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Kitchen remodeling is one of those major projects that homeowners are afraid to tackle themselves, but with a little sweat equity and help from the nearby house improvement store, any one can renovate their own kitchen. Do not be intimidated: if I can do it, so can you!
When I bought my present home, it hadn't been updated due to the fact 1973. There was sculpted shag, white and gold linoleum... you get the picture. The flooring was an simple and easy alter. I ripped out carpet and put in Pergo Select, scraped up linoleum and laid heavy weight vinyl tiles that look like slate, and hired a person to replace the carpet in the bedroom. But the kitchen also looked like a blast from the 70s. After some believed and important design planning, I decided to tackle the renovation myself. The process was effortless and my new kitchen cabinets look fabulous!
Step 1 was to assess the existing state of my cabinets... I soon learned that the cabinets weren't solid wood, meaning I couldn't sand off the dark stain. That meant priming and painting! A light scuff roughed up the cabinets sufficient to take the primer, and then I painted the cabinets an antique white. To give them that professionally completed appear, I took out the shelves and painted the interior, too. The shelves were completed off with a coat of paint on the bottom and contact paper on top.
The old cabinet doors didn't have knockout center panels, so to get the glass-front appear I wanted, they had to be replaced. I chose unfinished oak frames, doors and drawer fronts from my neighborhood residence improvement shop. To place my order, I measured each and every existing door and drawer carefully--measure, measure, and measure once more to make positive your new cabinet doors will fit! I also created a diagram so I would know which doors went exactly where.
Once delivery day arrived, there was nonetheless tons of work in front of me. I got out my trusty measuring tape and measured the cabinet door frames for the glass inserts. I gave the Delphi glass rep the measurements and the number of pieces, and she figured out how various sheets of glass I required. Then, though I waited for the glass to arrive, I sanded and completed with doors with a satin, water-based polyurethane for durability and a stunning finish.
Cutting the glass was painless, if a small stressful. Mark your glass with a grease pencil to make certain you get the layout perfect! This ensures you have minimum waste and you get all the pieces you want. When your glass inserts are cut, run a bead of clear silicone caulk around the inside edge of the cabinet door frame. Lay in your glass and secure it with glazing points leave it flat until the caulk cures.
When the time came to install the new glass-front cabinet doors, I got lucky-my new doors lined up with the screw holes from the old doors. If yours don't, basically measure the distinction and drill your new pilot holes before hanging. The drawer fronts are not tricky to get rid of. and you can use the very same holes to install them. You will have to drill the holes for attaching your pulls, though, so measure, mark, and pre-drill them before attaching the drawer fronts.
That's all it takes: a few very simple actions, quite basic home improvement know-how, and the desire for cost-effective, lovely new kitchen cabinets! My new cabinets are glass on top, solid doors on the bottom and appear truly gorgeous. At a cost of $800.00 plus labor (all mine!) they had been much less high priced than all-new cabinets. I have a great-seeking new kitchen and I'm proud that I did it myself.
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