To consider a kitchen facelift rather than a new kitchen?

[bringunby]

I'm happy with my kitchen layout but not the cupboard colours, work surface and door handles, so I'm curious about kitchen makeovers. There are companies saying they can re-spray existing cupboards, replace the worksurface etc. They claim to be cheaper than a new kitchen, and presumably there is also less waste in re-using fittings, but are the results worth it? Has anyone had success with a makeover? Are there pitfalls to be aware of?

We live in SW London, so any local recommendations would be welcome too.

I had our kitchen resprayed by a company last year for £800 and love it! We had brown wood kitchen units that were there when we bought the house and were Perfectly fine quality wise but looked quite dated. I had them sprayed light grey and I love them.

@JofraArchersFastestBall Wow, what a massive difference.

YY good result @JofraArchersFastestBall

I had 9 new doors and 5 drawer fronts made and fitted for about £1,500. They were IKEA cupboards but IKEA had changed their standard sizes so I had to get custom made new ones. I think it was this company www.kitchendoorworkshop.co.uk

If you are considering Frenchic join the Frenchic unbiased FB page. Much more realistic posts than the official group. I fell for the oh it'll only take 2-3 coats in the official group. The colour I'm using is taking 6 coats!!

We are just about to do this. Got quotes for a completely new kitchen and some were eye-watering!! We're keeping the exsiting layout which makes things much easier. Our cabinets are fine but the doors, cornice, kickboards are in pretty bad shape so we're getting all new fitted, plus worktop, upstand, splashback, sink, taps and a few small bits that need to be done. A local joiner is doing it and it's coming in under 3k which is 2k less than the cheapest quote we got for a 'fully' new kitchen. If we were at all handy (we're really not!) we could of course save even more money and do a lot of it ourselves but we're more than happy to pay for this. I can't wait!

@Helzzzz if you really don't like the current worktop, could you try to sell it? Someone may well buy it off you.

Some great info here. I've just bought a dilapidated house and the last thing I can afford is a new kitchen ... it'll just have to do for the moment though cupboards are falling apart, the oven isn't really fit for purpose and there's no room for a dishwasher and the fridge is going to have to be freestanding. And it's tiny. My dream of having everything freestanding like my grandma's (dressers etc) will have to go by the board.

That looks really good jofraarchers.
They are the same shape as my doors and what a difference paint and worktops make.
Is that a Matt colour you used ?

God it looks like the £11k quotes are way over the top for the cosmetic work i want doing.

I recommend Frenchic’s Alfresco paint range. I painted my kitchen cupboards a year ago and they are still fine - no chips etc.

They have a Facebook page - Frenchic Fan Forum, for ideas and search for kitchens etc.