I desparately need my kitchen cabinet doors replaced. The ribs of the cabinets are in good shape. I have been thinking about painting the ribs a flat black and replacing the door and drawer fronts with a cherry finished replacement door and drawer fronts. I thought about using stainless steel and glass replacement doors; however, with the $2800 price tag for doors I would have been ahead to buy completely new cabinets. Any comments or other color/wood suggestions?


Thanks

Cherry is about the most expensive standard wood option you can get. Alder, birch or quarter-sawn oak would all be cheaper and can be stained the reddish-brown color that most people think of as cherry.

I have discovered that cherry is expensive. I am now thinking about oak to stain. But what do youthink about painting the ribs of the cabinets black against the cheerys tained doors?

Black cabinetry is very in right now, especially as an accent.