A colour consultation narrows the shortlist to two or three colours, sprays a full sample door in each, and checks them under the kitchen's real light so the finished result matches the choice.
Colour is the cabinet painting decision people lose the most sleep over, and the one most easily fixed with a sample door. Kingston's kitchens face every direction, from north-facing galleys in Kingscourt to the bright lakefront rooms of Reddendale, and the same white looks different in each. The consultation is built into every kitchen cabinet painting job and is available on its own.
Warm white has overtaken stark white as the cabinet painting colour asked for most, because it suits wood floors, stone counters and the warm light of an older house. Greige suits the grey and taupe floors in newer subdivisions. Sage green and navy are the popular deep colours for islands and lowers, and charcoal or soft black suits a modern slab kitchen with plenty of window. We match any of them to the major paint decks, so a colour chosen from a chip or a photo can be sprayed exactly.
A chip from the paint store is two inches of colour seen under store lights. A sample door is a whole door sprayed in the real product, in the real sheen, that can be hung on the actual cabinet and looked at in the morning, at noon and under the kitchen lights at night. We paint two or three sample doors in the shortlisted cabinet painting colours and leave them for a few days. Almost everyone changes their mind at least once, and that is the point of the sample.
A north-facing kitchen pulls colour cooler and greyer, so a white that looks warm on the chip can read cold on the wall. A south-facing room warms everything, and a strong white can look yellow by afternoon. Sheen matters as much as hue. Satin suits most kitchens: it hides small marks and never flashes in sunlight. Semi-gloss suits a modern kitchen and shows every fingerprint. Most cabinet painting in Kingston goes out in satin. Both are part of the sample door.
A kitchen being painted to match existing trim, a new tile or a colour seen in a magazine can be matched from a chip, a sample or the object itself. Two-tone kitchens need two colours that share an undertone, and the two-tone and island page covers that pairing. Hardware samples come out on the counter during the same visit, so knobs and paint get chosen together, and the hardware and hinge page covers the finishes.
Every cabinet painting visit includes the consultation at no charge, and a sample door follows the quote. Send the form or call +1 (613) 706-5129. The Kingston Cabinet Painting home page covers the work that comes after the colour is chosen.
Whatever else in the house has doors and drawers gets prepped, primed and sprayed the same way.
Fronts leave for a booth; boxes are coated where they stand, behind containment. What returns looks factory finished, wears a new colour, and costs a fraction of replacement. Kitchen cabinet painting is how a tired kitchen gets there.
See Kitchen Cabinets
A pre-sale refresh is a painted kitchen scheduled around a listing date, in a neutral colour that photographs well, with the vanity and hardware handled in the same visit so the house is camera-ready in two to three weeks.
See Pre-Sale Refresh
Oak cabinet painting seals golden oak's tannin with a shellac primer, then fills the open grain or leaves it on show, and finishes doors and boxes in a sprayed modern colour so a 1990s kitchen looks built this year.
See Oak Cabinets
Cabinet spray painting runs the doors and drawer fronts through an off-site filtered booth and the boxes through sealed containment in the kitchen, the only cabinet painting method that produces a factory-smooth surface.
See Spray Painting
Two-tone work gives the island, or the whole lower run, a deep colour like navy, green or charcoal while the perimeter stays light, and an island by itself can be done as a small stand-alone job.
See Two-Tone and Islands
Melamine, laminate and thermofoil doors are slick from the factory, so their cabinet painting starts with a bonding primer and finishes with hard sprayed enamel, and it holds on any door whose surface is still tight to the board.
See Thermofoil and Melamine
In a condo galley or L-shape the fronts leave for spraying and the boxes take a single contained day indoors. The unit stays usable, and cabinet painting works around the building's rules on elevators and parking.
See Condo Kitchens
Refinishing suits good hardwood that should stay on show: stripping or sanding removes the old finish, stain follows if the colour is changing, and the grain is sealed under a sprayed clear topcoat.
See Refinishing
When the boxes are sound but the doors are not, refacing fits a full set of new doors and drawer fronts, or replaces just the few past saving, and old and new get painted together so nothing looks different.
See Refacing and New Doors
A vanity is a small piece that lives in steam and splashes, so it gets the kitchen treatment of degreasing, priming and sprayed enamel, is finished inside two days, and is often booked with a kitchen.
See Bathroom Vanities
Hardware work covers filling the old handle holes, drilling fresh ones with a jig after the paint has cured, swapping slamming hinges for soft-close, and fitting knobs or pulls in brass, black or nickel.
See Hardware and Hinges
Pantries, laundry runs, mudroom lockers, bookcases, wall units and mantels are fixed in place, so their cabinet painting is done on site inside sealed containment, using the same products a kitchen gets.
See Pantries and Built-InsA visit to the house, a door count and a written quote, with no fee and nothing owed if the answer is no.
Tell us what you can about the kitchen, and we phone to arrange the visit. Sending the form takes nothing more than a name and a number. If talking is easier, the number to dial is +1 (613) 706-5129.
