Kitchen cabinet refacing with solid wood in the Chicago area has been the mainstay of our business for many years. Most of the kitchens that I work with start out with serviceable, but dated ‘builder’s oak’ cabinets. The cabinet frames and boxes are usually solid, but the oak cabinets with the bold swirls of grain give the entire kitchen a dated look.
Unless the plan calls for a drastic change in the entire kitchen layout, it usually doesn’t make sense to do a complete tearout and replacement of all the cabinetry.
80% of the time the best kitchen remodeling solution, from a time and money perspective, is refacing the cabinetry with solid wood and replacing the doors and drawers.
With many years of experience as a custom cabinetmaker, I use a method of cabinet refacing that eliminates the use of laminates and veneers. By using new, custom-made cabinet doors and drawer fronts and covering the existing cabinet boxes with solid hardwood facing and end panels, we can create the kitchen you’ve always wanted at an affordable price without the hassle and expense of a complete tearout.
We can specify the exact door styles, wood species and finishes (stained, painted or glazed) that will best fit the character of your home.
Custom Cabinets and Modifications
Sometimes the kitchen needs just a few tweaks in the layout to make it much more functional. One of the main things that people often want to change is the little desk that seems to have been standard issue in all kitchens in the 90’s. Of course, nobody uses it as a desk – it tends to function as an elaborate, granite-topped mail, phone and key depository. Removal of the desk and installing a functional pantry, wine bar or china hutch is one often part of our kitchen renewal process.
This is often combined with refacing the rest of the cabinetry in solid wood.
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