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.
The open-plan kitchens in Westbrook, Woodhaven and Greenwood Park almost all have an island, and so do the renovated kitchens in Reddendale and along Front Road. Island cabinet painting is the cheapest way to make one of those kitchens look designed rather than delivered. When the whole kitchen is changing colour, kitchen cabinet painting covers the full job and the island is priced as a line inside it.
Navy, Green And Charcoal Island Cabinet Painting Works Because The Perimeter Stays Light
A deep colour on the island reads as furniture, and it works because the uppers and the perimeter lowers stay in a warm white or a pale greige that carries the light. Navy is the most requested island colour in Kingston, followed by forest green, sage and charcoal. Black works in a kitchen with plenty of window. A wood-tone island, either kept in its original stain or refinished, against painted white perimeter cabinets is the other pairing, and cabinet refinishing covers that side of it.
Deep cabinet painting colours need an extra coat of enamel or a tinted primer to reach full depth, and the quote says so. A sample door in the island colour, held next to a sample door in the perimeter colour, settles the pairing before anything is sprayed.
A Second Colour Adds A Line To The Cabinet Painting Quote
Two colours mean two sets of spray passes, two cleanouts of the equipment, and masking between the island and the perimeter on site. Ontario market ranges put the two-tone or island upcharge at roughly $800 to $2,000 on a whole-kitchen job, and a large two-tone kitchen lands anywhere from $6,000 to well past $9,000. Those numbers describe the market, not a quote. Our written quote separates the island so the cost of the second colour is plain.
The Island Is Often The Whole Cabinet Painting Job
Plenty of Kingston kitchens have perimeter cabinets in good white or cream paint and an island in the same colour that has never looked right. Cabinet painting for the island alone takes two to four days, with the six to ten fronts in the booth and the island box sprayed on site behind a small containment. It is the smallest whole-piece job we take and one of the most common.
The island box takes the most wear in the kitchen, from stools, hips and shoes, so it gets the harder of our two product families whenever the colour allows. Chipping at the island end panels is the first thing to show on a brushed island, and thin sprayed coats of 2K polyurethane are the answer.
Uppers And Lowers In Two Colours Follow The Same Cabinet Painting Rules
The other two-tone layout puts the lowers in the deep colour and the uppers in the light one, with no island at all. It suits the galley kitchens of Calvin Park and Kingscourt where there is no room for an island, and it prices out close to single-colour cabinet painting with a second-colour line added. The rule is the same: dark low, light high, and the two colours from the same paint deck so the undertones agree. Warm white over sage, greige over navy and cream over charcoal are the pairings we see most.
A Painted Sample Door Answers The Cabinet Painting Question A Paint Chip Cannot
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.
Ask About Two-Tone Cabinet Painting Or An Island In Kingston
An island or a two-tone kitchen gets priced on the same free visit as every other cabinet painting job. Use the form or call +1 (613) 706-5129 with the island's door count. The Kingston Cabinet Painting home page covers the rest of the kitchen and the rest of the house.
Two-Tone Kitchens and Island Painting Questions
Which colour pairings work best?
Navy is the most requested island colour, then forest green, sage and charcoal. Warm white over sage, greige over navy and cream over charcoal come up most. Both colours come from the same paint deck so the undertones agree.
Can only the island be painted?
Yes. An island on its own takes two to four days, with the fronts in the booth and the box sprayed on site behind a small containment. It is the smallest whole-piece job we take and one of the most common.
What does a second colour cost?
Ontario market ranges put the upcharge at about $800 to $2,000 on a whole-kitchen job. Two colours mean two sets of spray passes and masking between them. Our written quote separates the island so the cost is plain.