Russ and Millie have a beautiful home in Sugar Grove. The kitchen was original late 90’s builders oak. They wanted an update but really didn’t want to deal with a full tear-out and all that would entail. We started with an email / text conversation to get an idea of their needs as well a…
Refacing a bathroom vanity is something I get asked about a lot. Usually, if it’s a standard-sized vanity and you are planning on replacing the vanity top and faucet anyway, it’s going to be less expensive to just find a vanity you like at a big-box store. BUT – if you are keeping the vanity…
This home was built in the early 90’s on Geneva’s west side. The cabinets were originally dark oak that someone had painted white. The ‘cathedral arch’ door style and large spaces between the doors still gave the cabinets a dated feel. As far as functionality, the owners really wanted a double waste-bin pullout but didn’t…
Years ago, I would often install pullout shelves in the lower cabinets to improve access. I still do that. But several years ago, a customer asked if I could turn their lower cabinets into drawers. That is, lose the cabinet doors completely and install full sized drawer boxes in their place – like dresser drawers….
This home in the Eaglebrook subdivision of Geneva was built in 2000. The original builders cabinets were made by Merrilat and were a reddish-stained maple that was popular 20 years ago. As part of the cabinet refacing process that I do on all my refacing projects, I removed the doors, drawers and crown molding and…
This kitchen refacing project in Elgin started with basic 30″ high wall cabinets in builder’s oak. Although “white shaker” is very popular, this customer liked the simplicity of the shaker style but wanted natural wood. They also wanted to bring the cabinet boxes up to the ceiling. Before refacing I built a row…
Making 42″ cabinets from 30″ cabinets I had refaced the kitchen cabinets of this client in their previous home. They contacted me and said they wanted to update the builder’s oak cabinets and they also wanted to bring the upper cabinets up to the ceiling. The plan was to add a bank of cabinets…
This home is located in the Klein Creek subdivision in Winfield, IL. I believe it was built by Russell Homes in the late 1980s or early 1990s. These kitchens are characterized by the open display hutch above the desk and the bank of tall pantry cabinets, and of course, oak. Lots and lots of oak….
Replace, Reface or Paint? Full disclosure up front – my company specializes in cabinet refacing. That said, when I’m called out for a consultation on a kitchen remodeling project I only recommend cabinet refacing about 70% of the time. The other 30% of the time I let the customer know that their needs will be…
Breaking up the lines of a wall of cabinets before refacing This was a cabinet refacing project in the Naperville – Aurora area. The customer had an old range hood mounted underneath the “builder grade” oak cabinets. She wanted the cabinets refaced in white and also wanted to add crown molding and break up the…