A kitchen refresh keeps the units and layout that already work and renews everything you see and touch. Replacement doors and drawer fronts, new worktops, a new sink and better storage give you the look of a new kitchen without the cost, the dust or the weeks without a kitchen.
What’s included
- Replacement kitchen doors and drawer fronts
- Factory-painted, or professionally sprayed, timber and handleless door finishes
- New worktops in quartz, granite or timber
- New sink, tap, handles and improved lighting
- Better storage: pan drawers, pull-outs, soft-close hinges
- Repairs to existing carcasses where needed
Who it suits
- Kitchens roughly 10-25 years old with a layout you're happy with
- Homes where a long, disruptive rebuild simply isn't welcome
- Budgets that need to go further without looking like a compromise
Timescales
Most refreshes are surveyed, made and fitted within a few weeks, with usually only a few days of work in your home. This is a guide only and depends on availability, materials and the scope of the work.
Real Kitchen Projects
NEW DOORS, NEW DEKTON, SAME KITCHEN
A Wiltshire kitchen with sound carcasses and a layout that worked. The cream doors, tiled splashback and dark laminate worktops made it feel dark and dated. New handleless replacement doors and drawer fronts in a soft green, new Dekton worktops, a stylish undermount sink and tap, and LED under-cabinet and plinth lighting transformed it.
Real Kitchen Projects
AN OLD KITCHEN, REBORN
Because the cabinets stay where they are, the change happens quickly and quietly. These photographs are from a Wiltshire kitchen refresh: professionally-sprayed doors and fronts, new worktops, new sink and tap.
WAYS TO REFRESH A KITCHEN
- Replacement doors and drawer fronts. Measured to your existing cabinets and made in the style and colour you choose.
- Kitchen spraying. Keep the doors you have and have them professionally sprayed in any colour. See kitchen spraying and respraying.
- Worktops, sinks and taps. Quartz, granite or timber. Laser templated and professionally installed.
- Storage improvements. Pan drawers and pull-outs retrofitted into cabinets you already own.
- Added cabinetry. New units, an island or a dresser made in my Corsham workshop to match.
REFRESH QUESTIONS, ANSWERED
Yes, and it is the most popular thing I do. If the carcasses are sound and the layout works, replacement doors and drawer fronts change the whole look of the room for a fraction of the cost of a new kitchen.
Doors are measured on site so they fit your existing cabinets properly, then hung with new soft-close hinges.
Wiltshire & the South West
Not sure whether a refresh is enough?
That's exactly what the FREE Home Design Visit is for. I'll look at your carcasses, doors and worktops and tell you which route gives you the best result for the money.