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Bathroom Cabinet (Door and Drawer front) replacements

7 years ago

I would love to learn experiences and any tricks/tips on changing bathroom cabinets and drawer fronts.....not planning on changing the frame...Currently we have some kind of MDF that is not real wood and they cannot be painted (warping a bit).




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  • 7 years ago

    Can you add moulding to the drawer panels? MDF can be painted. Is it warping because it has been exposed to water?

    Ron Batra thanked ilikefriday
  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    You can have a cabinet-builder make you new drawer-fronts and cabinet doors. I did this a few years ago in 3 upstairs kids' bathrooms. We did not replace the cabinet frames. This is what he did:

    - checked the boxes to make sure they were good

    - measured and made the drawer fronts and cabinet doors

    - installed the doors with new soft-close hinges that go on the inside (to do this he added a piece of wood on the inside for the new hinges to attach to)

    - installed new soft-closed drawer glides on the existing drawers, and attached the new drawer fronts

    - Note: one vanity needed some reinforcement because he knew I was installing new granite on top and he was concerned about it. But we didn't have to replace it and it's holding up fine.

    Then I:

    - got new countertops (local stone place), sinks, faucets, and lighting (Lowes or Home Depot depending on who had which item on sale)

    - installed new hardware (Lowes)

    - had the vanities and walls painted

    On the cost, I'm not exactly possitive how it split out because he did the same thing to my laundry room and a powder room at the same time and I paid with one check. By counting up the numbers of drawers and cabinets, I *think* the 3 bathrooms all together cost about $1250 for his part of the project (we are in the Houston metro area). All together there were 6 drawer fronts and 12 cabinet doors, new glides and hinges, installed.

    On MDF, he used that in my laundry room and the painters painted them, no problem.

    Ron Batra thanked AJCN
  • 7 years ago

    Thanks all. We have some warping and maybe the material is not MDF but it’s due to water over the years sliding down from the counters

  • 7 years ago
    Hi we are refacing our cabinets. The counters will likely be replaced also eventually.i am looking for ideas for cabinet colors...something not as white maybe off white or cream or light grey. Our tiles have all the colors, floor is earthtone...
  • 7 years ago
    We found a good store in Austin that makes custom wood doors and plan to keep the existing frame in place
  • 4 years ago

    sherwin williams offers a free color consultation session. just sign up on their web site.