Tyler Gilray

Doing up or remodeling your kitchen is a common home improvement choice for individuals wishing to increase the value of their house or extend the life of their existing kitchen. A total kitchen makeover with new cabinets, worktops, and units may be quite costly, especially if you already have a perfectly functional kitchen. What if you could update your kitchen without spending a fortune on materials or causing substantial disturbance to your daily routine?

Resurfacing your kitchen could be the answer if you're searching for a quick, straightforward, and cost-effective way to refresh it. You can give your kitchen a fresh new look without hiring pricey contractors by simply adding a newer, more beautiful finish to your cabinets and worktops. But how does it function and what options do you have?

How to give your kitchen cabinetry a new lease on life

Resurfacing your kitchen cabinet doors, especially if your cabinets have wooden doors, can be as simple as adding a new coat of paint to eliminate those old and outdated colors from your kitchen, especially if you can live with your current worktops. DIY stores have special paints with a grainy texture that can be applied to the doors. However, the results can be unpredictable, and the painted finish detracts from the hygienic features of vinyl-covered or solid-wood kitchen doors.

The best way to resurface your kitchen is to get rid of the old doors and replace them with new ones that are in the design or color of your choice. You might like the new flat and 'ultragloss' finishes, which will offer your kitchen a fresh new look. Replacement kitchen door suppliers will gladly provide you with examples of their various ranges so you can view how the new design/color will seem in person. Kitchen cabinet door replacement is simple, and numerous articles have been written on how to measure for new doors.

Replacement kitchen door businesses can advise you on what end panels to buy to match your new doors if your kitchen unit end panels are visible. For this purpose, some companies even sell self-adhesive laminates.Even a little alteration, such as replacing your spray painters kitchen door handles, can greatly increase the visual impact of your kitchen. You can also improve the operation of the unit by installing soft-closing hinges to avoid door slams. You may dramatically transform the look of your kitchen with a strong, revitalized design by combining these modest modifications.

Changing the look of your kitchen counters

Resurfacing your worktops is a little different because they must be both attractive and useful. A tabletop surface must be hygienic as well as durable enough to withstand cuts and scratches over time. DIYers have had mixed results when it comes to adding a layer of formica or tiles (a tiled worktop is particularly hard on glassware and ceramic crockery). Kitchen worktops can be resurfaced with corian or quartz laminates by professional worktop fitters, but this is a very expensive option.

Replacement of the worktop with one that matches your new cabinet doors is the only long-term answer. Although this may appear to be a difficult operation at first, especially if the tiling splashback extends to the worktop, keep in mind that kitchen cabinets have movable legs that can be wound down to separate the worktop from the tiles. The worktop can then be replaced, and the legs can be wound back up to the original worktop level.

Any of these strategies can dramatically modify your kitchen's current design, and the variety of options available means that remodeling that fits your desired aesthetic is simple to implement.

Paul Trafford works for Lark and Larks, a company that sells kitchen replacement doors and handles. Lark and Larks provides all of the elements needed to design or restore a contemporary or conventional kitchen, from kitchen door knobs to whole cabinets, from taps to stainless steel sinks.