Starting my renovation research today... this is the year!

[Rorey]

7. Painting your cabinets

I did mine a couple of summers ago, and I am thrilled with the results. I took off the doors and hardware, and sanded them down as well as I could. I took the doors outside to minimize the mess. I used cabinet paint, and the fumes were pretty strong for the first few days. I watched quite a few videos before I started. One of these days I'm going to swap out the hinges for new ones, but even with the old ones, I'm very pleased. My son has volunteered to install new countertops, so hopefully we'll get to that soon. I'll also put in a new backsplash after that's done.

I'm doing my house for me, because I'd like to stay here for a while, but I'm still trying to keep what I do sort of "normal", so that someday a buyer won't be turned off. That said, I didn't like my cabinet paint color when I first started to put it on, so I took it back and had the paint guy tint it a little darker. It turned out to be a one-of-a-kind color that I just love.

I'm a big fan of luxury vinyl plank flooring. I have a few rentals, and that's what goes in them now. Again, I watched some videos before starting. I'm not sure what you mean by "vinyl with a laminate look". I like the planks because if one gets damaged, you can conceivably take apart part of the floor and replace the damaged plank and then put it back together.

Personally, I'd do the floors last, but I'd be sure to take off the trim before painting the walls.