Do I Have to Buy All New Cabinetry to Get an Updated Look?

This is a very common question I hear a lot these days of tighter budgets.....

No, you don't, normally!  If your "boxes" are sturdy and don't have anything that has compromised their ability to perform, a simple door and drawer front change should suffice.

However, I am finding in areas where the water table or ground has had movement, that cabinets are commonly not level.  If this is the case, you need to have an experienced cabinet company come in and shim and shore them up.  We have actually had homes with brand new cabinetry that we, as countertop folks, have had to shim and shore up BEFORE we could put stone tops on (even had to video a few for insurance purposes) that were BRAND NEW!!!

Also, I find more and more ladies enjoy the bi-level configurations of cabinet tops, should they have the room.  One more item, I commonly bring in some of the cabinet companies I do biz with to check the sink base, as this is also an area that commonly may have issues that need to be replaced or repaired, before we will install new countertops for clients.