We bought our kitchen 14 years ago for our Apartment. Two years later we built our house and the kitchen (the units) went with us. This kitchen is a ALNO - Kitchen and had a plastic covered surface. The color was cherry/yellowish.
A few years ago we saw that the plastic covers at the doors were loosening.

We didn't wanted a new kitchen because all the cabinets were in good shape. So we decided to renovate the kitchen.

We bought in a DIY store paint and a new worktop. I always wanted a kitchen island but the usual one are to big. Therefore my husband took four wall cupboards from IKEA who has the same décor like our kitchen (thanks heaven ), built a base and put the cupboard on it. On the island came the same worktop as the rest of the kitchen.
Before we painted the cabinets we needed to take of the plastic surface from the doors. Mostly we did it with a hair dryer. After that we prepared the surface for the paint.

Now we have a all new kitchen, even better looking than the old one, and it coasted not a fortune to get it done.