DIY Home Improvement Guide

Upgrade A Bathroom Wall Cabinet To Improve Your Home’s Value

With the housing market in the state that it is, selling homes is very difficult.  Increasing their value isn’t, and something as simple as upgrading a bathroom cabinet can make a big difference.  It’s just one of the thousands of little things that a DIY homeowner can do to help them sell their house and get the most for it when the time is right.

Wall mounted bathroom cabinets are also an excellent way to improve the storage space in your bathroom.  Most bathrooms will already have some sort of cabinet space in them, so you may choose to just upgrade those rather than install something new.  Or you can go as far as to install a new double vanity with wall cabinets on the sides, the choice is totally up to you.  In this post I want to share some tricks that I’ve learned for shopping and installing a bathroom wall cabinet.

If your bathroom already has a set of cabinets that you want to keep, it’s important that you get wall cabinets that either match or compliment the existing ones.  This is tougher than you might think, and it may involve having to refinish the existing cabinets to get the finish to match.  As cabinets age their color can change quite a bit, so you may be buying something that is in the same color finish as what’s already there but after bringing it home you realize it’s not quite the same.  A good trick to help you out is to take off one of the existing doors and bring it with you when shopping for the new ones so you can check how close they match in finish.

If you’re replacing wall cabinets altogether, your choices are almost limitless.  You want to make sure that what you’re installing will fit, and isn’t too heavy for the studs in the wall to support it.  Installing these cabinets isn’t very difficult, but most stores will offer professional installation if you’re not comfortable doing it yourself.

Installing a medicine cabinet style wall cabinet is quite a bit harder since they’re usually mounted inside the wall.  This requires that you measure the distance between the studs and find a cabinet that will fit in, cutting the hole in the wall to accommodate the new one, and securing it.

Installing the regular bathroom wall cabinets isn’t nearly as tough, but it requires two or three people (depending on the size of the cabinet).  There has to be someone there to hold the cabinet in place, and someone to make sure it’s level and attach it.  Make sure that you’re dead on with your studs before getting too far into this, since these cabinets rely on the studs to stay on the wall.

Changing out your bathroom wall cabinets is a fairly easy job that can be completed in a weekend.  It’s also an excellent way to improve the value of your home and get more storage and functionality out of a bathroom’s limited space.