to ask for.

Affordable Cabinet Refacing Materials

• Veneer. The easiest on your wallet. Veneer gives a look of genuine wood without the price tag. Pressure adhesive veneer is the top of the line.
• Wood. For those who can't have it any other way. Wood refacing products have only become more durable and attractive in the past several years.
• Rigid Thermo Foil. This vinyl foil laminate is made ultra durable through a contemporary pressure molding process. Choose from hundreds of styles. 

As long as you're looking to save money, here are several sensible tips for cutting your contractor's bill even further.

Save More Money with Cabinet Refacing

• Estimates. Get several cabinet refacing estimates and compare them.
• Rejects. Small blemishes get them shelved. They'll save you big bucks.
• Discontinued. Find these cabinet refacing materials reduced frequently.

Affordable cabinet refacing materials look like the expensive stuff but aren't. Only your contractor will know for sure.

About the Author
Kelly Richardson covers the home improvement scene in between his seasonal projects. His articles appear wherever intelligent interior design is valued.