Like anything you own, the life expectancy of an item can only be realized if you take good care of it. Routine maintenance is critical for every important component of your home whether it’s your windows, your carpeting or, of course, your kitchen cabinets.

All of these things can see a tremendous amount of wear and tear from simply being utilized on a day to day basis. We walk across our carpets, our windows are open to the elements and inclement weather, and our kitchen cabinets are located in the room where we cook and bake food.

But where the kitchen cabinets are concerned, the type of punishment that might be endured can be just a bit more severe due to the purpose the cabinets are meant to serve. They store all of the necessary utensils and cookware that are used for cooking and eating meals. Considering the typical family usually eats three meals a day (along with the occasional afternoon and/or midnight snack from time to time), the cabinets are built to withstand some abuse.

That doesn’t just include the actions of opening and closing (sometimes slamming) the doors and drawers of your cabinetry but also the residual odors and grease that can accumulate on your cabinets, particularly near or above the oven and stove. When these are allowed to build up over time, you can notice a thick sticky residue that dulls the look and feel of your cabinets.

Paint Properties

All paint begins to fade over time. But the original factory paint that was applied to your current cabinets was designed to last for as long as they were installed in your kitchen. But some homeowners will tend to change the aesthetic of the cabinetry and hire a st.louis cabinet refinishing professional to repaint them.

Perhaps it was a job you chose to do yourself, which is perfectly fine for you seasoned do-it-yourselfers. But there is one common denominator to how long the paint will actually last, this depends on how well the work was done and your capacity for practicing good routine maintenance in the form of cleaning and caring for the paint that is now on the facades of your cabinetry.

Paint is prone to peel, chip, even crack, and it can happen more readily if you or your painters failed to prep the cabinet doors and drawer fronts properly. New paint can do all of these things if you didn’t clean away that stove grease we mentioned earlier or didn’t strip the original paint off the surfaces.

Save Money

When it comes to kitchen cabinet tips, there is no more helpful hint than the one suggesting you maintain your cabinetry at least once a month. If you are able to do that, you can bet your kitchen cabinets will hold up for many, many years down the road. You won’t need to repaint them any time soon either, saving you time and money in the long run.

Nothing looks worse than a kitchen cabinet that is discolored or chipped. It’s up to you to ensure that doesn’t happen.