Your kitchen cabinets should be the highlight of your kitchen, which means if they’re not looking their best, your kitchen could look dull and drab. If you’re thinking of undergoing a kitchen remodeling project, learn how to choose the best cabinets for your home. Knowing the difference between the styles, wood choices, stains and paints and hardware can help you choose kitchen cabinets that will look great (and keep you happy) for years to come.
Which Cabinet Style Best Fits Your Kitchen Remodeling Project
Which style fits your kitchen remodeling project? Are you looking for traditional, contemporary or mission style doors? Do you even know what that means? If you’re not an expert in kitchen cabinets, consider which types of doors you prefer. Popular options include:
- Raised panel doors
- Flat panel doors
- Applied molding and beaded panel doors
- Slab doors
- Mitered frame doors
- Inset doors
The best thing to do when searching for the right style of kitchen cabinets is to visit a cabinetry showroom or view pictures online. Once you know which style you prefer, you can move on to the next choice — what type of wood is right for your kitchen remodeling.
Choosing The Right Wood For Your Kitchen Cabinets
The next choice you need to make is what type of wood that you want to use. Popular choices include cherry, maple, hickory, red oak, lyptus, rustic alder and white oak. Each wood type provides a unique look so you want to have a good idea of what you want your finished kitchen remodeling project to look like to make sure you’re choosing the right wood for your kitchen cabinets..
Selecting The Right Stain Or Paint
Choosing the right stain or paint should happen at the same time you’re choosing your wood type. Cherry stains, for instance, can range from a light stain that brings out the natural beauty of the wood, to a reddish brown, to a deep coffee color. At this time, you should decide whether you want a matte or satin finish and if you want any specialty touches, such as glazing, vintage or rustic looking finishes.
If you’re thinking of painting your kitchen cabinets, now’s the time to choose your paint. Although white or lighter colored paints are common for kitchen cabinets, these aren’t your only options. It’s possible to choose fun colors like deep red, smoky blue or a soft green and every shade in between. When you use unique colors for your kitchen cabinet remodeling project, you can be sure that you have a one of a kind kitchen.
Which Kitchen Cabinet Hardware?
Hardware is usually the last choice homeowners need to make. Hardware can include drawer pulls and door handles and the possibilities are nearly endless. Hardware comes in every style, from classic to modern to vintage, and it’s an affordable way update the look of your cabinets every few years. If you’re having a hard time choosing the right hardware for your kitchen remodel, consider buying one or two handles or pulls of multiple styles. This way you’ll be able to see which ones you prefer before you install them all on your kitchen cabinets and drawers.
What Is A Kitchen Remodeling Going To Cost?
The sky’s the limit when it comes to your budget for a kitchen remodeling. A typical complete kitchen remodeling can cost up to $50,000, depending on what type of work that you’re planning on. While there’s no one size fits all cost or budget, it’s important to work with a reputable local cabinetry and kitchen remodeling company to get an individual quote. Tradewind Custom Cabinetry and Beattie Remodeling will be able to evaluate your kitchen, take measurements, create a custom kitchen design plan, and give you an idea of costs for various types of cabinets for you to choose from.
The cabinet manufacturers we work with, can provide you with the look you want at a price you can afford:
- Kabinart is our standard line of cabinets, available in a wide range of styles to fit any budget.
- Showplace Cabinetry is our mid-level line of cabinets, available in upgraded materials and a wider range of styles.
- Bremtown is our top-of-the-line choice for cabinets, featuring the highest quality in materials.
Beattie Development and serves the Southwest Florida cities of Cape Coral, Naples and Fort Myers. If you’re looking for custom cabinet solutions for your home, please call 239-574-3343, contact us through our website, or stop by our professional showroom located at 1213 Coral Parkway E in Cape Coral.
You can also browse through our images of our kitchen remodeling projects on our website and on houzze.com
To help you decide on a direction for your kitchen, try our Kitchen Visualizer tool.
