Updating 1970s Kitchen Cabinets
Olivia Luz
We ve rounded up 10 ways you can do this with some standard tools straightforward installations pre made kits and more.
I vote for refacing cabinet doors and drawers. When we saw photos of kitchn reader sarah galender meyer s bay area kitchen renovation we were stunned. About 5 for a package of sandpaper. See what the kitchen looks like now.
We already had paint rollers and brushes. This small dark 1970s kitchen horrid as sarah said underwent a complete gut remodel which included knocking down a wall between the kitchen and dining room and adding french doors to bring in more light. We had exactly the same cabinets in our 1970s cottage and i just had a full renovation done because i wanted an open space between kitchen and dining area. If you re looking to reface refurbish or refresh your kitchen cabinets without a major overhaul this list is for you.
Our kitchen cabinets were dated but i could not bring myself to rip out these solid wood cabinets plus i did not want to spend the money on new ones. Our kitchen was a dark straight out of the 1970s style kitchen that had been pieced together at some point. A quick way to give your kitchen a facelift without having to replace these cabinets is to cover them with a. After sanding the walls we painted the kitchen walls with some of the living room s paint.
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I tried refinishing the cabinets first but it just made the beautiful new hardware look out of place. Protect the rest of your kitchen from paint splatter by taping off the walls around the cabinets and putting drop cloths over the counters. The day we moved in we pulled off the kitchen s original faded floral wallpaper. In the end we decided to update the kitchen cabinets without replacing them by adding mdf trim to create a diy shaker cabinet door then paint everything.Many kitchens in the 1970s featured dark wood or laminate cabinets. We had hinges that mounted to the face of the doors and looked like they belonged in an outdated cabin. Updating a dated kitchen 5. Paint is hard to remove from formica brand surfacing which was the counter material of choice in the 1970s so don t skip this step if your kitchen counter hasn t been updated.
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