Jared Martin
10-16-2014, 12:40 AM
So our house was built in the late 70s. We have a large kitchen which works well for us. Problem is that the cabinets are awful. Dark particleboard with 1/2" face frames. We definitely don't have the money to replace the cabinets but I thought that I could build new drawers and cabinet doors and that might at least give a better look without breaking the bank. They're painted white already (raw dark particleboard inside) and I'd be looking to paint the inside white as well to lighten up everything and hopefully make things look a little less cheap.
The carcasses do seem to be in good shape (solid, level, not coming apart, etc). Am I crazy thinking that this would be a good idea? Thought about refacing things myself, but I think that would be a bit of an ambitious project for me (have a 9 month old baby in the house, so free time is a precious commodity nowadays).
Are there any decent soft-close hinges (Blum, etc) that can be mounted to 1/2" face frames? From what I've seen, no, but maybe I missed something. I figured I'd have to add blocks to the back of the face frames where the hinges would attach to thicken them to 3/4".
Thanks for any thoughts or guidance.
Jared
The carcasses do seem to be in good shape (solid, level, not coming apart, etc). Am I crazy thinking that this would be a good idea? Thought about refacing things myself, but I think that would be a bit of an ambitious project for me (have a 9 month old baby in the house, so free time is a precious commodity nowadays).
Are there any decent soft-close hinges (Blum, etc) that can be mounted to 1/2" face frames? From what I've seen, no, but maybe I missed something. I figured I'd have to add blocks to the back of the face frames where the hinges would attach to thicken them to 3/4".
Thanks for any thoughts or guidance.
Jared