Is painting kitchen cabinets a good idea?
If you are happy with the layout of your cupboards, you do not need to replace or reface them.
Can all types of cabinets can be painted?
Yes! All wood products including laminates, melamine and even thermofoil cabinets can be beautifully painted.
Who should paint your cabinets?
If you are on a budget and are good with a brush and roller you can save thousands painting them yourself. However, it's important to know what your expectation are and how good you want the cabinets to look.
If you aren't too fussy and don't expect perfect, DIY kitchen cabinet painting is a great way to update a kitchen for a few hundred dollars.
Should you hire a house painter?
If you want your cabinets to look somewhat better than DIY, don't even think about attempting to paint cabinets yourself. Hire a painter. Most people who attempt to DIY kitchen cabinet painting would never do it again. Painting cabinets is is tedious process that requires above average painting skills. Once cabinets have been painted poorly, it may cost a lot more to fix them than its worth.
See bad kitchen cabinet painting.
House Painters vs Cabinet Painters
The average house painter should be able to paint cabinets better than DIY, but don't expect high quality. Most painting contractors ARE NOT cabinet painters. House painters don't normally have the proper setup and training, let alone the patience to refinish cabinets to look much better than DIY. House painters usually paint kitchen cabinets and cupboards like they spray paint houses.
- Most kitchen cabinets can be beautifully refinished, painted or repurposed!
- If you are happy with the layout of your kitchen but simply put, dislike the colour of your cupboards ... professionally painted cabinets will without question make them look new and modern again!
- Most older cabinets have similar door profiles to today’s modern cabinets. Updating hardware and painting your cabinets a modern colour will instantly give a fresh new look again!
- Older cabinets are often better made to new cabinetry, why replace when you can simply paint them to look new again.
- The money saved from painting cabinets allows more renovation $$$ to be put towards updated counter-tops, flooring, kitchen appliances etc.
- Professionally spray painted cabinets not only look great, they add substantial $ value to your home.
- Kitchen cabinet painting is fast, affordable and effective. (average start to finish in 5 to 10 days).
- No messy construction.
Above is a great example as to why the owners choose to paint these kitchen cabinets! Look at the transformation. From a dark and dreary burgundy to a clean bright look in 10 days.