jimmybirdie
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I am buying a house and I thought about replacing the cabinets but we can't afford to spend 20K right now.
The cabinets are still in good shape, they are just dirty and the wood color is too light for me. I am thinking about either painting or stain/varnishing. My question is that can I stain/varnish the cabinets and make them much darker? The corners of the doors are very dirty from hand marks because there were no knobs or handles so I am not sure if staining/vanishing can hide the dark marks.
Do you think staining/varnishing or painting will make them look better?
I plan to replace the appliances. I will replace the hinges, and add handles. I also plan to replace the vinyl floor with tiles. Another possibility is tiling the coutertops with granite tiles but I need to think about the difficulty and whether I can do it myself or not.
See the pic of the kitchen below.
thanks,
Jimmy
View attachment kitchen.bmp
The cabinets are still in good shape, they are just dirty and the wood color is too light for me. I am thinking about either painting or stain/varnishing. My question is that can I stain/varnish the cabinets and make them much darker? The corners of the doors are very dirty from hand marks because there were no knobs or handles so I am not sure if staining/vanishing can hide the dark marks.
Do you think staining/varnishing or painting will make them look better?
I plan to replace the appliances. I will replace the hinges, and add handles. I also plan to replace the vinyl floor with tiles. Another possibility is tiling the coutertops with granite tiles but I need to think about the difficulty and whether I can do it myself or not.
See the pic of the kitchen below.
thanks,
Jimmy
View attachment kitchen.bmp
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