Kitchen Redo - Order of projects

coralbrook
Tue, 27 Feb 2018 01:48:07 +0000

Here’s my advice:

Since you don’t want stained cabinets, research cabinet refacing. There will be several companies that will come out and give bids and show their product. Beware of thermafoil white wrap crap

Take off one drawer and sand, prep, paint with foam roller. You won’t get the spray look but you will be able to tell if it looks nice and whether it will last. Put drawer back in, put a handle on and abuse the drawer a lot. Bang some pots against it, use dirty hands to open and close. Try cleaning the surface with a mild soap. In general newly painted cabinets will lighten up and freshen up the kitchen and you will love them.

Decide whether you want to reface or repaint and hire someone to do that job.

Before they come, you need to clear out all cabinets and set up a kitchen somewhere else. You may have to pull out stove, dishwasher, microwave, and refrigerator for a bit. You might as well, you won’t believe how gross it gets back behind these things and it needs a thorough cleaning. If you are not comfortable moving those out yourself, include it in the painting job bid.

Paint walls and ceiling yourself

You should be able to demo off countertops and sink yourself. The problem is hauling it away somewhere. By having countertops off, the painting will be more thorough. Find prefab granite, quartz, marble place in your area. Make your selection and ask the store for installation/fabrication referrals. Buy undermount sink and faucet (and soap, hot water dispensers if wanted.)

After cabinets done, have countertop guys install the undermount sink and drill hole(s) for faucet.

So far you have only hired two specialists. You might need to hire a plumber if you need to for hooking up garbage disposal, sink drain and dishwasher

Then you can have some fun selecting backsplash and installing yourself

You can do floors any time after countertop installed