Are you due for a cabinet upgrade? Kitchen cabinets can be expensive and a complete replacement can squeeze your wallet. What can you do to cut costs? A low-cost cabinet makeover could be the solution you need to make your kitchen renovation a cost-effective venture. Consider giving your existing cabinets a makeover that is inexpensive, but entirely aesthetically pleasing, while maintaining the functionality that you want in your cabinets. Here are 5 low-cost cabinet makeover ideas for your that are worthwhile.

1. Gets New Hardware

Sometimes, it's the small changes that make a whole world of difference. Getting new cabinet hardware is an easy way to give your cabinets a facelift at a fraction of the cost. With many kitchen cabinet hardware options on the market, you can add detail and flair with new knobs and pulls. Whether brass knobs, black metal pull, or hardware in unique designs and colors, you can find hardware that will have your cabinet looking like new and enhance the overall look and feel of your kitchen space. There are several places where you canfind unique kitchen cabinethardware, including local antique stores, resale shops, or online stores.

2. Enhance With Uplighting and Task Lighting

Is there enough lighting around your cabinet area? Maybe you just want to add a touch of elegance, change the mood of your kitchen, illuminate the cabinet area, or all three. It's a good idea to install task lighting or up-lighting in the perimeter. Anyone of these lightings serves a practical purpose of additional light in a working space, but when installed with dimmer switches, the subtle glow created is ideal for the kitchen space when it's not being used. Energy-efficient soft strip LED tape light can produce adequate light for top cabinets, and if your cabinet doors are glass, it can help to highlight decorative or specialty bowls and plates. LED under-cabinet lighting can serve a dual function, including mood-setting and providing additional lighting for your kitchen counter space.

3. Get Rid of Cabinet Doors

How about transforming your doored cabinets into open shelving by removing the doors? That's a creative way to make something new out of your existing cabinets while maintaining functionality. Having open shelving can help to minimize clutter and also showcase your dinnerware and other decorative pieces, like antique pitchers. Open shelving will also help to open up your kitchen space.

4. Install Roll-out Cabinet Shelving

If you want kitchen cabinets that add value to your kitchen and home overall, make organizing and decluttering much easier, enhances accessibility, and provides additional storage space, then roll-out cabinet shelving is the way to go. These types of cabinets simplify tasks and they're easy to install. All you need to do is visit your local home improvement stores and shop around for the best price if you are looking to save on spending.

5. Give Your Cabinets a Paint Job

A little bit of paint to brighten up and add new life to your cabinets may be all you need for dressing up even the best RTA kitchen cabinets. Paint is available in many finishes, including high-gloss, matte, semi-gloss, satin, and egg-shell, all of which offer something different in appearance. Paint can enhance your existing cabinets and create something elegant or dramatic, without you breaking the bank. A popular trend is two-toned cabinets and is often designed with a darker color paint on the bottom cabinets and lighter color on the cabinets above.

Your dream kitchen is possible without spending heavily on your kitchen renovation. You simply have to know how to and where to save money as you plan. These 5 low-cost cabinet makeover ideas can help you trim cost and still get the kitchen that you've always desired.

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