Cabinet Painting & Refinishing in Bluffton, SC
Good wood in a bad color is the most common kitchen problem in the Lowcountry — solid cabinets wearing 90s honey oak or a dark stain that eats the light. Painting fixes the color and keeps the cabinets, at a fraction of replacement money.
Pricing is by the piece, the way the work actually runs. Doors run $65–$110 each, drawer fronts $30–$100, and cabinet boxes $25–$36 a linear foot. A typical kitchen — 20 doors, 8 drawer fronts, 20 feet of boxes — lands between about $2,050 and $3,725.
The finish is sprayed, not brushed. Doors and drawer fronts come off and get finished flat in the shop, where dust cannot land in wet paint; boxes are masked and sprayed in place. The result reads factory — no brush marks, no drips, no lap lines.
Refinishing — stripping and re-staining instead of painting — prices a step higher: doors $75–$125 each, drawer fronts $35–$115, boxes $29–$41 a foot. It keeps the wood grain in the picture, and it is the right call on good cherry, walnut, and quarter-sawn oak that should never be painted over.
Most painting jobs run about 5 days, and your kitchen stays usable for most of them. We label every door's home before it comes off, so what goes back is exactly what came down — in the right order.
Paint, Refinish, Reface, or Replace?
Paint when the style is fine and the color is the problem. Refinish when the wood is worth showing. Reface when the door style itself is dated. Replace when boxes or layout fail. The free visit sorts it in about ten minutes of looking at your cabinets.
If painting is right, we say so — it is our cheapest service and we would rather earn the next job than oversell this one. Compare it with cabinet refacing if your door style is part of the problem.
Colors and Finishes
Warm whites and soft grays are what most Bluffton kitchens pick, with navy and deep green islands close behind. We spray samples on your actual door wood before the job — color on oak grain reads different than color on a chip.
Sheen matters too: satin is the workhorse for kitchens — easy to clean, kind to imperfect boxes. We will talk you out of high gloss unless your boxes are perfect, because gloss shows everything.
How much does it cost to paint a whole kitchen?
Figure your pieces: doors at $65–$110, drawer fronts at $30–$100, boxes at $25–$36 a foot. The typical 20-door kitchen lands about $2,050–$3,725. The calculator on our home page runs your exact counts.
Will painted cabinets hold up?
A sprayed cabinet finish with proper prep — degrease, sand, prime, two finish coats — holds up for years of kitchen use. The failures you have seen are prep failures: paint over grease lets go. Prep is most of our labor, on purpose.
How long does it take?
About 5 days for a typical kitchen. Doors spend part of that in the shop; boxes are masked and sprayed in place in the middle days.
Can you paint over stained cabinets?
Yes — that is most of the work. Stain gets cleaned, sanded, and sealed with a bonding primer before color. Dark stain to light paint usually takes an extra primer pass, which the estimate includes.
Ready when you are — call (854) 209-5153 or send the form and we will call you back to set up your free estimate.