Kitchen Redo - Order of projects

anon94785555
Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:14:44 +0000

Maple is a good hardwood- we used that with our major kitchen renovation (and rest of the house) when we bought our current house. Before redoing the doors I’ll assume the insides of the cabinets are in good shape and work well. Ours were not so it was a huge functional improvement to replace them.

Our kitchen was gutted, painted, ceiled changed to recessed cans from lowered tubes. Then tile replaced vinyl on the cement slab- it extends under the cabinets, without replacing cabinets the tile would have ended at the cabinets with an edging piece (as was done with newer vinyl in our old house).

The granite people were of course careful. I would not think competent tradespeople would damage cabinets et al. You need to vet your sources and sometimes not use the cheapest possible.

We have always just used the counter material 3" high backsplash. A backsplash to the cabinet level could be last- unless it is a matter of saving money on granite (quartz) by having a different material to the counter.

After all I have written plus others’ information the bottom line would be to consult with pros, get estimates and information from them. Staging things with the most visible/bothers you most first makes sense. The cabinets? They look like the ones we chose. Perhaps new counters and sink would make every day life more pleasant first.

In our location we went with Home Depot and Kraft Maid cabinets for our desired quality level. When we asked neighbors et al most seemed to have good experiences with the contractors they used. I went to so many kitchen/cabinet shops and was leery of quality at them I stuck with a major brand. But- if you already have better grade cabinetry it is worthwhile redoing just the doors.