"workinprogress" wrote in message
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I'm preparing to sell my house. It's a modest dwelling, 2br 1 bath. My
kitchen cabinets are slab particle board with a thin veneer. They look
"ok". Some parts have the veneer starting to come off if you look
closely,
which a prospective buyer probably would. The bathroom vanity looks worse
as moisture has taken it's tool on the particle board; I'll probably just
replace that outright.

I'm just trying to get a feel for which direction I should go in the
kitchen. I've heard of cabinet refacing and if that would make it look
decent at a lower cost I'd go with that. I think I could install
everything
myself even if I got all new cabinets. My main goal is that the house
shows
well enough without me having to spend thousands of dollars that I won't
get
back on resale.


paint the cabinets, use a theme consistent and complimentary to your home's
interior, add new knobs and visible hinges, if any to give it an upgrade
look; the sales persons who sell you this stuff should be able to tell you
how to use it (key word "should", doesn't mean will)

recover any counter surfaces if necessary to maintian the theme of the
kitchen

consider new lighting, like track lighting, avoiding recessed lighting
unless it has airtight housings (and then they may not be 100% airtight)

cost should be a couple hundred bucks if you get great deals