Cabinet painting and refinishing for kitchens and baths

Old kitchen and bath cabinets get a new painted finish here. We pull the doors and drawer faces, scrub off the cooking film, sand, prime, paint, then rehang everything with its hardware . We take these jobs across Cedar Mill, Beaverton, Bethany and the streets close by. A painted kitchen in the metro usually comes to about $1,089, with most falling between $451 and $1,745, paint and supplies included (Portland-area market data, November 2026) . Ring to book a look, or send a photo by text to the same number.

Got a crooked door or a drawer that drags? We fix that first, since fresh paint on a loose hinge just chips sooner. Those repairs are covered on the cabinet repair and installation page.

Slava does the painting with his own hands, backed by 7 years of hands-on experience .

What does cabinet painting cost in the Portland area?

The table holds the market figures we work from right now. Painting includes materials; the two extras are labour only.

These numbers reflect what Portland-area shops charged in November 2026 . The way a range becomes your actual quote is explained under pricing.

Count the doors and drawer faces first; that drives most of the total. Painting the face frames and end panels costs more than doing doors alone, and so do box interiors, an island or a pantry tower. Taking dark stain to a light color needs extra coats. Oak has deep grain that shows through paint unless it gets filled, and bigger or smaller pulls mean patching the old screw holes .

Comparing bids? Line up the same four points on each: frames included or not, which primer, the number of finish coats, and whether removal and rehanging are in the price.

Should you paint, reface or replace old cabinets?

Paint pays off when the boxes are real wood or plywood, sit square on the floor, and the layout still suits you. Refacing means fresh doors plus a thin veneer glued over the existing frames, and we have not decided yet if we offer it, so just ask .

New boxes are the answer when the old ones have puffed up or split apart, a common story under a sink that dripped for months, or when walls and appliances are moving. One damaged sink cabinet can be swapped as a cabinet job. Moving things around turns it into a kitchen remodel; the numbers for that live in the kitchen remodel cost breakdown.

Plenty of Beaverton one-story and split-entry homes built between 1960 and the late '90s, plus Cedar Mill houses of 1960s-70s vintage, are still running the kitchen the builder put in. We open the doors and look at what the boxes are made of before saying anything .

Is it OK to paint cabinets without sanding them first?

Skipping it is how you get peeling. Every kitchen cabinet near a stove wears an invisible layer of grease, and new paint sitting on grease and slick varnish lets go first where hands touch it most: by the pulls and beside the sink. A finish that lasts goes on in order: cleaner, light sanding, a primer made to grip glossy surfaces, then the color .

The paint costs less than people expect. Their money goes into the hours of prep and the waiting between coats.

Houses from before 1978 bring Oregon's lead rule into play at exactly this sanding stage; read the older-houses section further down.

How many days will the kitchen be torn up?

Our market price row assumes roughly 14 hours of hands-on labour for one kitchen. Those hours get spread out, though. Each coat has to cure before the next goes on, and painted doors stay tender for several days even once they feel dry, so expect more than a single day .

Clear out the shelves that are getting painted before we arrive. When you get the quote you'll also hear where the doors get painted and whether you keep a working sink and range during the job . From October through May, cold damp air here may stretch the drying, so timing can depend on the month .

What happens with cabinets in a pre-1978 home?

For homes built earlier than 1978, Oregon's renovation rule for lead counts paint prep, both scraping and sanding, as regulated work. Indoors, the minor-repair exemption stops at less than 6 square feet of paint disturbed per room. A whole kitchen's worth of doors and fronts blows past that, so sanding a painted kitchen in an old house doesn't qualify.

Cedar Hills was largely built out in the '50s and '60s, with much of Cedar Mill following ten to twenty years on, so kitchens there often predate the cutoff. Bethany, built up mostly around and after 1990, tends to land past the line. Tell us what year your home was finished and how old the cabinets are, and you'll know whether we can take it before any work begins .

Is a permit or contract required for cabinet painting in Oregon?

There's no permit for it. The state Building Codes Division lists cabinet painting with the finish work that needs no permit. For a question about your particular home, check with Washington County, Beaverton or Portland, depending on which one covers your lot.

Paperwork is another matter. under state guidance rules, any job priced above $2,000 needs a written contract; the contract requirements rundown lists what belongs in it .

Can you paint a bathroom vanity or built-ins?

Yes; our price row treats bath cabinets the same as kitchen ones. Vanities, laundry-room cabinets and built-in bookcases go through identical prep, and with shower steam around, primer is not optional . Replacing a vanity or mirror outright belongs to bathroom refresh, and if the walls and baseboards need color too, that's interior painting.