Cabinet refacing hangs brand-new fronts on the boxes you keep, and those boxes get coated or skinned to match. It suits kitchens where the boxes are solid but the doors are damaged, dated in shape or too worn for cabinet painting alone.
Across Erin Mills, 1970s and 1980s boxes frequently outlast the fronts attached to them. Water damage under the sink, broken hinge holes and a door style you simply do not like are all common reasons to replace the fronts.
Cabinet painting is enough when the doors are sound and you are happy with their shape. A new colour and a smooth finish change the whole room.
New doors make sense when the fronts are swollen, cracked, peeling or badly dented. They also make sense when you want a different style, such as flat slab doors in place of raised panels, or shaker doors in place of 1970s slab doors. The boxes stay, and only the fronts change.
GTA refacing generally sits between $3,000 and $10,000, driven by front count and style. Whole-room cabinet painting typically sits between $2,500 and $5,500. A complete replacement starts around $15,000 and can reach $40,000 or more.
Refacing sits between those two. It gives you a new door style without the cost of new boxes, new counters and new plumbing. Your written quote shows each option side by side if you want to compare.
Sometimes only one or two doors are damaged. We order a replacement door that matches the size and profile of the originals. That front shares a booth session with its neighbours, giving an identical colour and sheen.
A new door painted separately, weeks later, rarely matches perfectly. That is why we plan any replacement doors into the cabinet painting schedule from the start.
The boxes are the hardest part of a kitchen to replace. Removing them usually means removing counters, the sink, the backsplash and sometimes flooring. Older plywood and solid-wood boxes in Erin Mills homes are often sturdier than new particleboard boxes.
We check the boxes at the visit. Square, dry, solidly mounted boxes deserve to stay. We also check the hinge areas and the base under the sink. Quiet-closing hinges can go on with the new fronts; see cabinet hardware and soft-close hinges.
Shaker doors are the most common choice for refacing today. They have a simple flat centre panel inside a square frame, and they suit both older and newer homes. They also take cabinet painting very well, because the flat panel sprays smooth and even.
Slab doors suit a modern look and are common in condo units. Raised panel doors suit a traditional kitchen. Whichever style you choose, the new doors are usually made from MDF, which gives a very smooth painted finish and does not show grain.
We measure every opening at the visit, including drawer fronts and any odd sizes near the corners and the fridge. Made-to-measure fronts arrive, then share primer and topcoats with the boxes during one cabinet painting session. The result looks like one complete kitchen.
We inspect fronts and boxes, take measurements for any new doors and put every option in writing without charge. Phone +1 (289) 206-9908, send a short description, or visit our home page for more services.
The bathroom vanity, the laundry uppers and the hall shelving in a South Common town get the kitchen's exact coating system.
Kitchen cabinet painting puts fresh colour and a tough sprayed coat on the cabinets you already own, with counters, sink and boxes left in place. Doors come off, get cleaned, sanded and primed for their material, then return with two or three smooth coats.
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Townhouse kitchens are compact, usually galley or L-shaped, and the cabinet painting work has to fit around shared walls, visitor parking and condo complex rules. The boxes stay in place, the doors leave for spraying, and the family keeps cooking.
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Oak cabinet painting begins with shellac primer, which locks brown tannin inside the wood so it never stains your new colour. After that, deep pores are either packed flat with filler or allowed to show as soft texture.
See Oak Cabinets
Cabinet refinishing keeps the wood grain in view by stripping or sanding the old clear coat, adjusting the stain and spraying a fresh protective finish. It is the right choice over paint when the wood itself is worth showing.
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Cabinet spray painting lays down thin, level coats of hard enamel that dry without brush marks or roller texture. In our cabinet painting work, doors get sprayed in a filtered booth and the boxes get sprayed at home behind plastic sheeting.
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Glossy factory fronts accept new colour after hand scuffing and an adhesion primer built for plastic faces. Peeling thermofoil is different, so we strip or swap those fronts before cabinet painting starts.
See Thermofoil and Melamine
Two-tone cabinet painting uses a darker colour on the island or lower cabinets and a lighter colour above. An island-only job brings in colour while leaving everything else alone.
See Two-Tone and Islands
A bathroom vanity gets the same degreasing, primer and sprayed enamel as a kitchen, with extra care for moisture and steam. No cabinet painting job in your home is smaller, and one or two days usually covers it.
See Bathroom Vanities
Condo kitchens are small, and the cabinet work schedule has to follow building rules for elevators, loading and working hours. The doors leave the unit for spraying, so odour stays low and the kitchen keeps working.
See Condo Kitchens
Pantry units, laundry uppers, mudroom lockers and fitted shelving receive kitchen-grade primer and sprayed enamel. Adding them to kitchen cabinet work lowers the cost per cabinet and makes the whole house match.
See Pantries and Built-Ins
Fresh pulls, knobs and quiet hinges complete a painted kitchen, and fitting them goes quickest with every front already down. Before cabinet painting, unused pull holes are packed and sanded so no trace survives under the colour.
See Hardware and Hinges
Choosing a colour is easier with a real sprayed door in your kitchen than with a small paint chip. We spray a sample in the colour you are considering and leave it in your room so you can see it in your own light before the cabinet painting starts.
See Colour ConsultationSomeone stops by, tallies each front, checks the material and lists the work in detail. The trip and the price sheet are free.
Fill in what you can about the kitchen, and we will phone to settle on a day. We just need a way to reach you. Or skip the form and call +1 (289) 206-9908.
