How to Tell If You Need New Kitchen Cabinets

Our kitchens are usually our favorite rooms in the house. We spend a lot of time in them, cooking, talking, cleaning, and attempting to solve all of the world’s problems. We spend so much time in them that we hardly notice when they begin to wear out.

Your kitchen cabinets play an important role in setting the tone for your culinary space, but they aren’t built to last forever. You will need to replace your cabinets at some point. If you are on the fence about whether it is the right time to install new kitchen cabinets, here’s a guide that can help you figure out when it’s the right time for new cabinets.

Signs You Need New Kitchen Cabinets

You’re Modifying the Layout

If you’re changing the layout of your kitchen, you’ll need to rip out the cabinets anyway. For example, you can expand your porch into a laundry room or add a deck onto the west wall.

In addition to customizing your kitchen, you will want custom-made cabinets. They are well worth the price because they will be much more durable. Standard cabinets do not always fit the way you want them to and you don’t want to rebuild your kitchen around cheap cabinets.

It's All Metal

They were nice when you got them, but what now? You can’t cover them, and they show every ding, dent, and scratch. These once-chic cabinets are now just dull and worn out. There isn’t much you can do to change them once you’ve grown tired of them.

It’s Falling Apart

In the case of kitchen cabinets that are losing their doors, knobs, shelves, or are pulling away from the wall, you should rip them out and replace them. They are often made of low-quality materials and cannot be expected to last.

Resurfacing or painting flimsy, low-quality materials is not recommended. It will not make them any better, and installing a new door or drawer front may prove to be too heavy for it.

There Is a Foul Odor

It can be almost impossible to remove odors that seep into the wood from mold, mildew, and spilled foods not completely cleaned, or even from animals or pets from outside making a nest in the wall.

The smell of mold is one of the worst, and it lingers on everything you keep in the cabinet. It’s like the mold never leaves; it covers all the plastic, tee-towels, and anything else porous that absorbs it.

They Look Terrible

After time and a lot of use, it’s easy for the doors to get cracked, fingerprint stains, chipped paint, broken corners, and faded and tired looking. Once the hinges have popped and the wood has been stripped, patching isn’t an option.

In many cases, we do a makeshift job of repairing the minor damages just to find one day that they look like grandma’s quilt. It’s time to get rid of them and replace them with something beautiful.

Having custom cabinets made for your kitchen will make it look and function better. If you are looking for custom cabinetry in Ohio, Chupp Custom Cabinetry is the ideal company for you.

Our knowledgeable cabinet specialists can help you design and build high-end cabinets of any size. For a free estimate, contact us today to get started on your custom cabinets.

(614) 580-3230