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Cabinet Painting in St. Paul, MN

St. Paul homes often hide handsome cabinetry behind worn varnish or tired paint, from pantry cupboards in Highland Park to oak kitchens near Como. We prep, prime and spray each door and frame, and help you pick colors and sheens that respect the house.

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What Our St. Paul Cabinet Painting Includes

Color guidance plus a lasting finish

  • Two-Tone Kitchen Planning: A darker island with lighter perimeter cabinets, or deep lowers beneath pale uppers, can give a St. Paul kitchen real depth. We bring sample boards so you can see shades beside your counters, floors and window light. We also talk through where the color break should fall so the kitchen looks intentional rather than patched together.
  • Sheen That Fits the Room: Satin hides fingerprints and small dings on busy family cabinets, while semi-gloss reads crisp and wipes clean easily on pantry and butler's pantry doors. Higher sheens also reveal every flaw beneath them, so we match surface prep to the sheen you pick. You see samples before anything goes on, and the final choice is always yours.
  • Hardware Swapped Cleanly: Changing knob and pull styles often means new drilling. We fill old holes, sand them flush and prime before color, then drill for the new hardware with a template so every pull lines up. Hinges can be cleaned and reused, or traded for concealed or soft-close types when the doors and face frames allow it.

Why Cabinet Painting Works in St. Paul Houses

Old cabinetry worth keeping in place

  • Pantries and China Cabinets: Larger houses in Ramsey Hill and Crocus Hill often have pass-through pantries, glass-front china cabinets and tall storage built into the walls. These pieces were made to fit their rooms and are hard to replace. Thoughtful paint, applied over careful sanding and a bonding primer, keeps them in service and makes them far easier to wipe down.
  • Modest Kitchens Refreshed: In Merriam Park, Frogtown and along the East Side, many kitchens were remodeled decades ago with stock oak or maple cabinets that still function well. Rather than gutting a small room, owners can repaint the boxes and doors, add new pulls and change the whole feel of the kitchen while keeping the existing countertops in place.
  • Lead-Safe Kitchen Work: St. Paul has a large share of homes built long before 1978, and cabinets there may carry older paint beneath newer coats. We follow lead-safe practices any time we sand those surfaces, isolating the kitchen with plastic, collecting dust as we go and cleaning thoroughly before we leave. Your household stays protected while the work moves forward.
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Common Questions From St. Paul Homeowners

From historic pantries to stock oak, St. Paul cabinets raise plenty of questions. These answers cover color, prep, cure time and which surfaces we are willing to paint.

Cabinet Painting Service Area in St. Paul, MN

We paint cabinets across St. Paul, including Highland Park, Macalester-Groveland, Merriam Park, St. Anthony Park, Como, Frogtown, Dayton's Bluff and the West Seventh area. Beyond the city limits, our crews handle kitchens and vanities in Roseville, Maplewood, West St. Paul, Falcon Heights and Minneapolis. Every project starts with a free estimate, where we look at your cabinets, discuss colors and explain exactly how we will protect the rest of the house while we work.

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