Refinishing kitchen cabinets is an excellent frugal alternative to installing new cabinets, which can cost thousands of dollars (say what?!). While I won’t lie to you–this is a time-consuming endeavor–it yields a major impact and isn’t difficult! It’s such an inexpensive alternative to completely renovating a kitchen and you could get creative with colors. This is probably my favorite frugal home improvement. We went with white because we already have grey walls and a green backsplash and I didn’t want to end up with unicorn colors.
I split the project into 2 posts:
- Part 1 (that’s this one!): the prep
- Part 2: the paint
Total Cost: $183.45
Supplies:
- Screwdriver or drill
- Masking tape
- Permanent marker
- De-greaser:
- We used Klean Strip TSP Substitute
- Liquid sander/de-glosser
- We used Klean Strip Easy Liquid Sander Deglosser
- Disposable latex gloves
- Box cutter
- Painter’s tape:
- Frugal tip: it’s expensive.
Continue reading How to Refinish Kitchen Cabinets: Part 1 at Frugalwoods.