Cabinet Refacing, Refinishing & Painting in Logan Square

Logan Square is a North Side Chicago neighborhood built around its grand historic boulevards and the wide public square at their center, marked by the Illinois Centennial Monument. Cabinet painting, refacing, and refinishing are what we specialize in, not a service tacked onto general contracting, and that specialty is exactly what a Logan Square kitchen calls for. Laid out as part of Chicago's historic boulevard system and built up during the boom years around the turn of the last century, the neighborhood is full of stately homes and classic city flats, shaded by mature trees and anchored by a lively Milwaukee Avenue. The homes here have real vintage character, and the kitchens inside them deserve cabinet work that respects the house rather than fighting it.

The homes in Logan Square

Logan Square is known for its housing. Along Logan and Kedzie Boulevards you will find stately greystones and elaborate old mansions, and just off them the neighborhood fills in with large classic bungalows, brick two-flats and three-flats, and worker's cottages, most built between the 1890s and the 1920s. Many of those flats have since been converted to condos, and newer buildings have gone up here and there. Kitchens run from grand rooms in a boulevard home to compact, hardworking kitchens in a flat or a bungalow, and each one calls for its own approach.

Matching the color to the architecture

Vintage city homes take beautifully to color. A painted Shaker in white, off-white, sage, or a soft muted tone brightens a bungalow or a flat kitchen and reads current in almost any older home, while keeping a stained island or a run of real wood in the mix nods to the oak trim these houses are known for. Two-tone is a favorite here, a painted perimeter with a stained white oak or walnut island that adds warmth and a little 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

Homes this age come with their own quirks, and planning for them up front is the whole game. Cabinets settle over a century of a building shifting, hinges and pulls get painted over through decades of touch-ups, and there are usually layers of old finish to work through. Where the cabinetry is solid real wood, and in a bungalow or a boulevard greystone it often is, the boxes tend to have good bones, which makes them strong candidates for refinishing to bring the grain back, or for refacing or a fresh painted finish. You keep the layout you trust 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.

Working in Logan Square's flats and condo buildings

With so many Logan Square kitchens in two-flats, three-flats, and condo buildings, a project here usually calls for a bit of coordination, and we handle it as part of the job: certificates of insurance, any building or association rules, protecting stairwells and entryways, and keeping shared hallways clean as we move in and out. Logan Square is a quick run up from the Fulton shop in Pilsen, so we are close by and easy to schedule. 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.