Perhaps you might be better to consider Ikea/Bunnings as the Pro painting is not cheap and you still end up with old design cabinets/features cheers

I'm afraid you'll have to go custom. Off the shelf doors aren't going to fit all your different dimensions, but costs shouldn't be too bad as the cabinet maker doesn't have to put much time into it. Good luck with it!

Hi Chris, I would still look into Bunnings?Ikea to replace the kitchen, most base cabinets are 600 deep with pantries etc a bit deeper, but these can be adjusted. Use the same floor plan as this would work with your new floor, you may have an accident with a couple of tiles but if done with care this shouldn't happened and will also depend on the height of the new cabinets and bench top. I would have a Pro painter quote to repaint the kitchen and then a quote for a new bench top. Advertise your kitchen for sale, check out others online the purchaser has to arrange to have it removed form your place.

So the cost of a new Bunnings/Ikea kitchen minus the sale of the old kitchen, against painting the old kitchen with a new bench top.

Looking forward to hearing what you decide on Chris and seeing the finished kitchen :)

Go with painting the cupboards.. there are great new paints to use on laminates these days.

I painted laminex cupboards years ago using a wipe on product pst or something ( Bunnings will know) and Enamel paint...sanded back each ...0f three coats. looked great and not hard. If you only did the doors don't paint anything else....let the tan bits be a feature?

The black bench top is appalling!!!!!

We recently renovated our kitchen. The original kitchen was an American Oak kitchen - cupboards went all the way up to the ceiling. The doors had started to show wear and tear after 26 years - some started to show the split where the joins were. The surrounds were also a timber colour and we had a laminate bench top. We started by putting in a solar skylight (purchased from Bunnings) which opened up the light in that area - the set up for a solar is a little different in that it is a cable (not a tube) that connects the panel to the light outlet. After much discussion and research regarding costs we went with resurfacing the bench top (as there was no guarantee that when they removed the bench top the framework would not come with it because of the way it was assembled); replaced the doors and had them two packed, resurfaced the surrounds and replaced the backsplash (which was the same as the bench top) with painted glass. We have a gas cooktop and oven and that is why we went for glass. The resurfacing is white (but not stark white), bench top has speckles of light and dark brown and the paint behind the glass is beige with some glitter added in the paint. We have cork tiles and timber window surrounds so we tried to pick up that look in the benchtop. Appliances are all stainless steel. We can bring in colour with small appliances, etc as we need to replace them. To replace our whole kitchen was going to cost around $38000.00 and that was not with cupboards going up to the ceiling. This renovation cost us just over $10000.00 - and the resurfacing has a 5 year guarantee. We are happy with our decision.

Well done, $38000 wow. I find these prices horrible we always do the flat pack option and assembly done by use over time, a chippie employed to install along with Plumber & Elec, We project manage. Any new appliances are found on Grays online at a fraction of the cost. And our last project having such a large island 2.7 x 1.2, we went with what a lot of Architects use, Plywood with a 2 pack coating. so as to get a shadow line we used a white laminated wood same thickness approx 2cm smaller over all. The Island benchtop plus the sink bench along under the window plus enough left over for long Trestle entrance table top, delivered approx $600

Have you considered leaving the bottom cupboards/drawers as is and focus on changing the look of the above bench cupboards only? Once bench and top cupboards sorted you might be able to live with the mustard lower cupboards.

I wonder if a couple of cupboards could lose their doors altogether actually or be replaced with glass doors. Changing the remaining mustard bits yourself would be less daunting then.

Remove the plinth and change the handles to similar to those in the white kitchen you included will make a huge difference too.

Replace the benchtop with whatever you like as long as it works with splashback and cupboards.

I think from my experience you could get a decent new one for $1000 give or take depending on what you choose. (and read what siriuskey said above). Get a price from a couple of kitchen makers. My latest project was custom kitchen and bench top was only $653 and it looks superb. It would have been over capitalising if I'd gone for granite or more expensive option but it doesn't look cheap, in fact it makes the kitchen. Even Ikea have reasonable looking affordable benchtops. Research new first.

I'd not muck around painting bench, I painted splashback tiles in a kitchen, just a few to highlight my then mid-century house and whilst wiped all the time they looked a treat when I sold it a couple of years later. Buyers all commented on how much they loved them lol, little did they know, so a professional look can be obtained on certain materials but I'd not risk painting a food prep bench top that gets a lot of use and cleaning.

Oh,,, and don't forget the kickboard, that has to be changed. Cheap enough to replace. Again, if painted with all the kicking they get it will look shabby in no time.

I agree with you that your cabinets will look so much better in that off white. How about picking up the green colour in the bench top, even if it's just in a green toned fleck? Google searches find companies that specialise in kitchen resurfacing, and I know there are companies that can put a thin layer of engineered stone over your existing bench top, which should be a whole lot more hard-wearing than paint.

I should probably add that the resurfacing was done by a professional if that was not assumed when reading my comments - all two pack finish. My husband is no handy man - you should see what can happen when he has to replace a towel rail in the bathroom!!!!

You've had some great ideas here but whatever you choose I agree if it was me I couldn't live with that mustard is no way is that a colour that brings me comfort or joy I like the off white as it will go with your black and white themed tiles or even a pale light grey would be nice as well, I believe Bunnings can advise and even send someone to advise on site for a couple to few hundred dollars I'd go speak to them and see what options are available and a ball park figure on door replacement etc that costs only your time and may give you a better idea of what your final choice may be. Paint or replace. Good luck. I believe that your black tops may look 100% better if the cupboards were off white or pale grey and as suggested a solar skylight will bring in more natural light.

Hey Chris... as a temporary solution to help disguise that gorgeous mustard colour you love so much lol .... print up some large photos, laminate them and apply to the cupboard doors with blue tac ;) Until such time as you can permanently remove them... might help putting up with them a little easier if you can't see them :)

Much better plan to travel Chris, I have just played with your current kitchen to show how it could look in white, with a new white plinth between the top of the cabinets and the ceiling, the current one will date the kitchen it no matter what colour you paint the cabinets, there's no oven shown as my CAD is so old. cheers

I'd definitely change the bench tops whatever else you do - and I note kickboards match. When putting in our kitchen a few months ago, we had difficulty with the kickboards that came with the cupboards and ended up using strips of brushed aluminium faced board. They look brilliant and are easy to clean - matching, sink, handles and appliances.

Mustard is a tricky colour but it goes very well with black. I think as a very low cost start you could paint the bulkhead above the top cabinets black. That would give a more updated look at very low cost and introduce the rhythm of black lines in the kickboards, benchtops and bulkhead.

If you are looking at a short term solution and not afraid of funky, here is an idea right out of left field: take all the doors and drawer fronts and lay them out on the lawn, get up on a ladder and splatter them with paint - your own Jackson Pollock kitchen! I am not really serious, but if you wanted to try that, I would suggest using a grey similar to your fridge handle as the main splatter, with just a little bit of apple green for interest.

Could be stunning or ghastly :-) You might need to practice first to see if you like your work. The predominant colour on the doors would still be the mustard background which would tie them in with the rest of the cabinets.

I am interested in the comment about the panel beater spray painting the cupboards. were they able to spray a laminate cupboard with 2 pac paint ? if so how did you paint the framework with 2 pac paint ?

Chris Cotton, I live in North Qld and our resurfacing person is Resurfacing Australia approved. If you go to their website it explains the process and also you can contact them to find out who the professional is in your area.

Sabina56 if you go to the same website there is a fair amount of information regarding the process. He sanded our framework and then spray painted with the two pack over it. The kitchen and every cupboard opening is sealed off with plastic from floor to ceiling but there is a tube with a suction machine attached that takes the vapours outside. Our resurfacing person's original trade was a panel beater.

thanks for the information ; I will make enquires with my local panel beating shop

repainting is the way to go. Black under bench, white above will bring it together with your tiles, Snazz it up with new bench top, tap and shcmick handles and it will be lovely. Maybe add task light under the overhead cabs

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Looks great!! :) I'm sure you are very happy!

Looks amazing, well done, you didn't mention what it cost?

Money well spent, you must be very happy with the outcome

I am happy to hear that after making the choice to resurface you are delighted with the outcome. It looks fantastic. Great choice.