If the kitchen layout and the guts of the cabinets are ok, then you can simply remove the doors, refinish the framing and replace the doors and save a lot of $$$. Or if the layout and cabinets are ok, sometime just refinishing the frames, doors and drawers will work at even more savings.
If you start changing the layout, you might be able to reuse the cabinets if they are still in good shape. In our new house, we reused our kitchen cabinets (which were only a few years old) and were able to buy some additional cabinets from the same manufacturer to complete the new layout. Saved us a lot.
Plan to keep the layout.
These cabinets are old. Probably original cabinets from the late 70s. The upper cabinets seem to be in decent shape. Lower cabinets seem to have a lot more wear. The bottom below the sink looks like some water may have damaged 'em a bit over the yrs.
I've thought about just refinishing, painting, etc. but concerned about the bottom cabinets wear. I guess it's possible to just fix the bottoms without tearing it all out?
I've actually considered Ikea as a less expensive alternative. Don't laugh
Ikea's cabinets get decent reviews online from what I've read. This isn't my forever home so I just want it to look good and appeal to buyers.
Open to other suggestions, thanks.