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Cabinet Refacing and Refinishing
If your cabinet boxes are sound but the doors are dated or the finish is worn, you do not always need a full replacement. Refacing gives you new doors, drawer fronts, and surfaces over the existing boxes, and refinishing brings a tired finish back to life. Both cost less than a new kitchen and take less time.
Refacing Versus Refinishing
Refacing means keeping your existing cabinet boxes and replacing the parts you see and touch. We install new doors and drawer fronts, cover the face frames and exposed cabinet sides with matching material, and add new hinges and hardware. The layout stays the same, but the kitchen looks brand new.
Refinishing is different. Here we keep your existing doors and boxes and change the finish, either restaining or repainting after proper prep. It is the right call when the doors are a style you still like and the wood is in good shape, but the color feels dated or the finish has worn thin.
We will look at your kitchen and tell you honestly which path fits. If the boxes are failing or the layout does not work, we will say so rather than sell you a fix that will not last.
What Changes and What Stays
With refacing, the footprint of your kitchen stays put, so your plumbing, wiring, and appliances do not move. That keeps the project cleaner and shorter than a full remodel. What changes is everything you look at, from door style to color to hardware.
You still get real choices. New doors can be Shaker, raised panel, or slab, in a range of wood species or a painted finish. Drawer boxes can be upgraded to dovetail construction with soft-close slides while we are in there. The end result should look and feel like new cabinets, not a patch.
Refinishing keeps your doors but transforms the color and surface. Proper prep is everything here, which means cleaning, sanding, and priming so the new finish bonds and stays smooth instead of peeling in a year.
How the Work Is Done
We start by checking that the boxes are worth keeping. If they are solid, we take doors and drawer fronts off, measure, and build or prep the new pieces in the shop. Face frames and exposed sides get covered in material chosen to match the new doors.
For refinishing, doors and fronts come off and go to the shop where they can be prepped and sprayed in controlled conditions, which gives a far better result than brushing them in place. We repaint or restain, then rehang everything and tune the hinges so the doors line up clean.
Because we do this shop-first, the finish is smoother and the color more even than an on-site job. We serve Rigby, Idaho Falls, and the surrounding communities, and we are glad to look at a kitchen and give you a straight answer on whether refacing, refinishing, or replacement makes the most sense.
Common questions
- Is refacing cheaper than new cabinets?
- Usually, yes. Refacing keeps your existing boxes and reuses the layout, so you save on materials and labor compared with tearing everything out. The savings depend on the door style and finish you choose and how much of the cabinetry is exposed. We give you a firm quote so you can weigh refacing against a full replacement.
- How long does refacing take?
- Refacing and refinishing move faster than a full kitchen because the boxes and layout stay in place. Most projects wrap in a fraction of the time a full remodel takes, though the exact schedule depends on the size of the kitchen and the finish. We prep and finish doors in the shop, then install, so your kitchen is only disrupted for a short window.
- Are my cabinets good candidates for refacing?
- Refacing works best when the boxes are structurally sound and the layout still suits how you use the kitchen. If the boxes are water damaged, sagging, or the layout needs to change, replacement is the better investment. We will inspect your cabinets and tell you honestly which option makes sense.
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