Use paint to update kitchen cabinets cabinetry is often one of the big ticket items that can jeopardize your ability to pull of a kitchen remodel on a small budget.
Builder grade kitchen cabinet doors.
Nearly all builder grade doors are hollow core construction.
If you are painting this is an easier endeavor because the finish does not have to match.
Change up your cabinet game by retrofitting one or two sets of existing cabinets with new glass fronts.
Painting the existing maple cabinets charcoal and white helped blend the new cabinet by the sink as well as a panel that covers the soffit on the fridge wall.
The thing to remember is this.
Builder grade cabinets often are installed with space above the cabinets like in elisha s kitchen above.
The surface layer is constructed of masonite or mdf fiberboard of varying durability.
Some hollow core doors are light easily damaged and have no sound proofing capabilities.
Whatever material you re working with there will be higher quality options and lower quality options.
A before of the after the first time i painted our builder grade kitchen cabinets.
That time around i used an oil based paint.
The owners of this kitchen swapped out two solid doors for glass doors to the tune of about 70.
Builder grade cabinets for example would often be made of particle board with plywood backing and the doors of the builder grade cabinets might be particle board with a wood or plastic veneer.