Renovate Old Kitchen Cabinets
Look at the option of re-painting all cabinet surfaces. Sand and refinish rough surfaces before adding new paint. Use a small paint roller to apply white paint to upper cabinets and burgundy paint to base cabinets, for example. Be sure to add crown molding along the ceiling perimeter, if cabinets reach to the ceiling.
Add new doors as a quick way to get a major makeover. Stain or paint old cabinet shells, but add brand new doors. Paint cabinets pale gold and add maple doors, for example. Paint the cabinetry units white and add new white pre-made doors, as another option. Buy one or two doors with glass fronts or wire fronts to really dress up old cabinets.
Combine colors and finishes for a real artistic touch. Sand wood cabinets and use two colors of stain, as one option. Use cherry stain on two cabinets side by side. Stain a third cabinet light maple. Repeat this pattern throughout the kitchen. Paint cabinets on upper walls and base cabinetry in alternate colors, too. Use both antique white and hunter green or copper and burgundy, as possible combinations.
Install something old to give a wake-up to a tired kitchen. Purchase a 1920s dish display cabinet and paint it bright yellow. Use it as a free-standing cabinet in a kitchen with refinished cherry cabinets, for example. Paint an old cabinet bright red to use with chrome cabinets to re-create the 1950s.
Use tile work and hardware to enhance the cabinets' backsplash area. Paint all cabinets a high gloss black, for example, and install light gold tiles in the backsplash area. Use glass door knobs and drawer pulls, or add nickel hardware to give the cabinets a contemporary touch.
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