Every homeowner at one point will be presented with a difficult decision; do you sell your current home or do you spend the extra money to remodel your home? After you take everything into consideration and you come to the conclusion that remodeling is the best option for you at the time, you then need to put together a good plan.

Depending on the age of the home, the kitchen is normally one of the spaces in the average home that requires the most amount of attention. In order to make updates to the kitchen, you are most likely going to look at making major changes to the upper and lower cabinets in the kitchen. When it comes to the cabinets, if they are in good condition then they should not need to be completely replaced.

Repainting instead of replacing

As long as the structure of the cabinets is intact and you are confident that they will hold up for another 5 to 10 years, you would be safe to consider repainting the exterior of the cabinet faces. Another consideration has to be whether or not the style of doors fits in with the style of decor you have chosen. If the cabinet style will not clash with your new plan, you should be able to get away with repainting.

By repainting the outside of the cabinets to better fit in with the rest of your kitchen remodeling plan you will be able to trim out a considerable chunk of your remodeling budget. With that said, you will need to be prepared for the extra amount of work that you will need to do in order for you to successfully repaint the outside of all of the kitchen cabinets.

How to go about repainting your kitchen cabinets?

So, you made the decision that you will be able to use all of the current kitchen cabinets and incorporate them into your new remodeling plan. For the most part that is generally what you are ultimately shooting for, this is mainly because the cost of starting over with new cabinet boxes and fronts to custom fit into your new design is going to cost a fortune.

The planning, preparation, and performance of the work are the three key phases that will ensure that you will get the best finished results.

Planning – Making a good plan for the way all of the work is going to be carried out will go along way to ensure that all of the work is done correctly and the final product will be up to your standard.  

Preparation – Depending on the method you decide to use for repainting the cabinets will dictate the specific preparation steps that you will need to follow. You will need to ensure that you remove all of the hardware of the cabinets to ensure that there is no overspray or so no paint accidentally gets on the door hardware.

Performing the work – It is very important that all exterior surfaces are checked for imperfections that could cause the primer and paint to fail to stick properly to the exterior of all of the cabinets. Once the outside of all of the cabinets is ready to be painted, be sure that you properly cover all other surfaces with paper to ensure no paint gets where you absolutely do not want it to.