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Kitchen Before & After: A Custom Cabinet Upgrade For $250

Cambria Bold
Cambria Bold
Cambria Bold is the Executive Editor of Cubby, and one of Apartment Therapy Media’s first full-time editors from way back when. She was the founding Design and Lifestyle Editor for Kitchn and the Managing Editor for Apartment Therapy’s green living site, Re-Nest (RIP). After a few years offline and then working elsewhere, she’s back to share ideas about design, kids, and family life. It’s helpful that she now has two little kids and lots of thoughts about all those things. She lives with said kids and their father in St. Paul, MN.
updated Jun 9, 2019
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Kitchn reader Alexandria never really liked the cabinets in her kitchen. “The doors are wood, but the boxes are particle board. I wanted a more custom looking kitchen,” she wrote to us. The best way to get a custom look on a budget? Paint the cabinets and build them up to the ceiling — which is exactly what she did, and for under $250! See what her kitchen looks like now:

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Wow! A whole new look indeed. She shares more about the process on her blog:

You don’t have to spend a ton of money on new kitchen cabinets to get a new updated look…. One of the easiest ways to make a kitchen look more updated and custom is to build the cabinets up to the ceiling and add a refrigerator surround. This cabinet project cost me roughly $230.00. Not a huge hit to the wallet if you ask me for such a dramatic new look!

(Image credit: Dio Home Improvements)

In addition to building up the cabinets and constructing a refrigerator surround, Alexandria also painted the cabinets, the range hood, and the refrigerator (she used Rustoleum’s Appliance Epoxy paint for the appliances), and added new hardware. Total cost: $230! Read all about her project, including materials and a step-by-step look at the process, at her blog.

Thanks for sharing, Alexandria!

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