Hi April. Yes, some pictures would help. Since the edges of the doors are cut at a 45 degree angle, does that prevent you from taking them off and putting them back "inside-out"? Sometimes that is an option, but it might not be in your case. I would think plywood would be easier to deal with (paint or re-finish) than trying to work something over that laminate. But, others here may know how to cover the laminate. My paint store tells me anything can be painted with the proper prep for the surface - and they have wood graining tools for paint. I'll be interested to see the pictures and see what others have to contribute!

Hi Kimkitchy-
I was all excited and came to the forum prepared with photos but discovered they are too high res to post here, so I will have to figure out how to "shrink" them for posting. Turning the doors around probably isn't a good option esthetically, they would be pretty ugly that way (although I'm not sure they could be uglier!). I thought about cutting the edges down to regular edges (90 degrees), but I hate to make them smaller. I love full overlay slab doors. But I suppose putting lipstick on these pigs won't get me that, will it? ;)

I have my four pictures downsized and ready to go but even after carefully reading the instructions I can't seem to find the place to post them, does anyone have advice?

On the Kitchens forum page go down to the Instructions section and click on Help. There is a link for how to include images in your post. That's where I learned to do it and you can test it in the test forum. I host my pictures in Photobucket and then copy and paste the html code into my message. HTH. -Kim

I had brand new doors made for my 1972 era cabinets. They were all painted creamy white and have brand new concealed hinges. The drawers just got new slab fronts. I love them. It wasn't that expensive. You can always take off the existing hinges and spray paint them the color you want and get new hardware to match.
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Hi Fran1523,

I love your kitchen! If you don't mind my asking, what was the ballpark figure to have the doors made? Hey your window is sitting right on the countertop just like mine! Another problem I have and don't know how to tackle! I did test spray-painting some of the hinges (have the same cabs in my laundry room). I had prepped them well but after two years the paint on them looks sad. I'll buy new hinges if I can find any to fit.

April

I have no idea how many doors/drawer fronts you have, but many people have purchase doors only from Scherrs and they are reasonably priced. It might be worth it to get a door style you want and not have to do all the work involved in refinishing or refacing.

Here is a link that might be useful: Scherrs

Thanks for the advice, Kimkitchy, I did register at Photobucket and put my photos there. Now let's see if I can make the link work:

http://s251.photobucket.com/albums/gg301/april2929/kitchen%20before/

Here is a link that might be useful: Kitchen Before

There was an unbelievable transformation on this forum a while back where I'm pretty sure someone peeled off the laminate from their cabs and painted them. The renovation was not to be believed. Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of the poster. Hopefully someone else will.

If you mean the one from "bamaspice", yes that was unbelievable! She had thermafoil over MDF, which I think is different from what I have which is literally formica glued to plywood. I can probably peel the laminate off but not so sure I can get the dried adhesive off. I tried getting some of the same formica backsplash off of the drywall in the kitchen and man do I ever have some patching to do!

April, I'm really not sure what the cabinet doors cost, but I got white oak hardwood floors installed and finished, the window installed, cabinet doors and hinges, two coats of paint on ceiling, walls and cabinets, and all the labor for just under $9000. The granite, sink, faucet, electric, and hardware was extra. My GC will also do the backsplash when I am ready. Here's a link for a company that sells just cabinet doors. http://www.cabinetdoordepot.com/ My GC knew of one locally but there are others out there. Even some custom cabinet makers farm out their doors because it's very specialized work.