What is the difference between refacing and just painting the doors?

Refacing gives you a new door. Painting gives you the same door in a new colour. If your door style is wrong for the kitchen you want, no colour will ever fix that. If the style is right, new doors spend money on the one part that was fine. Going through [[anchor]] takes only about a minute, standing in your own kitchen.

How long am I without a kitchen?

Five days. The project takes four to five weeks, but for four of those weeks your doors are being made and your kitchen works just like it does now. You have every appliance, the sink and the counters. The only week you notice is the week we install.

How much does refacing a kitchen cost?

Most kitchens cost between $8,000 and $15,000. The range is wide for a simple reason. A galley with twelve doors and a U-shaped kitchen with a pantry are both "a kitchen". The price comes from the number of doors and drawers plus the days on site, not the floor area. Reading [[anchor]] shows why two kitchens of the same size can cost thousands apart.

Is the quote going to change once you see my kitchen?

No. Ninety-nine percent of our quotes are done from photos. The written price comes within 24 to 48 hours, worked out properly instead of guessed at the door, and it does not change afterwards. If a visit shows something that changes the job, we cover it. It does not become an extra line.

Will the new doors and the sprayed frames really match?

Yes, and it is a good question to ask any refacing company. We spray the doors in our booth and the frames in your kitchen, with the same 2K from the same batch, a few days apart. We use no sheet material at all, so nothing has to be made to look like something else. Both surfaces are the same product.

Is refacing worth it, or should I just replace the kitchen?

It depends on four things, and price is only one of them. Here they are. Are the boxes in good shape? Does the layout work? Is the problem the door style or the colour? And how big is the gap to replacing the kitchen? Reading [[anchor]] goes through them in the order that can rule the job out before anyone quotes it, which saves you time.

Could I just change the doors and leave everything else?

Yes, you can. But whether you should depends on your frames, not on your doors. New doors next to forty-year-old frames look like new doors on an old kitchen, which is not the look you want. Checking [[anchor]] answers the question quickly, from just one photo of an open cabinet.

Which cabinet colours have dated badly?

Honey oak and cool, flat mid-grey are the two colours we are asked to change most. But the pattern behind them matters more than the list itself. What ages worst is whatever everyone chose at the same time. Reading [[anchor]] is the useful part, because few people have ever had it explained to them before choosing a colour.

What is the warranty?

Five years on the finish and the work, and fifteen years on waterproof MDF doors and drawer fronts. Stone is different, and we tell you up front. Countertops have a one-year warranty from the fabricator who cuts and installs them, not from us.

Cabinet Refacing Vaughan | Kitchen Made New

Our services

What we do

Most of our work is refacing, but not all of it. We do the cabinets and the finishing ourselves, from start to finish. The stone is cut by a fabricator, and we manage their contract and schedule.

Cabinet refacing

New doors and drawer fronts on the boxes already on your wall. The frames are sprayed to match.
Cabinet painting

The doors you have, in the colour you want. Cleaned, sprayed in a booth and finished in 2K.
Countertops

Chosen, priced and scheduled with your cabinet work, so your kitchen is closed once, not twice.

What cabinet refacing actually is

Before — A kitchen before and after. Cream raised-panel cabinets with a glazed finish became white, and the island was refinished in charcoal and kept its wine rack — Cream to white. The island kept its wine rack.

After — A kitchen before and after. Cream raised-panel cabinets with a glazed finish became white, and the island was refinished in charcoal and kept its wine rack — Cream to white. The island kept its wine rack.

A kitchen is made of two parts, and only one of them wears out. The boxes are the part screwed to the wall: the frames and the shelves. They are made of plywood or solid wood, and they were built to last as long as the house. What wears out is everything you touch and see: the doors, the drawer fronts, the hinges and the colour.

Cabinet refacing treats those two parts separately. The boxes stay where they are and the fronts are replaced. The result is a kitchen that looks and feels new, while the hidden parts stay the same. Most of our customers save between fifty and seventy percent compared with buying new cabinets, and the results look just as good.

Cabinet refacing does not suit every kitchen. If a box has swollen from a leak under the sink, if you dislike the layout itself, or if the frames were made of chipboard, refacing is not worth the money. We tell you that before we quote. Sometimes the right answer is replacement, and we will say so.

Why our cabinet refacing sprays the boxes instead of wrapping them

A sprayer in a hood and respirator spraying 2K polyurethane onto cabinet frames still fixed to the wall, the openings masked and the room sheeted behind him

What almost everyone else does

Almost every refacing company in the GTA covers the cabinet boxes with a peel-and-stick veneer. This is a thin sheet, cut to size and rolled onto the frame. It is fast and needs no special equipment, and it is the reason refacing has a bad name. Veneer lifts at the edges. It shows a seam wherever two pieces meet. Once it starts peeling, it cannot be fixed.

What we do instead

We spray them. We use the same 2K polyurethane that goes on the doors. We apply it on site, behind sealed plastic walls, in the same colour as the doors. So the frames and the doors have the same finish, not two materials trying to match. You get any colour, with no seams, and it can be repaired in ten years if something gets knocked.

Why almost nobody does it this way

It takes two trades. A refacing company cannot spray, and a painting company cannot make you a door. We do both. That is rare, and it is a big part of why this business exists.

What 2K is, and why it is worth the trouble

Sprayed white cabinet doors leaning on trestles, the cured 2K catching the light in a long unbroken highlight down each panel

2K means two-component polyurethane. It is a resin and a hardener, mixed just before use. They react with each other instead of simply drying. This makes a tough, bonded coating, and four things follow from that.

It is harder than any finish that dries by evaporation, because it cures by a chemical reaction
It stands up to the cleaners and cooking oils used in a kitchen
It is much less likely to chip down to the bare material
It does not turn yellow. A white kitchen painted in a water-based enamel turns slightly cream by its fifth year, even when nothing else is wrong. That is often what makes it look dated, not damage

There are real downsides. 2K costs several times more than cabinet enamel. Once it is mixed it cannot be saved, so a slow afternoon wastes material. It is solvent-based, so spraying at your house means sealed plastic walls, air filters, and asking you to be out of the house for two or three days.

Our prices are on the higher end. What we compete on is how your kitchen looks in year five, not the lowest quote.

The part nobody sees, which decides everything

A room sealed before spraying — windows and door masked in sheeting and tape, the floor covered, the cabinets wrapped, and an air scrubber running on the floor

Two problems cause nearly every cabinet finish that fails, and neither one is about the paint.

Grease and wax. Kitchens build up cooking grease, and most cabinets have had furniture polish on them at some point. Most painters clean with TSP, which is water-based, and water-based cleaners do not remove wax. The grease comes off, but a thin layer of wax stays, and the primer sticks to the wax instead of the door. That kitchen looks great for a year. Then the finish starts to come off around the handles, where hands touch it most. We use our own solvent-based cleaner instead. It removes what TSP leaves behind, and it does not swell the wood or raise the grain the way water does.
A finish that stays soft, which is why we use 2K, as explained above.

You cannot see either one in a photo, but both are most of what you pay for. Prep is the part nobody sees, and it decides how long the finish lasts. That is why two quotes that look alike on paper may not be for the same job.

The doors themselves

New shaker doors stacked on a padded trolley in the shop before finishing, the machined panel and the door edges visible down the stack

We make your doors to fit your openings. We do not order a standard size and trim it down. This matters more in older houses than most people expect. Openings slowly go out of square over the years. A door made to a standard size sticks out on one side of a run and sits short on the other. That is what people notice when a refaced kitchen looks slightly off and they cannot say why.

Two materials cover almost every kitchen we quote. Waterproof MDF takes a sprayed colour better than wood does. It stays stable through a Canadian winter, and it carries our fifteen-year warranty because the material and the finish work so well together. Solid hardwood is for kitchens where you want to see the grain, such as rift-cut white oak, maple or cherry. We stain it and seal it in clear 2K, so the wood still looks like wood.

We always replace the hinges at the same time. They are hidden and cheap compared with the whole job, but they make the difference between a door that closes and a door that closes properly. Most people choose soft-close once they have tried one.

The doors

Made to fit: Your openings, measured. Not a standard size cut down to fit
Waterproof MDF: Best for a sprayed colour, 15-year warranty
Solid hardwood: Rift-cut white oak, maple or cherry, when you want to see the grain
Finish: 2K polyurethane, sprayed in our booth
Hinges: Always replaced, with soft-close if you want it

The four weeks you keep your kitchen

What matters is not how long the project takes. It is how long you are without a kitchen, and those are very different. Four of the five weeks happen in our shop while your kitchen keeps working. Only the last week is disruptive, and we ask you to be out of the house for two or three days of it.

Week one, day one

Measured and labelled

We take off the doors, drawer fronts and removable panels, then measure and label them. You choose your colour in your own kitchen, next to your counters and your floor, in your own light. Then the doors go to our shop.
Weeks one to four

Nothing happens at your house

We make and spray your doors. Your kitchen has no doors on it, but everything else works. You have your sink, appliances and counters, with open shelves where the doors were.
The last five days

Sprayed, hung and adjusted

We set up containment, then clean, sand and spray the boxes in place. The new doors come back and we hang them one by one. This is the only week without a working kitchen.
Signed off

Checked together

We go through every cabinet with you before anything is signed off. The finish is fully cured, not just dry, so you can fill your cupboards that evening.

The one busy week

The five days without a kitchen, day by day

This is the one week you will notice. We set up containment on day one and adjust the last door on day five.

Day one

Off and sealed

We take off the doors and drawer fronts. We seal the kitchen off from the rest of the house with plastic walls and sheets, cover the appliances and counters, and set up air filters.
Days two and three

Cleaned and sanded

A solvent cleaner removes the grease, and the wax and polish that a water-based cleaner leaves behind. Then we sand every frame. Good prep is what makes a finish last.
Days four and five

Sprayed

We spray a tinted primer and sand it. Then we spray two top coats of 2K polyurethane, letting each one cure. It is best to be out of the house for these two days.
Final day

Fitted and checked together

We put on the new doors and drawer fronts, fit the hardware and adjust every door. Then we check every cabinet with you before anything is signed off.

Often mixed up

Refacing or repainting, and why they are not the same job

People often ask for one when they mean the other. The difference changes the price, the result, and which one suits your kitchen.

Aspect	Refacing	Repainting
Doors and drawer fronts	Replaced with new doors made to fit your openings.	Kept. We clean, sand, prime and spray them.
Cabinet frames	Sprayed on site in 2K to match the doors, whether they are new or the ones you keep.
Change the door style	Yes. Shaker, slab or raised panel, whatever suits the room.	No. You keep the same style, in a new colour.
Right for a kitchen where	The boxes are in good shape, but the doors are old, damaged or the wrong style.	The doors are in good shape and well made. Only the colour looks dated.
Time on site	About five days.
Start to finish	Four to five weeks. Your doors are being made for four of those weeks.	Two and a half to three weeks.
Cost	Higher. You are buying new doors.	Lower. You are paying for labour and finish.

Recent work

Kitchens across the GTA, before and after

32 of 100+ kitchens across Vaughan and the GTA.

Before — espresso thermofoil to Cashmere Grey, refaced and sprayed to match — Markham Village, Markham — Markham Village · espresso thermofoil to Cashmere Grey, refaced and sprayed to match

After — espresso thermofoil to Cashmere Grey, refaced and sprayed to match — Markham Village, Markham — Markham Village · espresso thermofoil to Cashmere Grey, refaced and sprayed to match

Before — custom two tone kitchen built and fitted, white with a navy island — Vellore Village, Vaughan — Vellore Village · custom two tone kitchen built and fitted, white with a navy island

After — custom two tone kitchen built and fitted, white with a navy island — Vellore Village, Vaughan — Vellore Village · custom two tone kitchen built and fitted, white with a navy island

Before — dark wenge to light driftwood, refaced — River Oaks, Oakville — River Oaks · dark wenge to light driftwood, refaced

After — dark wenge to light driftwood, refaced — River Oaks, Oakville — River Oaks · dark wenge to light driftwood, refaced

Before — golden oak sprayed charcoal — Uptown Core, Oakville — Uptown Core · golden oak sprayed charcoal

After — golden oak sprayed charcoal — Uptown Core, Oakville — Uptown Core · golden oak sprayed charcoal

Before — espresso sprayed a light green, new handles, cabinets only — Erin Mills, Mississauga — Erin Mills · espresso sprayed a light green, new handles, cabinets only

After — espresso sprayed a light green, new handles, cabinets only — Erin Mills, Mississauga — Erin Mills · espresso sprayed a light green, new handles, cabinets only

Before — honey maple sprayed navy below and white above, counters by others — Merton, Oakville — Merton · honey maple sprayed navy below and white above, counters by others

After — honey maple sprayed navy below and white above, counters by others — Merton, Oakville — Merton · honey maple sprayed navy below and white above, counters by others

Before — espresso to white shaker, granite kept — College Park, Oakville — College Park · espresso to white shaker, granite kept

After — espresso to white shaker, granite kept — College Park, Oakville — College Park · espresso to white shaker, granite kept

Before — dark espresso kitchen and vanity sprayed Balboa Mist — Lawrence Park South, Toronto — Lawrence Park South · dark espresso kitchen and vanity sprayed Balboa Mist

After — dark espresso kitchen and vanity sprayed Balboa Mist — Lawrence Park South, Toronto — Lawrence Park South · dark espresso kitchen and vanity sprayed Balboa Mist

Before — two-tone to all white, custom end panel — Old Oakville, Oakville — Old Oakville · two-tone to all white, custom end panel

After — two-tone to all white, custom end panel — Old Oakville, Oakville — Old Oakville · two-tone to all white, custom end panel

Before — espresso repainted cream, island extended and finished in a second colour — City Centre, Mississauga — City Centre · espresso repainted cream, island extended and finished in a second colour

After — espresso repainted cream, island extended and finished in a second colour — City Centre, Mississauga — City Centre · espresso repainted cream, island extended and finished in a second colour

Before — espresso to white, repainted — Glen Abbey, Oakville — Glen Abbey · espresso to white, repainted

After — espresso to white, repainted — Glen Abbey, Oakville — Glen Abbey · espresso to white, repainted

Before — whitewashed oak refinished white, crown moulding added, new quartz and sinks — Rouge Woods, Richmond Hill — Rouge Woods · whitewashed oak refinished white, crown moulding added, new quartz and sinks

After — whitewashed oak refinished white, crown moulding added, new quartz and sinks — Rouge Woods, Richmond Hill — Rouge Woods · whitewashed oak refinished white, crown moulding added, new quartz and sinks

Before — dark cherry sprayed off-white — Westmount, Oakville — Westmount · dark cherry sprayed off-white

After — dark cherry sprayed off-white — Westmount, Oakville — Westmount · dark cherry sprayed off-white

Before — espresso sprayed soft white — Morrison, Oakville — Morrison · espresso sprayed soft white

After — espresso sprayed soft white — Morrison, Oakville — Morrison · espresso sprayed soft white

Before — flat white doors refaced with MDF shaker fronts, granite and layout kept — Erindale, Mississauga — Erindale · flat white doors refaced with MDF shaker fronts, granite and layout kept

After — flat white doors refaced with MDF shaker fronts, granite and layout kept — Erindale, Mississauga — Erindale · flat white doors refaced with MDF shaker fronts, granite and layout kept

Before — honey maple sprayed cream — Eastlake, Oakville — Eastlake · honey maple sprayed cream

After — honey maple sprayed cream — Eastlake, Oakville — Eastlake · honey maple sprayed cream

Before — wenge sprayed Black Iron, slatted island front made to size — Roncesvalles, Toronto — Roncesvalles · wenge sprayed Black Iron, slatted island front made to size

After — wenge sprayed Black Iron, slatted island front made to size — Roncesvalles, Toronto — Roncesvalles · wenge sprayed Black Iron, slatted island front made to size

Before — antiqued cream sprayed bright white — Trafalgar, Oakville — Trafalgar · antiqued cream sprayed bright white

After — antiqued cream sprayed bright white — Trafalgar, Oakville — Trafalgar · antiqued cream sprayed bright white

Before — walnut refinished white, crown moulding added, granite kept — Churchill Meadows, Mississauga — Churchill Meadows · walnut refinished white, crown moulding added, granite kept

After — walnut refinished white, crown moulding added, granite kept — Churchill Meadows, Mississauga — Churchill Meadows · walnut refinished white, crown moulding added, granite kept

Before — dark granite out, white quartz through and an island top — Southwest Oakville, Oakville — Southwest Oakville · dark granite out, white quartz through and an island top

After — dark granite out, white quartz through and an island top — Southwest Oakville, Oakville — Southwest Oakville · dark granite out, white quartz through and an island top

Before — cabinets added under the bar, oak to white — West Oak Trails, Oakville — West Oak Trails · cabinets added under the bar, oak to white

After — cabinets added under the bar, oak to white — West Oak Trails, Oakville — West Oak Trails · cabinets added under the bar, oak to white

Before — walnut refinished white, nine glass doors replaced with solid MDF — Rouge Woods, Richmond Hill — Rouge Woods · walnut refinished white, nine glass doors replaced with solid MDF

After — walnut refinished white, nine glass doors replaced with solid MDF — Rouge Woods, Richmond Hill — Rouge Woods · walnut refinished white, nine glass doors replaced with solid MDF

Before — dark oak to white, same boxes and same layout — Palermo, Oakville — Palermo · dark oak to white, same boxes and same layout

After — dark oak to white, same boxes and same layout — Palermo, Oakville — Palermo · dark oak to white, same boxes and same layout

Before — dated cream doors replaced, boxes sprayed white — Meadowvale Village, Mississauga — Meadowvale Village · dated cream doors replaced, boxes sprayed white

After — dated cream doors replaced, boxes sprayed white — Meadowvale Village, Mississauga — Meadowvale Village · dated cream doors replaced, boxes sprayed white

Before — stripped to bare timber, restained dark — Wedgewood Creek, Oakville — Wedgewood Creek · stripped to bare timber, restained dark

After — stripped to bare timber, restained dark — Wedgewood Creek, Oakville — Wedgewood Creek · stripped to bare timber, restained dark

Before — orange-toned maple sprayed Stone Hearth, new brass pulls — Rosedale-Moore Park, Toronto — Rosedale-Moore Park · orange-toned maple sprayed Stone Hearth, new brass pulls

After — orange-toned maple sprayed Stone Hearth, new brass pulls — Rosedale-Moore Park, Toronto — Rosedale-Moore Park · orange-toned maple sprayed Stone Hearth, new brass pulls

Before — worn finish stripped back, same doors restained — Falgarwood, Oakville — Falgarwood · worn finish stripped back, same doors restained

After — worn finish stripped back, same doors restained — Falgarwood, Oakville — Falgarwood · worn finish stripped back, same doors restained

Before — golden oak stripped and restained dark — Iroquois Ridge, Oakville — Iroquois Ridge · golden oak stripped and restained dark

After — golden oak stripped and restained dark — Iroquois Ridge, Oakville — Iroquois Ridge · golden oak stripped and restained dark

Before — dark cherry to white above and navy below, new hood base — Fairview, Mississauga — Fairview · dark cherry to white above and navy below, new hood base

After — dark cherry to white above and navy below, new hood base — Fairview, Mississauga — Fairview · dark cherry to white above and navy below, new hood base

Before — black island worn through, recoated in the same colour — Joshua Creek, Oakville — Joshua Creek · black island worn through, recoated in the same colour

After — black island worn through, recoated in the same colour — Joshua Creek, Oakville — Joshua Creek · black island worn through, recoated in the same colour

Before — dark cherry sprayed white, new knobs and handles — Jerome, Hamilton — Jerome · dark cherry sprayed white, new knobs and handles

After — dark cherry sprayed white, new knobs and handles — Jerome, Hamilton — Jerome · dark cherry sprayed white, new knobs and handles

Before — golden oak sprayed white, new quartz and a slab backsplash — Bronte Creek, Oakville — Bronte Creek · golden oak sprayed white, new quartz and a slab backsplash

After — golden oak sprayed white, new quartz and a slab backsplash — Bronte Creek, Oakville — Bronte Creek · golden oak sprayed white, new quartz and a slab backsplash

Take a look

A GTA kitchen, refaced and finished

A photo only shows what the photographer chose. A walkthrough shows the whole room, corners and all.

A finished refaced kitchen in the GTA, with light grey shaker doors and drawer fronts on the original boxes, quartz counters and a matching island — A finished GTA kitchen, refaced

This video shows a kitchen refaced the same way as every kitchen on this page. It got new doors and drawer fronts on its existing boxes, sprayed frames to match, and new hinges throughout.

The layout did not change. The island, the upper cabinets and the pantry wall all stayed where they were. The boxes were worth keeping, so there was no reason to move them.

What changed is everything you touch and see. New doors, new hardware, a sprayed finish on the frames, and new counters at the same time, so they would not look old next to the new cabinets.

Before you commit

We design it in your kitchen

No showroom trip. No guessing from a brochure.

Door samples and finishes laid out in a client's kitchen

100+ kitchens refaced across Vaughan and the GTA

We come to you. We lay out samples, finishes and hardware on your own counter, next to your floors and in your light. Then we design around the kitchen you have.

Door profiles, colours and hardware brought to your kitchen
Your written quote already in hand, and it does not change after the visit
Options for what to change and what to leave alone
No charge, no deposit taken on the day

Travis, Tung and Nick — the crew who will be in your kitchen.

Nick did an amazing job replacing the baseboards in my kitchen!

Mallory Ciminsky

Nick and Travis did an amazing job from start to finish. They were friendly, professional, showed up when they said they would, and kept everything clean throughout the project. The quality of their work is excellent. Our cabinets look brand new, and it's hard to believe they're the same ones. The attention to detail really shows, and the finish is beautiful. The new cabinet and drawers are already making a huge difference for us. Nick also went above and beyond to help with a couple of issues we discovered from previous work, and that really meant a lot to us. We're so glad we chose Kitchen Made New. They completely transformed our kitchen, and we wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to anyone looking for quality workmanship and great service. Thanks again for a fantastic job!

Susan David

There isn't an option to leave +++ along with 5 stars. Nick and his crew are awesome! The service, commitment to their work as well as the pure pleasure of working with them is exceptional. You won't be disappointed with KITCHEN MADE NEW and especially Nick.

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Another way to keep your boxes

The other way to keep your boxes

Refacing changes the door. Refinishing keeps the door and changes its finish. It only works if the wood underneath is worth showing.

Cabinet refinishing in Vaughan

Refinishing is for solid wood only. It is the opposite of refacing, because you keep your doors and change their finish. We strip them back to bare wood, sand them, stain them the colour you want, and seal them in clear 2K so the grain still shows. It costs more than painting because stripping is slow and cannot be rushed. It is also the only one of the three that a painted door cannot give you. Knowing when the wood underneath is worth uncovering takes about a minute once someone looks at the back of a door.

A kitchen island stained dark after stripping, with the grain and the turned columns showing through the clear finish

More we do

The rest of what we take on

See the colour on your own cabinets first

Colour is the choice people put off the longest. A paint chip under store lights tells you very little. It does not show how the colour will look next to your floor, your counter and your daylight. Our visualiser shows you your own cabinets in the colour, before anything is sprayed. Upload one wide photo, pick from the colours we spray most, and see how it looks in your own kitchen. The same photos then start your written quote.

Cabinet painting and spray finishing

If your doors are in good shape, the style is right and only the colour looks dated, painting costs less and is often the right choice. We clean your doors with a solvent cleaner, not TSP. We spray them in a booth instead of brushing them in your kitchen. And we finish them in 2K, not a water-based paint that stays soft. Those three differences are why a sprayed door and a brushed one are different products, on a door you see from a foot away, in daylight, many times a day.

Countertops, fitted around the cabinet work

Countertops are the one part of the job we do not cut ourselves. A stone shop measures, cuts and installs them. We choose the slab with you, price it into the job, hold the contract and schedule it with the cabinet work. That way your kitchen is closed once, not twice. This timing is the main reason to book the stone through us instead of on your own. It is worth knowing how the stone gets scheduled against the cabinets before you pick a date.

Cabinet Refacing Cost in Vaughan

A large white kitchen — a peninsula, a full wall of uppers, a built-in desk run and glass-front cabinets, with dozens of doors and drawer fronts in the one room

We price refacing by the number of doors and drawers, plus the days on site. That is why we ask for wide photos of every run of cabinets, not close-ups. The count sets the price. Two kitchens that look the same size from the doorway can differ by a dozen doors once you count the pantry and the island.

When two kitchens of the same size get different quotes, the reason is nearly always the boxes. Frames that have been polished or waxed over the years need our solvent cleaner before anything will stick to them. A frame that was painted badly once already needs more work than one that is simply dated.

The door material you choose changes the price more than anything else. Painted waterproof MDF costs less and has the longest warranty. Solid hardwood, stained and sealed in clear 2K, costs the most. Hardware, crown moulding and panel-ready appliance fronts are priced as separate lines, so you can see what each one costs and say no to it.

Compared with replacing the cabinets outright, refacing costs about a third to a half as much. Your kitchen is out of use for five days instead of several weeks. What you keep is the layout, which is the right choice when the layout was never the problem.

How the price is worked out

Typical range: $8,000 to $15,000
Priced on: Number of doors and drawers, plus days on site. Not floor area
Quote time: 24 to 48 hours, from your photos
After a visit: No change. The quote is the price
Warranty: 5 years on finish and work, 15 on MDF doors

Working across Vaughan and the GTA

The Kitchen Made New van backed up to the shop's loading dock, loaded for a job

We do not work out of a single storefront. Our shop is our workshop, and our crew and van go where the kitchens are. Aurora, Markham, Richmond Hill, King City and Newmarket are on our regular northern route. Mississauga, Burlington and Scarborough are the far edges of it, and we go there regularly too.

That area has many kinds of homes, from the streets of Unionville in Markham to the larger properties in King City and the post-war bungalows in Scarborough. Our method stays the same for all of them. We make the doors to fit your openings, we spray the boxes instead of wrapping them, and we price by the number of doors and drawers wherever your house is.

Aurora, Markham, King City, Mississauga, Richmond Hill, Newmarket and Ajax are all in our service area. If a job is outside it, we tell you before we give a price, not as a travel charge added later.

Why us

Why GTA homeowners choose us for cabinet refacing

The boxes stay, so you pay about a third: Refacing replaces the doors, drawer fronts and hinges. It keeps the boxes already on the wall. You save on labour and disposal, not just materials. That is why refacing costs about a third as much as tearing the kitchen out.
Two trades under one roof, which almost nobody else has: Most refacing companies cover boxes in veneer because they cannot spray. Painting companies cannot make a door. Our crew does both. Your doors and your sprayed frames come from the same shop, not from two companies trying to match each other's work.
The quote is the price: Send wide photos of every run of cabinets and you get a written price in 24 to 48 hours. It does not change after a visit or during the job. Every add-on is its own line, so you can say no to one without changing the rest.
Five days without a kitchen, not five weeks: We make your doors while your kitchen still works. We only start taking things apart at your house once the doors are ready. That keeps the disruptive part to one week.

Get started

Get a written quote for your GTA kitchen

Photos are enough for a real price. Send wide photos of each run of cabinets, and you will get a written quote within 24 hours.

Get a quote

Questions

Common questions about cabinet refacing in Vaughan

Do you really work in Vaughan?: Yes. We serve Vaughan and the GTA, and that is where our van actually goes. Aurora, Markham, Richmond Hill, King City and Newmarket are all on our regular northern route. Mississauga, Burlington and Scarborough are the far edges of it. If a job is outside our area, we tell you, instead of quoting it and adding a travel charge.
What is the difference between refacing and just painting the doors?: Refacing gives you a new door. Painting gives you the same door in a new colour. If your door style is wrong for the kitchen you want, no colour will ever fix that. If the style is right, new doors spend money on the one part that was fine. Going through the one question about one door that settles it takes only about a minute, standing in your own kitchen.
How long am I without a kitchen?: Five days. The project takes four to five weeks, but for four of those weeks your doors are being made and your kitchen works just like it does now. You have every appliance, the sink and the counters. The only week you notice is the week we install.
How much does refacing a kitchen cost?: Most kitchens cost between $8,000 and $15,000. The range is wide for a simple reason. A galley with twelve doors and a U-shaped kitchen with a pantry are both "a kitchen". The price comes from the number of doors and drawers plus the days on site, not the floor area. Reading how a refacing quote is built, line by line shows why two kitchens of the same size can cost thousands apart.
Is the quote going to change once you see my kitchen?: No. Ninety-nine percent of our quotes are done from photos. The written price comes within 24 to 48 hours, worked out properly instead of guessed at the door, and it does not change afterwards. If a visit shows something that changes the job, we cover it. It does not become an extra line.
Will the new doors and the sprayed frames really match?: Yes, and it is a good question to ask any refacing company. We spray the doors in our booth and the frames in your kitchen, with the same 2K from the same batch, a few days apart. We use no sheet material at all, so nothing has to be made to look like something else. Both surfaces are the same product.
Is refacing worth it, or should I just replace the kitchen?: It depends on four things, and price is only one of them. Here they are. Are the boxes in good shape? Does the layout work? Is the problem the door style or the colour? And how big is the gap to replacing the kitchen? Reading the four conditions that decide it goes through them in the order that can rule the job out before anyone quotes it, which saves you time.
Could I just change the doors and leave everything else?: Yes, you can. But whether you should depends on your frames, not on your doors. New doors next to forty-year-old frames look like new doors on an old kitchen, which is not the look you want. Checking what the frames beside new doors will look like answers the question quickly, from just one photo of an open cabinet.
Which cabinet colours have dated badly?: Honey oak and cool, flat mid-grey are the two colours we are asked to change most. But the pattern behind them matters more than the list itself. What ages worst is whatever everyone chose at the same time. Reading why undertone dates a kitchen faster than shade is the useful part, because few people have ever had it explained to them before choosing a colour.
What is the warranty?: Five years on the finish and the work, and fifteen years on waterproof MDF doors and drawer fronts. Stone is different, and we tell you up front. Countertops have a one-year warranty from the fabricator who cuts and installs them, not from us.

Cabinet Maker in Vaughan — The Boxes Stay