Cabinet Refacing and Painting in Fort Collins, CO

About $8,250 on average, with most kitchens between $3,000 and $13,500, according to Fixr (updated January 2026). Per linear foot, laminate runs $80 to $125, wood veneer $100 to $250 and solid wood $200 to $500, about $275 on average. Labor is 50 to 70 percent of the bill.

About $4,000 for a professional job, with most kitchens between $2,500 and $6,500 in Fixr's 2026 figures. That is $70 to $125 per door and $30 to $110 per drawer front; a small kitchen can come in near $1,000 and a large one above $10,000. Materials alone for a DIY job run around $400.

Usually, because the boxes stay. Fixr puts refacing at $3,000 to $13,500 against $4,000 to $15,000 or more for replacement, and refacing skips the demolition and the counter removal that new cabinets can force. It only makes sense when the boxes are sound and the layout already works.

You can, if you're patient with prep. A lasting finish needs every door and drawer removed, degreased, sanded and primed before the topcoats; Fixr puts a DIY job at a weekend to a full week and a professional one at four to five days. A sprayed finish is smoother than a brushed one, which is why most painters spray. In a house built before 1978, sanding old painted cabinets falls under lead-safe rules for anyone paid to do it.

Eight to ten years with care, by Fixr's estimate, with oil-based and catalyzed finishes lasting longest. Latex paint over a glossy original finish may need touch-ups within a year or two, mostly on door edges and around handles.

No. Fort Collins exempts painting and cabinet work from building permits. Lead-safe work practices still apply to paid work that disturbs paint in a pre-1978 home.

It doesn't change anything you can't see. The boxes, their layout, the shelves and the drawer boxes stay as they are, so a cramped layout or a water-swollen sink base stays too. Refacing also costs nearly as much as basic stock cabinets: Fixr's refacing range is $3,000 to $13,500 against $4,000 to $15,000 or more to replace.

Usually, for anyone who wants a smooth, durable finish. Pros spray after removing and degreasing every door, which is most of what makes paint last the 8 to 10 years Fixr estimates; a professional job averages about $4,000, of which about 85 percent is labor. A careful DIY job saves that labor but takes a weekend to a week.

Through referral. Home Depot's services site lists cabinet painting through its Pro Referral program, which matches you with a local painter, and sells its own cabinet refacing installation. Either way the price comes after a visit, so compare it line by line with any painter's quote: how many doors and drawer fronts, whether they are removed and sprayed, the primer and topcoat, and who handles lead-safe prep in a pre-1978 house. Fixr's guide puts professional painting at $2,500 to $6,500, about $4,000 on average.

No survey lists colors that are out, but NKBA's 2026 research shows where taste is going: transitional styling, statement color moving onto islands (57 percent of designers), and warm wood finishes gaining on painted ones in bathrooms. A whole kitchen painted in one cool gray is the look most at odds with those trends.