Joe the owner is a pleasure to work with. The quoting process is meticulous and he helped me devise solutions and help me update the condo's look while keeping costs reasonable. Any issues from walkthrough is quickly addressed and Brayan from Joe's crew did a good job painting the various parts of the apartment. Will definitely work with them again and recommend Fulton Revival to anyone looking at painting jobs. Give them a call!
West Loop · Chicagoland
Cabinet Painting in West Loop
Premium cabinet painting for West Loop loft and new-build condo kitchens. Factory-smooth sprayed finishes, modern color, finished in-house, dust contained to your unit. Founder-led since 2012. Get your estimate.
A factory-smooth, modern finish for the loft kitchen everyone sees the moment they walk in.
Cabinet painting built for an open-plan loft
In most kitchens, a painted cabinet has a few places to hide. In a West Loop loft, it has none. The kitchen opens straight into the great room, and the cabinetry is in full view from the front door, the sofa, and the dining table at once. That is the whole reason cabinet painting is the work that built this company, and the whole reason it has to be done at the level this neighborhood expects. A finish that reads beautifully across an open floor plan, against the brick and the beams, is not a paint job. It is the centerpiece of the room.
The West Loop also raises the bar on color. This is the design district, Fulton Market and the Randolph restaurant row, where the architecture sets a high standard and the kitchen is held to it. The honey-stained Shaker that came with a 1990s warehouse conversion has gone out of trend, fighting the brick and timber instead of complementing it. A crisp white, or a deliberate modern color built for the loft it lives in, snaps the whole space into the present. We lead with that conversation, the color and how the cabinetry sits inside the architecture, because in a neighborhood like this that is the entire conversation. The finish lasts. The look is what you are buying.
Our own shop is a short drive from the West Loop, in Pilsen, so we are in this neighborhood constantly. We are a founder-led Chicago crew, and we have done this work more than 1,500 times.
How a West Loop painting project goes
We start with a Cabinet Design Consultation in your unit. We read the loft, the brick, the beams, the light, and the sightlines across the open plan, and we bring a finished sample right to your island so you can see the color against your own walls before you commit. From there, the work is sprayed, not brushed: we build our coats very thin and in multiple coats for a flawless, factory-smooth surface in any color you can dream up. We color-match in Benjamin Moore, Sherwin-Williams, Farrow & Ball, and more.
Most of that spraying happens back at our controlled shop, not in your loft. We move your doors and drawer fronts out for finishing and bring them back, which is also why the project is quieter and cleaner in your building. For the work that does happen in the unit, we encapsulate the kitchen in a plastic bubble and run a negative pressure machine that vents the air, so the dust and the smell stay contained and never drift into the rest of your home or out into a shared hallway. We finish your boxes in-house too, so the surfaces you keep and the doors we spray read as one seamless kitchen, which matters when the whole run is on display.
Every project is backed by the Fulton Revivals warranty, start to finish.
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In their own words
What homeowners say after the reveal
Joe and his team at Fulton Revivals were excellent and we are extremely pleased with the interior paint work done throughout our condo. They were professional and timely - communicating to us throughout the project. Joe had the team out quickly after project completion to address minor touch-ups post walk-through. Highly recommend and will utilize Fulton Revivals services for future work.
We recently had our kitchen cabinets refinished by Fulton Revivals. Working with Joe and Krystal was amazing and we couldn’t be happier with the results! They were professional, reliable, and went above and beyond to make sure everything was perfect. Our cabinets look absolutely beautiful — it’s like we have a brand new kitchen! Their attention to detail and pride in their work truly show. We highly recommend them to anyone looking for quality craftsmanship and outstanding service.
West Loop questions
Questions we hear most
- How much does cabinet painting cost in Chicago?
- Most cabinet painting runs $150 to $250 per door and drawer front, so the size of your kitchen is the biggest driver of the total. Where you land in that range depends on the condition of your cabinets, the hinge style and overlay, and any repairs like water or impact damage. We price every job down to the penny off our production rates instead of guessing, so the number reflects your actual kitchen. For a full breakdown, see our cost guide.
- How long does cabinet painting take?
- About 5 to 10 working days start to finish. We finish the boxes in your home (usually 2 to 4 days for a typical kitchen), spray the doors and drawer fronts at our shop (3 to 5 days), then come back for a final reinstall day.
- Do you spray or brush the cabinets?
- We spray, always. Every door and drawer front is sprayed in our shop, not brushed or rolled, so the finish lays down dead smooth with no brushstrokes or stipple. That is what makes a sprayed cabinet read like a factory finish instead of a repaint.
- Will painted cabinets chip or peel?
- Not when the prep is done right, which is where most cabinet paint jobs fail. We clean every surface with ammonia and TSP, sand the entire set, lay down a primer made specifically for wood coatings, sand again, then build the finish in multiple, multiple thin coats. The chipping people have seen usually comes from cheap latex enamels brushed over a dirty, unsanded cabinet. We use 2K polys, so we don't have that problem.
- Do you paint the cabinet boxes too, or just the doors?
- Both, so your whole kitchen matches. We finish the boxes and face frames in your home and spray the doors and drawer fronts at our shop, then bring everything back together on reinstall day.
- Where do you paint the doors?
- At our shop, not in your kitchen. A controlled shop environment is how you get a clean, even, factory-quality finish, and it keeps the spraying, dust, and dry time out of your home. The boxes are done on-site, the doors and fronts come to us.
- What kind of paint and finish do you use on cabinets?
- We finish cabinets with an Italian two-component (2K) polyurethane built specifically for cabinetry, laid down in multiple thin coats over a primer made for wood coatings. It cures far harder than the latex enamels most painters use, which is why it holds up to daily kitchen wear. We can match every color.
- Can you paint over stained or wood cabinets?
- Yes. Oak, cherry, maple, birch, alder, laminate, and veneer all take paint well once they're properly cleaned, sanded, and primed, and open-grain woods like oak get extra prep so the grain doesn't show through the final finish. The few things we won't paint are thermofoil and certain vinyls, because nothing holds to them long-term and we won't set you up for a finish that fails.
- What colors work best for kitchen cabinets?
- Crisp whites and warm off-whites stay timeless, while greens, deep navies, and two-tone kitchens with a contrasting island are where a lot of our design-minded clients are going right now. The right answer depends on your counters, backsplash, floors, and light, which is why we pair sizable projects with a designer in The Curated Design Session so you commit with confidence, not on a hunch.
- Is cabinet painting worth it vs. replacing?
- For most kitchens, yes. If your cabinet boxes are solid, painting gives you a brand-new look for a fraction of the cost of new cabinets, with far less demolition and disruption. Replacement only makes sense when the boxes themselves are failing. If you want a new door style but solid boxes, refacing is the middle path worth comparing.
- Is cabinet painting the same as "cupboard painting"?
- Same service, different word. "Cupboard painting" is just the more British or informal name for what we do, refinishing your kitchen cabinet doors, drawer fronts, and boxes with a sprayed, durable finish. If you searched "cupboard painters," you're in the right place.
- Can you repaint cabinets that were already painted?
- Yes. We run the same process no matter what's on the cabinets now: we clean the full set, sand it down, prime, and paint. That way the new finish bonds to a stable, properly prepped surface instead of just layering over an old finish that may already be failing.
- How long do professionally painted cabinets last?
- Done right, a professionally painted cabinet finish lasts many years of daily kitchen use. The key is the system underneath: thorough prep, the right primer, and multiple thin coats of a hard two-component coating that cures far tougher than ordinary wall paint. That's what separates a finish that holds for years from a repaint that chips in months.
- Will the finish show brushstrokes, or is it smooth like a factory cabinet?
- Smooth, like a factory cabinet. Because we spray every door and drawer front in our shop rather than brush or roll them, the finish lays down dead even with no brushstrokes, ridges, or stipple. That sprayed, factory-grade smoothness is one of the biggest tells between professional cabinet work and a DIY or general-painter repaint.
- How do I clean and care for my painted cabinets?
- Easy. Wipe them with a soft, damp cloth and a mild dish soap when needed, and skip abrasive pads and harsh or ammonia-based cleaners that dull any finish over time. We hand you touch-up paint when we're done for the occasional nick, and the cured finish is built to take normal daily kitchen life.
- Do white painted cabinets turn yellow over time?
- Not with the right products. Yellowing is a known problem with cheaper oil-based finishes, which is exactly why we don't use them on white cabinets. The two-component coatings we spray are formulated to stay color-stable, so your whites hold true instead of ambering. It's another reason the product underneath matters as much as the color on top.
- Can you touch up a chip or scratch later, or does the whole door need repainting?
- Most small chips and scratches touch up cleanly, which is why we leave you matching touch-up paint when we finish. For everyday nicks you won't need to redo a whole door. If a door ever takes major damage, we can refinish that single door rather than the whole kitchen.
- Can you paint the cabinets around my sink and dishwasher where it gets wet?
- Yes, and those high-moisture zones are exactly where proper prep and the right coating earn their keep. We make sure those areas are cleaned, sealed, and finished to stand up to water and steam. If there's existing water damage to the cabinet itself, like swollen MDF under the sink, we repair that first, then finish, so it looks and holds up like the rest.
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