HI -- This actually is a hard one to answer . New cabinets will be expensive but will get you a new look . You have traditional style cabinets now that means the cabinets have a face frame and the exposed hinges . New cabinets you could then have the hidden hinges (European style )and no face frame means the cabinet openings are more open . So if these cabinets you have are good quality then they would be worth refinishing or painting and adding new hardware . This would be cheaper than putting in all new cabinets . It all depends on how much you want to change or how much you want to spend .

Refinishing costs more than new, if it's even possible to sand out all of the current stain back to bare wood. Just painting them professionally with professional products would be 5-7K. Those are too old and have too many issues to spend anything on them but some DIY effort.

Sophie has a good point.

An option would be to paint the cabinets and replace the doors.

We looked at refacing or painting our cabinets, but the cost was only slightly less than buying new. Painting is expensive because they have to wash and prep the cabinets for painting which is labor intensive. You need to have them professionally painted or they will not look right (and the finish won't last). Refacing means you get new cabinet doors, so naturally I thought that keeping the cabinet boxes would provide a significant cost savings - unfortunately not, so we wound up getting new cabinets. On the plus side we got to change the kitchen layout and finishes.