Replacement Kitchen Cabinet Doors--An Affordable Alternative to a Custom Kitchen

By Leslie A.M.
RefacingCabinet.com Columnist

If a new kitchen remodel is not in your budget and you don't want to build your own kitchen cabinets, then replacement kitchen cabinet doors may be a perfect choice for you. Giving your kitchen a brand new look, replacement kitchen cabinet doors, and drawer fronts, are affordable and have multiple options.

Sources for Inexpensive Kitchen Cabinets

There are many sources for replacement kitchen cabinet doors including home centers and online purveyors. You can get both unfinished and finished replacement kitchen cabinet doors. Choose from a variety of styles as well as paint or stain color.

Build Your Own Kitchen Cabinets

Replacing just the cabinet fronts and the drawer fronts is much more affordable and thankfully, the cabinet boxes last a lot longer. When you choose the replacement kitchen cabinet doors that are right for you, also choose new hardware. Think of the handles and drawer pulls as jewelry. Hardware finishes the look and changes the whole feel of the decor.

Create a Custom Kitchen Look

If you want the look of a custom kitchen, include extra touches that make a custom kitchen special. Consider using a few additional elements. They might frame your replacement kitchen cabinets and make them look much more expensive than they are. Molding, valances, and fillers all add depth and interest to your replacement kitchen cabinet doors. The "molding" category includes both crown molding that gives your cabinets a grand appearance as it joins the cabinets to the ceiling, and decorative accent molding like rope, dentil, cove, and shoe molding. Valances add a decorative accent to the edges of cabinets. Fillers are simply fluted flat strips that go between cabinets.

Save time and money by using replacement kitchen cabinet doors to achieve the look of a custom kitchen.

About The Author

Leslie A.M. Smith is a freelance writer and desperately needs a new kitchen. Until she can afford it, she has her eye on refacing her cabinets.