Honestly for an airBNB rental, that kitchen is plenty large. It's not like anyone has to store much of anything- one set of everything is plenty. Not sure that I would do anything to it. If you use white doors for the uppers you are going to have to paint the cabinet exterior surfaces anyhow. You can always remove the fixed shelves and put in adjustable ones, or fixed ones at the desired height. For AirBNB, location, size, and bedrooms and baths are key. A clean and functional kitchen, if one wants to cook. This one looks like it will work fine, assuming that a faucet is either hidden or will be installed.

The shelved are built in and not adjustable, long length shelves in continual run. It's such a pain. Won't fit most plates, shallow. Heights are stupid, can of corn high. Really, not kidding, the wall cabs are useless.

Son lives there in off season.

Given that description, I suspect the cabinet doors are completely custom sized and not standard (you can easily check- standard cabinets come in 3 inch increments from 12" to 36"). . So to get new doors you would have to get someone in to measure the openings, order new painted or stained over lay doors, drill for hinges on both the door side and the cabinet side, as well as painting or laminating the cabinet boxes. It would be cheaper to take down the uppers and put in new stock ones. So if that is out of the budget, your only real alternative is painting those uppers which might look strange with the wood pattern laminate below (unless you paint both, but the wood laminate is probably a lot more durable for renters).

Concentrate your budget on functional items- replacing the upper shelving with adjustable shelving, possibly putting in rollouts on the base cabinets (even the sink cabinet might benefit from those). You could add a 7-8" deep shelf below the uppers for additional storage of most used dishes when your son is in residence. I have that and it is great, I only have to open the cupboards for the large plates and serving items. HTH.

Sorry, maybe I'm not being clear. My idea is to do an off-white plane (maybe light almond or cream) slab door full overlay new cabinets on the uppers and leave the bottom as is.

I am having a hard time finding inexpensive RTA cabinets in this style that are not white. Need off white, cream or something to jive with floor and Formica countertop.

Would anyone have any ideas on a cheap but decent brand that comes in an off white, cream or light almondy shade?

Or, if the color is right and the price is right I would skip the full overlay design but do want a plain door on the new RTA cabinets.

Something like this (very rough mockup ). With a corner cabinet as the one that is there now has a dead space.

The before with useless built in uppers.

Thank you Benj, but wall cabinets are wanted.

So, found some inexpensive RTA's online with a lot of great color options on a site called 27estore but I have never heard of them.

As an Airbnb or vrbo renter, it's so nice to be able to see where things are without having to open ten cabinet doors. Have you thought about one of the IKEA off-white options with glass doors? Perhaps with glass inserts the differences in upper and lower cabs will look more intentional than just the cheapest solution.

I'd probably just put them across the range/fridge wall and leave the wall above the sink empty with maybe some open shelves above the dishwasher for mugs/glasses/bowls/plates.

Yes I thought of the glass door IKEA 's maybe I will revisit that idea. I do love shelves and have them in my kitchen. But in this kitchen there is nowhere to put big pans and other items except on the open shelving under peninsula. Right now the coffee makers and microwave are not on the counter. The small kitchen has a cluttered look that I don't want to add to. We want everything else hidden if possible.

i guess if I had to I could order new cabinet boxes with adjustable shelves and a very needed corner cabinet and just figure out how to reuse the doors. Or, seek a cabinet maker for the boxes and have him figure out how to use the doors.

I do like the two tone kitchen idea better though.

These are actual nice two tone kitchens. Sons will look like a cheap suit version but it will be more functional than now and a bit brighter.

I also can't do a gloss door. I'm thinking that perhaps I should think partial overlay to match better in style but try to find a cream or antique white shade. I think for this place it would look nice.

Pretend upper is a partial overlay like base cabinets. And, pretend it is a better color.

What about one of the big box stores like Home Depot or Lowes. Do they have house brand cabinets? I honestly don't know.

ETA- I was just reading another thread on this page (it starts with Ikea and posted by Dana Matheson) and she talks about a cabinet maker provider called Allstyle. Maybe read her thread.

Thanks Blfenton! I'll check the other thread out.

It would be great if I could get something in the big box stores. I'm pretty sure the doors come with their bargain basement ready for finish cabinets and they are not a flat slab type. There is a limit to how much DIY I'm going to do for him. After over 30 yrs of complete DIY I'm done. We will assemble and install though.

"There is a limit to how much DIY I'm going to do for him"

I did laugh out loud at this. Yep, at some point it's their turn.

Yes, I know lol. I found out from sons friend that he knows a lot more about how to do things than he lets on.

Have you looked at barker? We have them and love them. great prices and customer service and easy to assemble.

I just did a price comparison with the cabs you are looking at and Barker. They are very comparable. The great thing about Barker is you customize size in any direction (height, width, depth) but 1/4 of an inch. Hard to beat.

Thank you Aktillery! I have heard of Barker but forgot, thanks for the reminder. This could be good. Now that I have decided on a partial overlay I'm sort of excited about a cute two tone kitchen for son with better function. Imagine having wall cabinets deeper than 10 3/4" so you could easily get a plate in there. Or, adjustable shelves that you could put cereal boxes or coffee supplies and even a container of cooking oil. And, a corner cabinet that would actually fit med sized serving bowls...oh the luxury! The other change will be putting a microwave over the range to free up counter space. That area above will require a smaller custom size cabinet, maybe, need to re-measure.

Down the road after son pays for a new flat roof over patio and a few other expenses he can do the bottom half, or, not. This townhouse is in more of a "starter" community. It's nice but there is a limit to how much to spend on remodels. He did the important stuff like new a/c , water heater and updated baths/plumbing and more. So, need to re-measure and perhaps also get a quote from Conestoga's lower line as well.

So many cute kitchens in two tone.

My first and second kitchen was two toned. Wood lowers and cream uppers. I loved it!

Me too!

Well, it's a little discouraging finding a color that would look right. I have a sneaky suspicion that I will be doing some painting...hate painting cabinets. Today I found some face frame cabinets (uppers only) on CL. Free! Would still most likely need to order some. Hope they call me back.

I'm liking the SW White Duck for the mix.