No worries, take your time, and thank you. I’m trying to squeeze these for the weekends too.

I’ve been watching Jeff’s videos (link below) for kitchen cabinets and he gives no brainer tips that have been helpful. I’ll be painting the walls first, followed by the cabinets. After that I’ll build a simple solid wood shelf, another plywood shelf with rattan webbing on the doors and a pegboard inside to hold pots and utensils. Thus far I’m able to keep it all under $250!

But I might need one of those skill saws that’s less scarier than a table saw. And I’ll likely have to skip the spray paint tool to stay within budget 😭

https://youtu.be/6R9HKvGxbR0

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This weekend I will hopefully film a video that goes over another one of your questions, beginning wood working tools. The skilsaw is one of them. With the right blade you can do alot of cuts with it. This is a video I have been wanting to do as others have asked.

The one thing I would suggest is use oil based paint on your cabinets. It gives a much tougher and smoother finish than water based. It depends on your comfort level with the paint and project.

I'd love that. I think my Christmas wishlist is going to be a long list of tools after this video is out!

The laminate sounds tricky. It sounds like some sort of plastic overlay. It may be a pain to strip. I would suspect that you could clean with TSP and used a good oil based primer and water based or oil based topcoat paint. It makes me nervous that you said it was vacuum formed on. It sounds like a possible disaster. Let me know what you think?

I am contemplating getting it replaced altogether, maybe keep the doors and turn it into a cabinet (someday). i spoke to another carpenter locally and he had your exact feedback. It might be cheaper to have them changed compared to the damage and repair post-damage of an amateur enthusiast =)