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Boxes checked first
We look at the carcasses before quoting, because refacing a failed box is money wasted and we would rather tell you that.
Working with what you have
Cabinet refacing in Louisville replaces the doors, drawer fronts and visible box surfaces while the carcasses stay where they are.
Cabinet refacing covers new doors and drawer fronts, a matching veneer over the visible sides and face frames of the existing boxes, and new hinges and pulls. The carcasses, the layout and the countertop all stay.
What you get is a kitchen that reads as new from every angle you actually look at, without the demolition, the lead time or the price of replacing everything behind the doors.
We look at the carcasses before quoting, because refacing a failed box is money wasted and we would rather tell you that.
Fronts are made to your existing openings, so reveals stay even instead of being fudged with filler.
The kitchen stays usable throughout, and there is no rip-out and no lead time on carcasses.
Each stage is signed off before the next one starts.
We measure the room itself rather than working from the plan, because walls are rarely square and the plan is rarely what got built. Every opening gets checked.
You get a layout and a written estimate broken down by stage, so you can see what the doors cost against the boxes against the install. Free, nothing to sign.
Cabinetry is built to the measurements we took, in the wood, door style and finish you picked. Lead time depends on the scope and we tell you before you commit.
Scribed to the walls, levelled, and fixed properly. Hardware adjusted so every door and drawer sits straight before we leave.
The carcass decides whether refacing is worth doing. The door is the easy part.
Homeowners whose kitchen works and looks tired. If the layout is right, the boxes are solid and you are not moving plumbing, refacing gets you most of the visual change for a fraction of the spend.
It suits Middletown and Jeffersontown housing particularly well, where a lot of kitchens were fitted from the mid-eighties on and the carcasses are still perfectly serviceable under dated doors.
We check the boxes first. Solid sides, square corners, no swelling at the base, shelves holding their line. If any of that fails we say so before quoting, because refacing a failed carcass is putting a new face on a bad cabinet.
Then doors and fronts are made to your existing openings so the reveals stay even. Veneer goes on the visible box faces, hardware is replaced, and everything is adjusted so the doors sit level. The kitchen stays usable while it happens.
Nationally, refacing runs about $4,000 to $9,500 and averages near $7,200, or roughly $150 to $450 per linear foot. Against a full custom kitchen at $12,000 to $20,000 for cabinets alone, that is usually somewhere between a third and a half.
Door style and material move the number most. A painted slab is cheaper than a five-piece hardwood door, and glass fronts or end panels push it up. Door count matters more than floor area, since every opening is measured and every front is made to it.
If you want the existing wood to show rather than be covered, cabinet refinishing in Louisville strips and restains the doors you already have, which costs less again. If the layout is wrong or the boxes have gone, no facelift fixes that and custom kitchen cabinets in Louisville are the honest answer.
Smaller still, pull out shelves for cabinets in Louisville fix reach rather than looks. We work across the metro including cabinets in Middletown.
Get a free written estimate and we will check your Louisville cabinet boxes before quoting anything.
Open a door and look at the carcass rather than the front. You want solid sides, square corners, shelves that are not sagging and no swelling at the base. If the box has failed, refacing puts a new face on a bad cabinet and we will tell you that before quoting.
Most kitchens are a few days rather than weeks, because nothing is being ripped out and there is no lead time on carcasses. The kitchen stays usable throughout.
Yes. The doors are being made new, so the style, the material and the finish are all open. What cannot change is the layout, because the boxes are staying where they are.
Usually between a third and a half of a full replacement. Nationally refacing runs $4,000 to $9,500 against $12,000 to $20,000 for custom cabinets alone, and you also avoid the demolition and the lead time.
We stay inside about 20 miles of Louisville, close enough to measure, template and install without the schedule slipping. These are the areas we cover most often.
Tell us the room and what you want out of it. You get a written estimate broken down by stage, free, with nothing to sign.