Cabinet Painting

The cabinet painting process involves removing all of your cabinet doors and drawer boxes, then prepping them for painting. We clean any residue or build-up, and fixing minor defects in the wood. The doors and drawer fronts are then professionally primed and painted off-site. We will also prep the cabinet boxes and face frames and apply new matching panels or primer and paint in the color of your choice. We then reinstall all of the doors and drawer boxes. Depending on the type of cabinets you have, in some kitchens, the hinges can be updated to a more modern style if requested. Adding new knobs and handles can also create a more modern look. 

Painting your cabinets is an affordable solution to change your cabinet color. However, it is not a long-lasting solution. It is less expensive than redooring and refacing, but redooring and refacing include installation of all new doors and drawer fronts, custom-made to fit your kitchen in a new color and style of your choice.

Our process keeps mess to a minimum on most projects. Cabinet painting typically takes about five days, which means you can update your kitchen in time for an upcoming event. Cabinet painting is also a popular choice when prepping a home or rental property to place it on the market. When your cabinets are being painted, the doors and drawer fronts are taken off-site for approximately one week.

If you are considering refacing your cabinets, but that doesn’t fit your budget right now, consider painting your cabinets now if they are good candidates for the service. You can upgrade the cabinet painting service to include the installation of end panels instead of paint on the boxes. Adding end panels will improve the appearance of the sides of the cabinet boxes, and also reduce the time and cost needed for refacing if you have us back in the future. If you decide to reface your cabinets later, we will order and install new cabinet doors, drawer fronts, molding, and veneer to match the existing panels that were installed.

If you’ve painted walls before and believe that painting kitchen cabinets is similar, then think again. This is a much more complex job with attention to detail needed. If you are short of time or don’t have the patience, you are best to leave it to us here at Kitchen Tune-Up. If you perform a half-hearted job, it’s going to show and the time and resources used will have gone to waste. You’ll only end up hiring professional services, so why not do that from the start and save yourself the headache?

DIY cabinet painting will also be a major disruption. You are going to need somewhere to paint the doors and drawer fronts and leave them to dry. It could mean the kitchen is not accessible until you complete the project. It will really depend on how many cabinets you have to paint, but they can take up a lot of surface area.