01Send a Kitchen Photo
A photo of each wall of cabinets and a rough door count get the estimate started. Tell us if new hardware is part of the plan.
Expert Cabinet Painting in Wilmington, NC
Signs Your Kitchen Cabinets Are Ready for Paint
The boxes are usually fine. It's the finish that dates a kitchen, and replacing solid cabinets to fix a finish is an expensive way to solve the problem. Paint can make them look new, but only if the prep is right. Cabinets take more handling than any other painted surface in a house. Skip the degreasing or the bonding primer and the new finish starts peeling around the handles within months.
- 01Orange or honey-toned wood that dates the kitchen
- 02Finish worn through around handles and pulls
- 03A sticky film near the stove that cleaning won't lift
- 04Old paint chipping on door edges
- 05Mismatched cabinets after a partial remodel
- 06A plan to sell, and a kitchen that photographs badly
How Our Cabinet Painting Works
From the first conversation to the finished room.
0102Color, Sheen and Schedule
We confirm the color and sheen, including any two-tone choice for an island, then give you the day-by-day plan, including when the kitchen is usable.
03Prep and Finish
Doors and hardware come off and are labeled. Every surface is degreased, sanded and primed, then finished.
04Reinstall and Walkthrough
Doors go back in place and are aligned, hardware goes on, and we walk the kitchen with you before we leave, including how to care for the new finish.
Before and After: Our Cabinet Painting Work
Why Wilmington Calls Intracoastal for Cabinet Painting
Prep You Never See
A cabinet finish fails at the layer nobody looks at. Degreasing, sanding and bonding primer happen on every door before any color goes on, because shortcuts there show up as chips by spring.
Your Kitchen Back on Schedule
Living without a kitchen is the hard part. You get the day-by-day plan before we start and notice before we arrive, so you can plan meals around it. If the plan slips, you hear it from us first.
Every Door Back Where It Belongs
Doors, drawers and hardware are labeled as they come off. They go back in their original spots, hung straight, with the hardware you started with or the new pulls you chose.
Insured in Your Home
Our $2M general liability and workers' comp cover the people working in your kitchen, from the first sanded door to the final walkthrough. If something goes wrong on the job, you're dealing with an insured company.
How Much Does Cabinet Painting Cost in Wilmington?
Cabinet painting is priced per job, and a few things drive the number:
How many doors
drawer fronts and boxes there are
The cabinet material and its current finish
How much degreasing
repair and grain filling the surfaces need
Whether you want one color
or a two-tone kitchen with a different island
Extras such as the insides of glass-front cabinets
crown molding or new hardware installation
Cabinets that were painted before can need the most prep, because a failing old coat has to come off before a new one will hold. Compared with replacing cabinets, painting keeps the boxes, the countertops and the layout you already have. You'll get a price for your kitchen before any work is booked, and the price we give is the price you pay. Military households receive 10% off.
Related Interior Services
Interior Painting
Freshened cabinets make tired walls obvious. We can paint the kitchen walls and the rooms around it on the same schedule.
See our interior painting servicesWallpaper Installation
A papered wall in the breakfast nook or a powder room off the kitchen finishes the update. Most rooms take our crew a day.
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From our Wilmington shop, we paint cabinets in New Hanover, Pender and Brunswick counties.
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Let's Give Your Kitchen Cabinets a New Finish
Send us a photo of your kitchen, and we'll come back with a price and a plan.