Cabinet Refacing in Bluffton, SC
Refacing is the smart middle path: your cabinet boxes stay, and everything you see and touch gets replaced. New doors, new drawer fronts, new hinges and hardware, and a fresh skin of veneer or laminate over the box faces.
The pricing is per linear foot and depends on the face material. Laminate runs $40–$100 a foot, thermofoil $50–$100, real wood veneer $80–$200, and solid wood doors with matching veneer $160–$390. A typical kitchen mixing materials lands between $120 and $350 a foot.
Refacing only makes sense when the boxes earn it. Solid wood or good plywood boxes with a layout that works — reface away. Particleboard boxes, water damage under the sink, or a layout you hate — replacement is the honest call, and we will tell you at the visit.
The work is fast and clean compared to a tear-out. Most refacing jobs run about 4 days, your kitchen stays mostly usable, and nothing goes to the landfill that did not need to.
Soft-close hinges and new hardware are part of the job, not an upsell. When we leave, every door hangs straight, closes quiet, and lines up with its neighbors.
What Refacing Includes
New doors and drawer fronts in the style and finish you pick, veneer or laminate applied to every exposed box surface, soft-close hinges, and new handles or knobs. Crown and trim pieces are matched so the kitchen reads as one job, not a patch.
What it does not change: the layout, the box interiors, and the countertop. If you want a different layout or the counters are going too, that is a replacement conversation — see our custom kitchen cabinets page.
Refacing vs. Painting vs. Replacing
Painting is cheaper and changes color only — the door style and any worn edges stay. Refacing changes the style, the material, and the hardware. Replacing changes everything, including layout, at the highest cost and the longest timeline.
Most Bluffton homeowners who reface are in homes built in the 90s and 2000s — Bluffton and Sun City are full of solid boxes wearing dated oak faces. Four days later the same kitchen reads brand new.
How much does refacing a typical kitchen cost?
A 20-foot kitchen in real wood veneer at $80–$200 a foot runs $1,600–$4,000; solid wood at the top of the range runs $3,200–$7,800. Laminate lands lower. Your written estimate prices your exact footage and material.
Can you reface cabinets that were already painted?
Usually yes. Painted faces get stripped or properly prepped so the veneer bonds — we check adhesion at the visit and tell you if a box is a problem before we quote.
How long does refacing take?
About 4 days in the home for a typical kitchen, and the kitchen stays usable for most of it. Doors are built and finished ahead, so the on-site work is fitting and facing.
Will the inside of my cabinets match?
Box interiors keep their existing finish unless you ask us to line or paint them. Most people leave interiors — the face is what you see — but we can price interior work into the estimate if you want it.
Ready when you are — call (854) 209-5153 or send the form and we will call you back to set up your free estimate.