A two-tone kitchen puts a painted perimeter beside a darker or wood-toned island, and where the perimeter is already fine, just the island gets sprayed in navy, green or charcoal as a job of its own.
The open-plan kitchens in Martindale, Grapeview and the newer streets off Fourth Avenue almost always include an island, and that is the piece most people want changed. The work is insured. The island gets its own cabinet painting line on the quote whether it is done alone or with the perimeter.
An island stands in the room on its own, so it can carry a colour the perimeter cannot. Navy under a white perimeter is the most common two-tone cabinet painting pairing. Sage or forest green under warm white, charcoal under greige, and black under cream all work. A stained wood island beneath a painted perimeter runs the other way, and cabinet refinishing covers the wood side of that job. The perimeter colour gets chosen first, then the island colour is picked against a sample door of it.
An island of six to ten pieces is a small cabinet painting job, usually two to four days including the booth time for the doors. The end panels and the seating side are sprayed in place behind containment. An island that is a different colour from the perimeter does not have to match anything, so it is the easiest place to start while the rest of the kitchen stays as it is. Market ranges put an island on its own at roughly $900 to $2,000 depending on the door count and the colour depth, and the written quote gives the real number.
A two-tone kitchen has a few places where the colours touch: the end panel where the perimeter run meets the island, the toe kick, the crown moulding and any open shelving. The visit decides which colour each of those gets, and the quote records it, so there is no guessing on the day. Crown and toe kicks usually follow the perimeter. The fridge panel and the range hood follow whichever colour they sit against.
Navy, forest green and charcoal need three topcoats where a white needs two, because the pigment covers less per coat, and a deep colour is often built over a tinted primer. That adds a coat of labour to the island and the quote shows it. Dark islands also show dust and fingerprints more than white ones and are usually finished in a satin sheen to soften that, which cabinet colour consultation covers.
Whether it is the island alone or the whole kitchen in two colours, send the address or call +1 (905) 367-8017 and bring a photo of the island. The St. Catharines Cabinet Painting home page covers the perimeter side of the job and all the other cabinet painting we do.
A navy or green island under a warm white perimeter is the most requested two-tone look right now, and island cabinet painting on its own is the quickest way to get it.
Identical prep, primer and sprayed coats go onto all the other cabinets around the house.
Kitchen cabinet painting removes every door and drawer front, degreases and sands the lot, primes for the substrate and sprays thin coats of a hard enamel so an existing kitchen looks new without replacing a single box.
See Kitchen Cabinets
Oak cabinet painting locks the tannins in golden oak under a shellac primer, deals with the open grain by filling it or keeping it, and lays a hard sprayed enamel over 1980s and 1990s doors that are solid, well built and simply the wrong colour.
See Oak Cabinets
Post-war bungalow kitchen cabinet painting restores the original birch and plywood slab doors of 1950s to 1970s kitchens, or the 1980s oak that replaced them, in the small galley layouts those houses were built with.
See Post-War Bungalows
Thermofoil, melamine and laminate doors carry slick factory surfaces where ordinary primer will not hold, so the job begins with bonding primer, plus an honest verdict on the doors worth painting and the ones past saving.
See Thermofoil and Melamine
Cabinet spray painting means doors finished in a filtered spray booth, boxes finished behind sealed containment in the kitchen, and thin, even coats of enamel or 2K polyurethane that cure hard with no brush marks, which is cabinet painting done the factory way.
See Spray Painting
Bathroom vanity painting is the smallest job on the list, usually six to ten pieces finished inside one or two days, with a primer and topcoat chosen to stand up to the steam and splashes of a bathroom.
See Bathroom Vanities
Cabinet refinishing keeps the wood. Stripping or sanding takes the old finish off, new stain goes on, and a clear coat seals it, so solid walnut, cherry or white oak doors look new without paint covering the grain.
See Refinishing
Refacing fits fresh doors and drawer fronts onto boxes that are still sound, and door replacement swaps out a single damaged or delaminated door and sprays it to match, for a fraction of what a full kitchen replacement costs.
See Refacing and New Doors
Condo kitchen cabinet painting deals with a small galley, the building's rules, the elevator and the parking, and because the doors are sprayed away from the building, the unit stays livable while its boxes get sprayed inside two days.
See Condo Kitchens
With the doors already down, the old handle holes are filled and hidden under paint, a template guides fresh drilling, and worn hinges are exchanged for soft-close units sized to the same cup.
See Hardware and Hinges
Cabinet painting for pantries, laundry and mudroom cabinets, built-in wall units, bookcases, window seats and fireplace mantels covers the cabinets that are not in the kitchen, and most of these pieces get finished on site.
See Pantries and Built-Ins
A colour consultation pins down colour and sheen before any spraying starts, with a sample door finished in the real colour and checked in the kitchen's own light against the counters, the floor and the backsplash.
See Colour ConsultationWe arrive, count the doors and put the quote in writing. The visit costs nothing and there is no pressure to go ahead.
Describe the kitchen as fully as suits you. We phone back to book the visit. Two things send the form: who you are and how to reach you. If you would sooner talk, the number is +1 (905) 367-8017.
