Restoration of furniture facades is the best way to update the set. After all, often furniture can serve us for many more years thanks to durable and high-quality materials that were used in the manufacture, but due to wear and tear and intensive use, furniture facades acquire a shabby appearance.
Why restore furniture when you can buy new?
From the point of view of rationality, furniture of medium and high quality should be updated, while products from low-grade materials should really be completely replaced with new ones.
Restoration, repair of facades, replacement of fittings are needed when similar finished furniture will be many times more expensive than the costs that can be done when updating a headset. If the frames are well preserved, while the external furniture needs to be refreshed, and worn or outdated mechanisms require replacement, restoration will be the best solution.
A special category forrestorers are occupied with kitchen furniture, because according to the price criterion it differs from other cabinet products. The amount of costs for the manufacture of frames, facades, the cost of functional fittings - all this requires decent expenses from the family budget. A new kitchen can be obtained with a good update of the old one, especially if it is made of solid wood. Restoration of facades in this case can completely change the appearance of the kitchen. Enameling in almost any color, new tinting, varnishing of facades, replacement of handles - the kitchen can be completely transformed, and the family budget will not incur significant costs.
When facade restoration is required
Many housewives, after a few years of decent operation of kitchen furniture, dream of somehow updating their main “study”. But is it always worth changing the entire suite or facades, or can you just bring an external gloss?
If your kitchen with wood or solid veneer fronts has already served for more than 10 years, but you are not a fan of retro furniture and aged cabinets, then most likely you will want to update the set.
Restoration of veneer or solid wood facades will help not only to recreate the original beauty of the furniture, but also to refresh the entire room. If you turn to professionals for help, and at the same time repair the premises, then in just a couple of weeks you can get an almost new kitchen.
How is the restoration of kitchen facades inprofessional workshops?
To restore the kitchen, just contact the professionals by phone and order a consultant to come to your home. At the meeting, experts will inspect the furniture and offer various options, based on the basic qualities of the furniture. There are many options for restoration, and it all depends on what you want to end up with: an updated old kitchen or a new style and color.
In the process of measuring and inspecting furniture, it often turns out that not only the restoration of facades is needed. Handles, guides, closers and other mechanisms require replacement. At the same time, the main incentive for the owners is the desire to make their life more convenient: the old hinges, although working, but without closers, everyone today wants to replace with new ones, with closers; sliding mechanisms in rickety drawers, which were heavily loaded during operation, also need to be completely replaced. Thanks to their experience and knowledge of the intricacies of furniture production, the specialists of restoration companies will be able to offer the best solutions for replacing failed parts.
As a rule, the restoration of kitchen facades is carried out in workshops, so they are removed and taken away. All other repairs are carried out at home. The process, depending on the complexity, lasts from one week to a month.
Replacement of fittings in the process of facade restoration
New mechanisms in the kitchen will make the furniture more comfortable and modern. Smooth closing of the sashes will extend the life of the frames, and silent mechanisms will allow the hostessfeel comfortable in the kitchen.
If it is necessary to replace the fittings, the advantages of professional restoration become obvious, because specialists will be able to assess the condition of the mechanisms, as well as repair or replace some parts. At the same time, you will not need to run around shops and construction markets in search of the necessary mechanisms, as well as independently assemble complex modern products of functional fittings.
For example, hinges with closers have a deeper bowl for attaching to the facade, and not everyone can make a hole of the required size at home. New drawer systems require competent installation so that the facades of drawers do not rub against each other, the installation must be accurate to millimeters. Only master assemblers can qualitatively install new functional fittings.
Types and methods of restoration of kitchen facades
For kitchen furniture, the restoration process involves the three most relevant methods:
- painting;
- pasting films;
- varnishing.
Painting and varnishing are most suitable if you need to restore facades made of solid wood or MDF. At the same time, enameling will help to radically change the color of the kitchen, but you need to understand that such a restoration can be of high quality only if there is a good outer layer of wood or veneer, as well as professional preparation of the surface for painting.
Pastingfilms - a budget option for facades made of laminated chipboard, PVC frame facades, the coating of which has peeled off or peeled off. Smooth facades can be pasted over at home without the involvement of professionals, but frame facades with milling, and even more so with carved trim and paneling, are best pasted over in furniture restoration workshops.
Varnishing is a good option for updating furniture if you need minor restoration of facades.
For example, if the fronts of the kitchen were originally tinted without lacquer, but lost their original attractiveness and minor defects appeared on them, lacquering will be an excellent option that will help return the kitchen to the look of new furniture.
Replacing the inside of facades from an array
You can update classic-style kitchen furniture, the doors of which are made of solid wood or frame MDF, by resorting to replacing the inside of the facade (panels). Following the new trends in the style of the premises, glass in any variation can be considered an ideal option for replacing the central part of the facade: stained-glass windows, sandblasted pattern, glass with slats. Artificial rattan inserts are also always relevant.
If classic furniture has lost its aesthetics or you want to make it more modern, pay attention to the possibility of replacing the panel with more sophisticated options. This is especially true for upper cabinets with glass, which are so relevant in newcontemporary kitchens.
Partial or complete replacement of facades
There is also a great option in cases where facade restoration is not possible. If the kitchen frames are made of good reliable material and their appearance remains acceptable for operation, you can completely replace the old kitchen facades with new ones. To determine whether they need restoration or it is better to completely renew them, a consultation with the master is necessary.
It sometimes happens that one or more kitchen doors are damaged during operation, while all other facades have a good appearance and are suitable for further use. In this case, you can also contact the restoration workshop, while remembering that along with the facades, you can also update the fittings that are out of order.
