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Short on Cash Doesn’t Have to Mean Short on Kitchen Cabinet Style

 
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Carmen Fontana

Everyone’s concerned about money these days. Whether someone has it or they don’t, stashing any excess cash away for a rainy day is looking a whole lot better than spending it in the face of the nation’s firmly entrenched recession. Where does that leave homeowners whose kitchen cabinets are hanging by their last hinge?

A shortage of cash doesn’t mean you have to settle for a kitchen that’s long past its prime. Think back to your childhood. Cold hard cash was probably a rare commodity back then, but you didn’t let that stop you. Instead of wallowing in pity, you got down and dirty and got creative. That same do-it-yourself approach today just might give your kitchen cabinets a millionaire makeover on a lemonade stand budget.

The Sun Chronicle recently examined this mentality when it ran an article titled “Money tight? Here are some home projects you can tackle yourself.” The report “shared some advice on how homeowners can get through these tough times using their ingenuity, the proper tools and the Internet – even if they aren’t necessarily ‘handy’ with home repairs.”

When the focus of their home improvement efforts are the kitchen cabinets, homeowners will do themselves a great service by first visiting an online manufacturer of kitchen cabinets. There, they can avail themselves to the full selection of kitchen cabinet wood door styles, finishes and decorative cabinet hardware that are available to choose from.

Outright replacement of kitchen cabinets probably isn’t an affordable option for most homeowners these days. In that case, the newspaper recommends, “When looking to replace [kitchen] cabinets look into built-ins,” which don’t “burn as big of a hole in the pocket as a homeowner might think and might save money in the overall scheme of things, especially if a more complex design is needed and storage room is needed.”

The most comprehensive line of storage solutions in the kitchen cabinet industry, Harmony® offers homeowners more than 200 intelligent, attractive options. As a result, they’re able to find everything they need—and a place for everything they have. By mixing and matching, homeowners can pick and choose several kitchen cabinet storage solutions until they find the perfect combination of options to create one-of-a-kind kitchen cabinetry that’s made just for them.

As a cost-saving alternative to new kitchen cabinets, the article also suggests, “In the kitchen, cabinets can be painted or refinished to spruce things up. New hardware is also an option for a bit different look without a total renovation.” Kitchen cabinet molding and accents, glass inserts and decorative hardware can all give existing cabinetry a brand new look at a fraction of the price of total replacement. An online kitchen cabinet manufacturer puts a wide variety of decorative enhancements at homeowners’ fingertips, thereby enabling them to put the finishing touch on their cabinetry design. These accents customize the homeowner’s cabinetry for a look that reflects his or her personal style.

Don’t let money worries get in the way of the kitchen cabinets of your dreams. A few affordable add-ons, coupled with a healthy dose of childlike creativity, can go a long way toward turning those dreams into reality.

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Carmen Fontana is a Web Services Manager for Western Reserve Internet Services. You can request a free kitchen planning Idea Book from Kraftmaid.

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