Summer is a great time to renovate your home, especially your kitchen. As a room that is generally accessed on a daily basis, kitchens can see a lot of traffic over the years. When it comes to kitchen wear and tear, cabinets wear out more easily due to how much we use them to store our food, dishes, and appliances. Without cabinets, a kitchen could not function. For this reason, cabinets need to be renewed every few years to keep them working properly. There are five main ways to improve the look of your kitchen cabinets to make them look brand new again.

1. General repair– Broken handles, hanging hinges, chipped wood, scratches, and more may seem minor, but they can cause serious harm to you and your home if not taken care of right away. These problems can cause your belongings to fall and break, wall scuffs, personal injury, and even cabinets to fall off completely. General repair work is required to keep your kitchen cabinets up to date

2. Repainted-A new paint job can go a long way. If your cabinets are scratched, scratched, dull, or you are looking for a color change, repainting your cabinets is an easy and affordable alternative to upgrade your cabinets. This activity can be carried out quickly over a weekend or it can last as long as you like. Either way, repainting your cabinets can make a subtle change in your kitchen or it can make a drastic change that everyone will notice.

3. Coating A step up from paint, your cabinet renovation involves removing the cabinet door fronts and replacing them with new cabinet door fronts. This activity is for DIYers who want to keep their cabinets but change the exteriors. Veneer is used a lot here to cover old cabinet fronts, as well as exposed frames, to make your cabinets look brand new.

4. Adding accessories– Another way to spruce up kitchen cabinets is to add different accessories to help you with your daily routine. Install under cabinet lighting or pull-out shelves. Build an island out of butcher blocks or, if you’re feeling daring, build a plate rack. Any additions you add to your kitchen to enhance your cabinets are sure to be noticed when you have friends and family.

5. Installation– If you’re not the DIY type, installing a new kitchen cabinet may be the way to go. Maybe your cabinets are too old to be repainted or repaired. Perhaps your cabinets are so old that add-on products are no longer sold in stores. No matter the reason, the installation of new kitchen cabinets is available to anyone looking to improve the aesthetic qualities of their kitchen.