WASHINGTON STATE — Although kitchen and bath redos are the most common home improvement projects, they’re also expensive: For a total gut job, you’ll pay more than $25,000 for even a modest-sized ...

Question: My 20-year-old kitchen cabinet doors are wood composite with a white plastic coating. I recently got a new gas range, and the heat melted and warped the plastic on an adjacent cabinet door.

An interior designer has urged homeowners to replace this 'dated' and 'clunky' kitchen feature with a more modern style, adding that bifold doors 'tend to overpromise' and under-deliver. Bifold doors ...