Cabinet Refacing, Refinishing & Painting in Highland Park

Highland Park is a North Shore suburb about 25 miles north of downtown Chicago, a lakefront city of wooded ravines, winding tree-lined streets, and a walkable downtown, long known as the summer home of Ravinia. Cabinet painting, refacing, and refinishing are what we specialize in, not a service tacked onto general contracting, and that specialty is exactly what a Highland Park kitchen calls for. This is a community with real architectural pedigree, from grand older homes to celebrated mid-century modern houses, set on some of the most beautiful lots on the North Shore. The kitchens inside homes like these deserve cabinet work that respects the house rather than fighting it.

The homes in Highland Park

Highland Park's housing is as varied as its landscape. You will find grand older homes and estates near the lake and the ravines, a notable collection of mid-century modern houses, and ranches and colonials on the streets that filled in through the postwar decades, along with newer luxury builds. Homes here tend toward the larger side, so kitchens usually have room to breathe, with space for a generous island and the storage a full household runs on, and each one calls for its own approach.

Matching the color to the architecture

With homes this design-minded, the cabinetry carries a lot of the room. A painted Shaker in white, off-white, sage, or a soft muted tone suits the traditional homes, while a clean Flat Panel sits beautifully in the mid-century modern houses, whether you want a crisp all-white kitchen or something warmer in wood. There is usually room for a two-tone look as well, a painted perimeter with a stained white oak or walnut island that adds warmth and depth. A designer consultation comes with every sizable project. Together you land on a cabinet color that works with your floors, your trim, your light, and the age of the home.

Older kitchens, and the quirks we plan for

Many Highland Park kitchens are ready for attention. The older homes carry their years in settled cabinets, hardware painted over through decades of touch-ups, and layers of old finish, while plenty of houses were last updated in the 1990s or early 2000s, so their cabinets are hitting the twenty-year mark and starting to look out of trend. In most of these homes the boxes are still solid, well-built cabinetry with good bones, which makes them strong candidates for refinishing, refacing, or a fresh painted finish. You keep the layout you already like and put the work into the doors, drawer fronts, and finish you see and touch every day. All of it gets noted at the first walkthrough, so nothing catches you off guard mid-project.

More than the kitchen in a Highland Park home

Larger homes usually have more woodwork worth caring for than just the kitchen. A lot of Highland Park projects grow to take in a butler's pantry, a mudroom, an office, a wet bar, or vanities throughout, all finished to match so the house reads as one considered whole. Highland Park sits up on the North Shore, well within our service area, a straightforward run north from the Fulton shop in Pilsen. Expectations get set from the very beginning, and from the first coat to the last, the only job is to meet them and exceed them.