Changing Kitchen Cupboard Doors - paint or new doors?

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That's it really - has anyone any experience of doing this and which works best? The existing kitchen is a brand new stonehams wood kitchen so ideally I would like to use existing. But I would prefer a white kitchen.

Am thinking could I get away with painting them white and changing handles? If so what do I paint with. Or would the manufacturer/somebody else sell me just white doors to swap them out (am guessing this would be costly which seems a bit of a waste as is a brand new kitchen).

Anyone done this?

if it's brand new why don't you not like it?

painting is hit and miss ime anyway

Friends had a dark wood kitchen in house when they bought it so had a company in who sprayed it white.

It looked great to me but she said she was aware of places it had chipped so hated it and they replaced it as soon as they could afford it.

It's a new build we are considering buying and already has the kitchen fitted. It is light wood which I just, aesthetically, don't really like. Is also very similar to the one I had in the first place I owned 10y ago so it seems a bit of a backward step. We have been trying to move for sometime and I had my heart set on a white kitchen - just what I prefer. It has black granite worktops so would look better I think. Am just being fussy. The house is a compromise (as always) not ideally what we want (can't find where we are, school catchments etc) so I am just thinking of possible things that might be relatively cheap to do to make it feel more attractive to me (is under-budget)

hmm so maybe it is new doors then? I guess we could live with it for a few years and then change it but I am wondering if there is someway of swapping out the old dorrs while they are brand new so they can be re-used - maybe will contact the company that makes them if we do put an offer in.

If you just want new doors, the building company might change doors for you.

We bought a kitchen very cheaply in my second home that we didn't like and took it to a garage and got them to spray paint all the doors - it didn't cost very much and it lasted just fine.

The finish was very lacquered and glossy but if you want a more rustic look, you can hand paint but you will need to prime and undercoat it to get a really good finish.

Lalalonglegs - do you prime then undercoat or the other way round?

First sand a little to give the paint a surface to grip to, then light slick of primer then undercoat.

Actually I like the lacquered glossy look do you mean you took it to a place that sprays cars, can you use the same paint?

Took it to the place they spray cars, they gave me some colour cards and I chose the shade I wanted (they have thousands). The only slight drawback was the doors did stink of chemicals when we took them home - had to leave them in the shed with the door open for a few days.

I think the existing is better.
You can paint it any color you want.
It will be more practical to do that.

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Hi Just had my kitchen re furbished, had solid oak doors in kitchen for 19yrs, had the professionally spray painted by a painter, I?m delighted with the result. Will post before and after pictures in my profile for you to see

I'd do it lala's way, or by a professional decorator. In my experience, changing doors is more complicated than it looks as they are not all standard.