This Madeira Beach kitchen had solid white cabinets that just felt plain. Instead of replacing anything, we refinished the island in a deep blue, kept the white perimeter cabinets, and swapped the silver handles for gold. If you refinish a whole kitchen in two colors like this, the second color adds about $500 with us. Cabinet refinishing starts at $5,000, and most medium kitchens land between $8,000 and $10,000.
The project at a glance
- Location: Madeira Beach
- Service: cabinet refinishing with a contrasting island
- Island: refinished in a deep blue
- Perimeter cabinets: kept white
- Hardware: silver handles replaced with gold
Why refinishing instead of new cabinets?
The cabinets were well built and solid, and the homeowners liked the layout. What they didn’t like was how flat the all-white kitchen felt. That’s exactly when refinishing makes sense: the boxes are good, the layout works, and the problem is the look. New cabinets would have meant demo, new countertops and weeks without a kitchen to fix something a new color could fix.
Why put the color on the island?
A dark island against light perimeter cabinets gives a kitchen a focal point without making it feel smaller. It’s also the easy part to change later. If your taste shifts in a few years, redoing an island is a much smaller job than redoing the whole kitchen. Here are more cabinet colors that hold up in Florida light.
Cabinet refinishing at Bayshore starts at $5,000. Most kitchens run $8,000–$10,000 and large kitchens $11,000–$15,000, with 5 to 7 working days on site. A second color for a two-tone look is a $500 add-on, and the sprayed finish carries a 2-year warranty against blistering and peeling.
Typical ranges from our recent projects. Your written estimate, built after we see your space, is what your project is priced on.
Why the hardware matters
Gold hardware against blue is what makes this kitchen look designed instead of just painted. Hardware is cheap compared to everything else in a kitchen, and it’s the easiest time to change it, because the doors are already off. If your new pulls don’t match the old hole spacing, the old holes get filled before priming. Here’s more on picking new cabinet hardware.
How we refinish cabinets
The doors and drawer fronts come off and go to our shop to be sprayed. The frames get the same steps in your kitchen:
- A chemical sand with denatured alcohol or lacquer thinner, depending on the old finish, to cut grease and dull the surface.
- A physical sand.
- Old holes filled, then the first coat of shellac-based primer, which bonds to the old finish and blocks stains from bleeding through.
- Filling again, a second coat of primer, then sanding.
- Two coats of a 1-part pre-catalyzed finish, sanded between coats so it builds to the right thickness without going overboard.
Most refinishing jobs take 5 to 7 working days on site, or 2 to 3 weeks if new countertops and a backsplash go in too. Our sprayed finishes carry a 2-year warranty against blistering and peeling, every project carries our 1-year workmanship warranty, and we leave a touch-up bottle in your color. Here’s the full process, step by step.
What would this cost today?
With us, cabinet refinishing starts at $5,000. Most medium kitchens, around 30 doors and 15 drawers, land between $8,000 and $10,000, and most large kitchens between $11,000 and $15,000. A second color adds about $500. New hardware is priced by the piece. See our cabinet refinishing page for more.
Frequently asked questions
How much does cabinet refinishing cost in Madeira Beach?
With us, refinishing starts at $5,000, and most medium kitchens run $8,000 to $10,000. Refinishing the whole kitchen in two colors adds about $500.
Can you refinish just the island in a different color?
Yes. That’s a two-tone refinish. The island gets its own color and the rest of the kitchen gets another, or stays the color it is if it’s in good shape.
Can I change my hardware when you refinish?
Yes, and it’s the best time to. If the new pulls don’t match the old holes, we fill the old ones before we prime.
Where do you refinish cabinets?
Across Pinellas County, including Madeira Beach, Indian Rocks Beach, Seminole, Largo, Belleair and Clearwater.
Thank you to 365 Property Partners of Tampa for working with us on this kitchen.
Thinking about a new color for your cabinets? Book a free consultation and I’ll tell you straight whether refinishing is the right fit. You can browse cabinet colors in our Design Portal.
