So it’s time to replace our kitchen cabinets. They’re probably close to 50 years old and the particle board is simply falling apart. Our house is small (around 1000 square feet), so our kitchen is as well.
Suggestions or resources on where to get started? Web searching seems to find mainly:
- Ads
- Articles about whether to replace them
- Articles about how to do it yourself (we don’t have the skills, tools, or inclination)
(Specific recommendations for Portland, OR would be particularly useful.)
Two other things I noticed in this web search:
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Many of the pages seem like they were written by either ChatGPT or a first-year college student trying to pad 2 pages of ideas into a 20-page paper.
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What’s with all the open shelving? Who are these people who (a) are magically immune to dust and (b) have so much space they can spend four feet of shelving on one knickknack they got on their weekend trip to Provence?
@peterdrake About 8 years ago, my wife and I went to a local big, enormous hardware store and enquired about kitchen renovation. They handled the entire job, from design to installation. Once the construction was under way we ate take-out and the like in the living room for a month or two.
@hendrikboom3
A month or two?! Wow, that must’ve been an awfully huge renovation.
@trinsec @peterdrake The entire kitchen was replaced – counters, cupboards, flooring, heating, plumbing …
@peterdrake Ikea is pretty good at cabinets & would have options for small spaces
@peterdrake I would probably go to a few stores that sell cabinets and talk to them. And maybe consider IKEA for cost. We did a full kitchen remodel in our house and cabinets were by far the most expensive part. We created a couple small areas of open shelving - one in a narrow vertical area where we can quickly grab fruit from the bowl, store things that we use a lot (like the colander, cutting boards, etc).
@peterdrake I'm a woodworker, but I don't do kitchen cabinets. To find a decent cabinet person, go into google maps and search "cabinet manufacturer".
I use DC Door as my main door / drawer front manufacturer. If you ask them for a recommendation they will give you several names of reputable firms in the area so you can match them up to the google maps results.
@peterdrake visit the local Habitat for Humanity "Restore" because they usually have quite a few used cabinet sets in good condition. We rebuilt our kitchen last year by using a set of solid wood cabinets that we picked up for $200.