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You walk into your kitchen every morning and see the same tired cabinets. The finish that looked great when you moved in now feels completely wrong for how you live today. Maybe the stain is too dark, making your kitchen feel closed in. Or the paint around the handles is chipping and wearing away.
Here’s what changes when you choose professional kitchen cabinet painting: Your space becomes somewhere you actually want to cook and entertain. The room feels brighter, more open, completely current. When friends visit, they notice the transformation immediately.
Best part? You get all of this without tearing apart your entire kitchen. No months of eating takeout, no surprise structural problems, no budget explosions from hidden issues. Just a complete visual transformation that happens in one week.
We bring over ten years of painting expertise to every cabinet project in Orchard Lake Village. While Legends Construction has served Oakland County for two years, our experience runs much deeper through extensive work in both residential and commercial painting.
Our approach is straightforward: deliver exceptional work at competitive pricing, earn customers who call back for future projects. No overselling services you don’t need. No corner-cutting that shows up later. No surprises that blow your budget.
For Orchard Lake Village homeowners who expect quality craftsmanship and honest business practices, this combination makes the difference between a painting job and a true kitchen transformation that adds real value to your home.
Everything starts with understanding exactly what you want your kitchen to look like. After assessing your current cabinets, the real work begins with thorough cleaning and degreasing—the step that prevents most cabinet painting failures you see with other contractors.
Preparation separates professional results from amateur attempts. We remove all hardware and carefully label it so everything goes back exactly where it belongs. Surfaces are sanded to ensure proper adhesion, and any dents or imperfections get filled and smoothed. Then cabinets are primed with products specifically designed for kitchen environments that handle heat, moisture, and daily wear.
The actual painting happens under controlled conditions using techniques that eliminate brush marks and ensure even coverage. Multiple thin coats create a durable finish that looks factory-fresh, not painted over. Finally, everything gets reassembled with precision, and you get a complete walkthrough to ensure every detail meets your expectations.
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Our professional kitchen cabinet painting in Orchard Lake Village includes complete surface preparation that addresses years of cooking grease and residue buildup. This thorough cleaning and degreasing ensures your new finish actually sticks and lasts, not something you can achieve with standard household cleaners.
Our service covers all visible cabinet surfaces—doors, drawer fronts, face frames, and interior edges that show when doors are open. Hardware removal and reinstallation is included, along with careful labeling so every piece goes back exactly where it belongs. Minor repairs like filling small dents, scratches, or gaps are handled as part of our standard process.
Given Orchard Lake Village’s premium housing market, many homes feature custom millwork and detailed cabinet designs. We understand how to work with these architectural elements, preserving decorative details while achieving smooth, factory-like finishes. The result looks like brand-new cabinetry, not painted-over existing surfaces.
Most kitchen cabinet painting projects in Orchard Lake Village are completed within one week, including all preparation work, painting, drying time, and final reassembly.
The exact timeline depends on your kitchen size and the condition of existing cabinets. Kitchens with extensive custom millwork or cabinets needing significant repair work may require a few additional days. However, we design our process to minimize disruption to your daily routine while ensuring quality results.
You’ll have limited kitchen access during the work, but essential functions like refrigerator and sink access remain available throughout the project. Most homeowners find this temporary inconvenience much more manageable than the months-long disruption and expense of full kitchen renovation.
Kitchen cabinets require specialized paints designed to withstand daily wear, cooking grease, heat exposure, and frequent cleaning. Standard wall paint simply won’t hold up to this demanding environment and will fail quickly.
We use products like KCMA-certified finishes, which are specifically formulated for cabinetry applications. These paints cure to a hard, durable surface that resists chipping, scratches, staining, and moisture damage. They’re also engineered to clean easily with standard household cleaners without losing finish quality or color.
The specific product choice depends on your desired appearance and durability requirements. Semi-gloss and satin finishes are popular choices because they balance durability with aesthetics, providing easy maintenance while avoiding the high-gloss look that shows every fingerprint and minor imperfection.
Most solid wood and quality plywood cabinets can be painted with excellent, long-lasting results. However, certain cabinet types should not be painted and will not provide satisfactory outcomes regardless of technique or materials used.
Thermofoil cabinets, which feature a thin vinyl layer heat-sealed to MDF core, cannot be painted successfully. The vinyl surface doesn’t accept paint properly, and attempting to paint these cabinets typically results in peeling, bubbling, and complete finish failure. Similarly, laminate cabinets present significant adhesion challenges and often aren’t suitable candidates for painting.
We can assess whether your specific cabinets are good candidates for painting. In most Orchard Lake Village homes with quality original cabinetry, painting delivers outstanding results at a fraction of replacement cost, making it an excellent investment in your home’s value and your daily enjoyment.
Professional kitchen cabinet painting in Orchard Lake Village typically ranges from $3,000 to $7,000, depending on kitchen size, cabinet complexity, and the level of preparation required for quality results.
This investment includes all labor, premium materials, and the complete process from initial preparation through final assembly and cleanup. Factors influencing pricing include the number of cabinet doors and drawers, existing surface condition, any repair work needed, and special finishes or custom colors requested.
When compared to cabinet replacement costs, which easily run $25,000 to $60,000 or more for quality cabinetry in Orchard Lake Village’s premium market, professional painting delivers dramatic transformation at roughly 10-15% of replacement cost. For most homeowners, this represents exceptional value for a complete kitchen refresh that can last 10-15 years with proper care.
When executed properly with quality materials and professional techniques, painted cabinets are extremely durable and can last 10-15 years or more with normal kitchen use. The key lies in using appropriate products and correct application methods from the start.
We use specialized primers and topcoats engineered for high-wear environments. These finishes cure to a hard surface that resists impacts, scratches, heat exposure, and moisture damage. They’re also formulated to clean easily with standard household cleaners without finish degradation or color fading.
High-touch areas around handles and frequently used doors may show some wear over time, but quality painted cabinets can be easily touched up to maintain their appearance. This ongoing maintenance is simple and inexpensive compared to living with outdated cabinets or facing the significant expense of complete replacement.
The difference comes down to preparation quality, material selection, and application technique. Professional cabinet painting involves extensive surface preparation, including proper degreasing, sanding, and priming that most DIY projects skip or execute inadequately due to time constraints or lack of knowledge.
We use specialized paints, primers, and application methods that aren’t readily available to consumers. We understand how different cabinet materials react to various products and can identify and solve potential problems before they become costly failures. Controlled work environments and spray application techniques create smooth, factory-like finishes that are extremely difficult to achieve with consumer-grade brushes and rollers.
Most importantly, we manage the hundreds of small details that determine project success or failure. When you factor in material costs, tool investment, time commitment, and the significant risk of poor results requiring complete re-work, professional service often provides better value and guaranteed outcomes for your investment.
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