Comments on: Inexpensive Kitchen Upgrades

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:27:46 +0000

Hi! We are hoping to build our dream house, but need to make some upgrades to our current home in order to entice prospective buyers. We have damaged wood laminate flooring in the dining room, adjacent to the kitchen, and very old, damaged vinyl flooring in the kitchen. Our kitchen counter is 20 year old cream colored laminate, but in very good condition. Our home has appraised for $300,000, and the kitchen does have high end medium red solid cherry cabinets that are in pristine condition. What products do you think we should upgrade with that will be reasonably priced for us, yet attractive to buyers looking to purchase a $280,000+ home in Eastern PA?

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:22:04 +0000

awesome site….

By: scottie wiley

scottie wiley — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:08:03 +0000

Just had my cabniets painte with semi gloss paint. They seem so very dull. What can i do to make them shine without redoing the over and over like putting on wax?

By: Patty

Patty — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:38:46 +0000

I want to know if you can paint melamine? Please give me some instruction and products. Thank.

Patty

By: Deb T

Deb T — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:38:33 +0000

Shannon, not knowing where you live it is difficult to say however I believe I purchused it at Home Depot.

By: shannon

shannon — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:59:01 +0000

where can I purchase restorz it localy?

By: Deb T

Deb T — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:57:06 +0000

Depends on what your cabinets are made of. Also you may want to check for kitchen surplus dealers. These places sell kitchens that have been removed from homes at a great discount I know of one in my area that sells luxury kitchens at eighty percent off the original retail value. But I live in an area that people can afford to throw money away like that. Wife doesn’t like the kitchen in the brand new house…so she gets another 100k kitchen..yay. Wish I had that option.:) We sanded our oak cupboards down and stained them but I wouldn’t advise doing that unless you are prepared for alot of work. Refacing is another option. But not always that inexpensive. Paint is usually an option on most materials. If you have wooden cabinets with “frames” poke out the inner wooden piece and replace it with glass or tin ceiling tiles sold in most craft stores. Or..take the doors off completely and paint them and use a pretty shelf liner if your real desperate. You’ll have to keep neat cupboards tho lol. Thats all I can come up with in a minute of thinking about it.

By: Grant Tobin

Grant Tobin — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:53:10 +0000

Danny, i need to find a cheap way to redo my kitchen cabnits but cant find a way. help?!
Grant

By: Deb T

Deb T — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:17:15 +0000

Thanks Nicholas. I also just bought rejuvinate (sp) that has a cleaner for floors as well as cabinetry..its supposed to claan everything from hardwood to the interstate highway system and leave it clean:) Just kidding..but it claims to do alot. I have a new laminate travertine floor in my kitchen, ( not the bad kind that was recalled) and it did an ok job but it was never really shiny anyway..i used it on my fiberglass tub which may be the original tub that was put in when the house was built in the early nineties..the typical high raised ranch..whatever that means.Anyway..long story short..it did make some improvement there. The rest of my laminate/fiberglass items are newer so its hard to tell whether it really did much or not. As far as furniture, I did not use it on any of mine because the only thing that I would like to rejuvinate in any way would be my antique furniture ( not that I have a museum full) and I really wouldn’t want to risk it. And the floor polish I used was NOT formica floor shine but rather future. That shows how old I am if I remember formica floor wax. :/ I tried the rejuvinate on one of my cabinets and as long as your very careful about cleaning all the tiny bits of grease that may be in the doors design it did a nice enough job. Again thanks for the welcome. As you can tell I am really into home improvement, and am one of the growing number of women who are doing it themself. Today I am trying the recycling chute..what an idea! BYE!

By: Nicholas Roussos

Nicholas Roussos — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:31:47 +0000

Hi Deb! I’m glad you’re having fun commenting. Don’t worry about getting bashed, I definitely find your comments helpful. It’s always great to hear about what works for others.