Don't change your kitchen, change the door

May 9
18:00

2011

Carl S Liver

Carl S Liver

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When deciding to remodel your kitchen, most people look to change appliances, tile their back splash or even replace their cabinets. One place few loo...

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When deciding to remodel your kitchen,Don't change your kitchen, change the door Articles most people look to change appliances, tile their back splash or even replace their cabinets. One place few look is their kitchen door. Replacement kitchen doors are inexpensive and will allow you to dictate the mood of your kitchen by controlling the feel of entering it. You can change out that old dusty door that blocks anyone's view to the inside and get a door that has windows and allows for light to pass through, creating the illusion of more space. You can even transfer this styling to other kitchen doors, such as your cabinet doors. This will make the whole space seem more fluid by matching its style. Another way to continue this styling is by looking at kitchen base units that support the same theme as your doors and cabinets. Try to visualize the whole room coming together; this will help you pick out things that definitely go with the rest of the room.

When looking at the function and the form of the door you are trying to decide on, make sure it is something that is not so outlandishly styled or particular in the way it looks that it couldn't fit into another place or space. An example of this would be to have a large stainless steel swinging door in a kitchen that is contemporary in style or simple in style. It would be out of place. Also, if your kitchen is not one that people are going in and out of all the time, you probably don't need that double swing door but be sure to make the right decision for you and your space. Nothing feels worse than getting your hopes up for a big renovation or remodelling job only to end up disliking your home "improvements." 

As said before, you can get a replacement kitchen door fairly inexpensively by just going shopping at your local big box store, they will have a wide variety of doors and will be able to give you helpful hints to make installing your new door quick and painless; at the very least you will want to take a look at these stores to at least get an idea of what you are going to do, even if you don't plan on buying anything. If you are looking for something more unique than a big box store door, then you might want to try antique stores or old furniture galleries that will have older, used doors to choose from.