Cabinet painting & refinishing

Your cabinets don't need replacing. They need repainting.

Lex Cabinet Doctor refinishes the kitchen and bathroom cabinets you already own, with a sprayed, factory-smooth finish. You keep your layout, your boxes and your countertops. You lose the dated colour.

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    Free in-home estimate, with a written price before you commit to anything.

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    Sprayed, not brushed or rolled, so doors come out smooth as new.

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    Back in your kitchen in days, with the sink, counters and appliances still working.

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See our work
Bright sage-green L-shaped kitchen with a farmhouse sink, tiled backsplash, shelves, window plants, and central range.
Recent work

What a repainted kitchen actually looks like

Every kitchen below had dated oak or an old, worn finish underneath. Tap any photo to see it full size.

Sage green kitchen
Golden oak doors and boxes sprayed a soft sage, with the original brass hardware rehung.
Deep navy with a white island
A 1990s maple kitchen taken to a deep navy, island left pale so the room still feels light.
Warm white, oak interiors kept
Old cream doors refreshed in a warm white, with the oak inside the cupboards left alone.
Soft black vanity
A tired oak bathroom vanity sprayed a soft black, frame and doors done in place.
Mudroom lockers
Mudroom lockers and shelving refinished in the same white as the trim and doors.
Charcoal lowers, pale uppers
Two-tone charcoal and pale grey, sprayed with no brush marks anywhere you look.

"I put off doing anything about the cabinets for two years because I was sure a painted kitchen would look painted. These don't. Nobody who's walked in has guessed."

Marissa H.
Homeowner, kitchen and island refinished
What we refinish

Kitchen cabinets are the job. They're not the only one.

If it's already there and structurally sound, it's a candidate: the cabinets, the vanity, the built-ins, and the doors and trim around them.

Close-up of sage-green kitchen cabinets with brass handles, a veined countertop, and white subway-tile backsplash.

Kitchen cabinets

Doors, drawer fronts and the boxes themselves, sprayed in place. Any colour you like, including a match to something you already own.

Warm neutral bathroom vanity with arched mirror, brass fixtures, vessel sink, tiled wall, and leafy vase.

Bathroom vanities

Vanity doors and frames refinished to take daily steam and splashes without the finish going soft at the edges.

Warm reading nook with built-in cream bookshelves, an upholstered armchair, wood floors, and a sunlit window.

Built-ins, shelving and mudrooms

Bookcases, window seats, mudroom lockers and laundry cabinets brought back to life in the same finish as the trim.

Bright cream hallway with paneled doors, a beige runner, abstract wall art, pendant light, and sunlit window.

Doors, trim and kitchen islands

Interior doors, trim and kitchen islands sprayed to match, so the whole room reads as one job rather than a patch-up.

The finish

The difference between a repainted kitchen and a professional one is the prep

Anyone can roll paint onto a door. We take the doors and drawers off, clean and sand every surface, prime for adhesion, then spray a cabinet-grade coating. Most of the work happens before a colour is even mixed, which is why the finish stays put.

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    No brush marks, no roller texture, no visible seams on a door front.

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    Degreased, sanded and primed first, which is what stops edges lifting later.

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    A coating made for cabinetry, not wall paint, so it wipes clean around handles.

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Refinish or replace

Should you repaint the cabinets, or buy new ones?

We only get paid when we paint, so read this knowing that. But most kitchens don't need new boxes, and the honest comparison is below.

What matters

Refinishing with us

Your cabinets, sprayed in place

Full replacement

New boxes, doors and installation

What it costs
A fraction of the price of new cabinetry
Several times more, before you add installation
Time in your home
Days of spraying, with the kitchen still working
Weeks of demolition, delivery and fitting
What you keep
Your layout, boxes, counters and hardware
New boxes and doors, the old ones landfilled
The finish
Sprayed smooth, no brush or roller marks
Factory-applied, but priced with the boxes
The right call when
The boxes are solid and the layout works
Boxes are damaged, or you want a different layout

Still not sure which way to go?

Send us a photo of your kitchen and we'll tell you straight whether refinishing is worth it for your cabinets.

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How it works

Four steps, and only one of them is messy

Here's the order things happen in, and where you'll be without a working kitchen (short answer: you won't be).

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Free in-home estimate

We come out, measure every door and drawer, look at the boxes and the wear, and leave with a written price. No charge and nothing to sign.

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Colour and finish chosen

You pick from cabinet-grade colours and we check the finish against your counters, floor and light before we book a start date.

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Prep, mask and spray

The kitchen is masked and sealed off. Doors and drawers are sprayed separately while your frames are sprayed in place. Your sink and appliances stay usable.

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Rehang and walkthrough

Doors and drawers go back on, hardware is refitted, the masking comes down, and we walk the kitchen with you before we pack up.

Reviews

What it's like having us in your kitchen

You can judge a trade by how they leave the room. These are the things people mention.

"They covered more than I expected — floors, counters, even the fridge. There wasn't a speck of overspray on anything when they packed up."

Dana R.
Homeowner, vanity and laundry cabinets

"The quote was the number on the invoice, and the start date didn't move. After two builders on this house, I noticed."

Michael T.
Homeowner, full kitchen refinish

"I asked them to talk me out of it if the cabinets were too far gone. They were straight with me about the one box that needed replacing, and repainted the rest."

Priya S.
Homeowner, kitchen and island
Questions

The things people ask before they book

If yours isn't here, ask it at the estimate. You'll get a straight answer either way, including when the answer is no.

Refinishing comes in at a fraction of what new cabinetry costs, because you're keeping the boxes, the layout and the countertops. What your kitchen costs depends on how many doors and drawers there are and how much repair they need, which is exactly what the free estimate works out. You'll get a written price, not a range.

For most kitchens the working part of the job is a few days: one to prep and mask, then the spraying, then rehanging once the finish has set. You keep your sink, counters and appliances throughout, and we schedule around you so you can still cook. Your quote includes the day-by-day timeline.

That's what happens when someone rolls wall paint onto a greasy cabinet. We degrease, sand and prime for adhesion first, then spray a coating made for cabinetry, so handles and drawer edges don't rub through. Almost all of the labour is in that preparation, and we don't rush it.

Take out the things you'll want access to and clear the countertops before we start. Everything that stays gets masked, including appliances, floors and light fittings, and we handle removing and refitting every door and drawer ourselves.

Almost any cabinet-grade colour, including matching a paint colour you already love. We bring samples so you can see the finish against your counters, floor and light before anything is sprayed. If you'd rather not choose alone, we'll narrow it to two or three that work in your kitchen.

Then we'll tell you at the estimate rather than take the job. Cracked boxes, water damage, or a layout you want to change usually mean new cabinets are the better spend. If it's one or two damaged boxes, we can often replace just those and refinish the rest so everything matches.

Free in-home estimate

Let's put a real number on your kitchen

Tell us a little about the job and we'll come out, measure up and leave you with a written price, a timeline and a colour plan. Nothing to sign on the day.

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    Free and no obligation to book anything.

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    A written price and timeline in your hand, not a range over the phone.

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    We'll say so if new cabinets are the better spend for your kitchen.

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