Has anyone had new doors and drawer fronts made for thier kitchen units?

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New house has a kitchen which is in the exact layout we want already. Carcasses of the units are solid, well fitted and look brand new inside (although they aren't). Have toyed with the idea of getting the doors and drawers sprayed to update them as they are a rather fetching blue at the moment, although some of them are past thier best. They are mdf (I think) wrapped in plasticky stuff made to look wood effect and some of this has started to peel off or has worn away at the corners and mdf is slightly exposed. So I'm thinking that spraying might not look so good.

some of the doors are weird sizes and so I don't think we will be able to go and buy new doors off the shelf. So I'm thinking I'll get some made.

Does anyone have any experience of this? Or pearls of wisdom? Is it expensive? Thanks!

Yes, I had this done. I got a local joinery company to make new fronts and drawers and kept the carcasses. IIRC it was about 3k, something like that. It is a gorgeous kitchen. Think about what you want, I specified soft close drawers and I had handles custom made to my design. I'm very happy with it.

WOW that's a bit more expensive than I was hoping for!

Maybe the old ones don't look so bad.....

We got a company in Kirkcaldy to make new fronts for ours. Like yours all of them were different sizes. We supplied our own handles (from ikea), and fitted them ourselves, but it was only about £500 ish. About 4 years ago.. We probably had 8 doors & 8 drawer fronts made (moved since then so can't remember exactly...)

You could consider a mix of off the shelf ones and sprayed ones? Some very chic kitchens are two colours eg warm wood and some blue mixed in. It would work if the odd sized ones stayed.

I'm wondering about doing this too, OP. One thing I'm not clear about is how to tell if the carcasses are in good condition. Just by looking?! Mine are 18 years old , mdf, seem fine. But the doors stick and don't sit right in the hinges, and I'd love deep drawers in place of the cupboards under the Hob.
I'd thought of mix and match options, too. Intending to speak to a joiner about it, but have no idea really wether their age works against them.

zinxie yeah just going by how they look and that they are very sturdy, don't wobble when pulled etc.

green if you saw these doors you wouldn't be thinking they would be any part of a chic kitchen!

Hello, that cost might have included worktops but you could ask a couple of companies to quote for new drawers and cupboard fronts - that wouldn't cost you anything.

I painted mine (melamine primer with satin gloss on top) just to see what it looked like before we forked out for new doors. It looks amazing!

Maybe try yourself first? I didn't even sand. Just a good scrub, then prime using paintbrush and apply satin with a mini gloss roller. Didn't even take the doors off

Had you thought about wrapping the doors

Thanks all. I've found an online place that does doors to measure and I've ordered a sample door.

I've also contacted a place that sprays them to see if the doors can be salvaged and they are doing me a quote via some photos.