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Kitchen cabinets

Same boxes, same doors, a different kitchen. Painting cabinets changes how the room looks without anybody taking it apart, and it’s a fussier job than painting a wall.

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Eight kitchens, same boxes

Nothing was replaced in any of these. Drag the handle and the counters, the backsplash and the appliances stay exactly where they were.

  • The same kitchen after painting: soft white cabinets over unchanged granite and backsplash
    A kitchen before painting: honey oak cabinets over black granite
    Before After
    Honey oak to soft whiteDoors, boxes and the island. Same granite, same backsplash.
  • The same kitchen after painting: cream cabinets and a blue island
    A kitchen before painting: honey oak cabinets and a matching oak island
    Before After
    Cabinets cream, island blueTwo colors in one kitchen, sprayed in place.
  • The same kitchen after painting: white cabinets over the same granite and backsplash
    A kitchen before painting: stained wood cabinets over granite with a dark tile backsplash
    Before After
    Stained wood to whiteDoors, boxes, the island and the hood.
  • The same kitchen after painting: cream wall cabinets and a gray island
    A kitchen before painting: orange oak cabinets and an oak island with a green counter
    Before After
    Oak to cream, island in grayDoors, boxes, the island and the panel ends.
  • The same kitchen after painting: cream wall cabinets over gray base cabinets
    A kitchen before painting: honey oak cabinets top and bottom
    Before After
    Two tone, cream over grayUppers cream, base cabinets gray, same quartz.
  • The same kitchen after painting: gray cabinets with a darker gray island
    A kitchen before painting: orange oak cabinets against a yellow wall
    Before After
    Oak to gray against a yellow wallThe wall stayed. Gray cabinets were what made it work.
  • The same bar after painting: blue cabinets and glass fronts over a travertine backsplash
    A bar before painting: dark green cabinets with glass fronts and a wine lattice
    Before After
    A bar, dark green to blueDoors, frames, the wine lattice and the crown on top.
  • The same coffee bar after painting: white uppers over the same gray tile and granite
    A coffee bar before painting: stained wood uppers over gray subway tile
    Before After
    A coffee bar in whiteSame tile, same counter, a corner that stopped looking dated.

The whole gallery.

What the work involves

Doors and drawer fronts come off and get labelled so every one of them goes back where it came from. Hinges and handles come off with them.

Everything gets cleaned. Kitchen cabinets carry years of cooking grease, and paint doesn’t stick to grease. Then sanding, so the new finish has something to hold, and filler where there are dents or old hardware holes that aren’t being reused.

Primer first, picked for what the cabinets are made of. Oak, maple, a factory finish and a laminate each want something different, and getting that wrong is what makes a cabinet job peel at the handles a year later.

Doors and fronts get sprayed, laid flat, away from the kitchen. The boxes and the face frames get sprayed in place behind plastic, with the counters, the floor and the appliances covered.

Then they go back on. Paint needs time to harden after it feels dry, so the last thing we tell you is how long to go easy on the doors.

What moves the price?

How many doors
Doors and drawer fronts are what the job is counted in, not the size of the room.
What they’re made of
Open-grain wood like oak takes more work to come out smooth. A factory finish or a laminate takes more prep before anything sticks.
Inside or outside
Painting the insides of the boxes and the shelves as well as the fronts is a bigger job than painting what you see with the doors shut.
One color or two
Dark bases and light uppers is two setups, not one.
What else is in the kitchen
Crown, trim, a pantry door, an island, a built-in desk. They’re usually in the same conversation.

What does a cabinet job cost?

You get a real number at the house.

Count your doors and drawer fronts, send a photo of the kitchen, and we’ll give you the number for yours.

New cabinets instead

If the boxes are coming out and the layout is changing, that’s a kitchen remodel and it’s our sister company’s work, not ours. Their site is linked at the bottom of this page.

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A photo of the kitchen and a rough count of the doors and drawers is enough to get started. Somebody will come out to look properly and work through pricing. The estimate is free!

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