Cabinet painting and refinishing
Alan Robinson Painting refinishes cabinets for Bellevue kitchens, and we do it right here in your neighborhood. Oak and builder-grade cabinets, islands, vanities, built-ins: we’ll bring them all to a smooth, furniture-quality finish.
Alan started the company in 2007, and he’s an oil painter by training, so he’s very particular about how every door turns out. His family still lives in Bellevue, so we treat every kitchen like it’s our neighbor’s.
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Nextdoor Neighborhood FavoriteRefinishing, the way we do it, means paint. Your doors, drawer fronts and boxes stay; they’re cleaned, sanded, primed and sprayed a new color. Re-staining bare wood, refacing with new doors and replacing cabinets are different jobs, and we’ll say so if your kitchen needs one of them.
A kitchen with freshly painted cabinets feels like a new room: brighter, calmer and more in step with the way you live now, without the mess and cost of tearing anything out. Kitchen cabinet painting keeps the solid oak or builder cabinetry you already have and gives it a smooth, lasting finish in a color we help you choose. The Robinson family lives in Bellevue, so these are our neighbors' kitchens, and we treat them the way we'd want our own treated. It sits alongside the rest of our painting in the neighborhood, inside and out.
Refacing covers the existing cabinet boxes with new veneer and replaces the old doors with new ones. Replacement means removing the existing cabinets and installing new cabinetry, often with new countertops. Painting and cabinet refinishing keep the existing cabinet doors, drawers and frames, changing their appearance without replacing the cabinetry. The last option is best suited if you want to keep well-built cabinets, doors, drawers and frames as original, yet give them a fresh look. If you're still deciding, we've compared whether to paint, refinish, reface or replace side by side, with the time and cost of each.
Once the kitchen is done, carrying the new finish into the baths, the laundry room and the den makes the whole home feel consistent from end to end.
Kitchen cabinet painting changes the room you spend the most waking hours in without moving a single box. The doors, drawer fronts and face frames take the new color, while the counters, backsplash and layout you already like stay put. In an older kitchen that often means honey oak turning into a soft white, a warm greige or a deep green.
An island is a natural place to let a second color, or a hand-applied glaze, do some work, like the sage island at the top of this page. A butler's pantry or a small bar between kitchen and dining room can pick up the same tone so the two rooms feel related. Deciding what should stand out is half the pleasure of the project.
A freshly painted vanity brings a bathroom in line with the rest of the house without disturbing the tile or the top. Because a bath sees steam and splashes every day, the enamel is chosen to stand up to moisture and given time to harden before it's put to work.
Laundry rooms and mudrooms take the knocks of family life, from sports bags to muddy boots, and their cabinets usually show it first. They're often plain builder boxes, which makes them easy wins: the same prep and enamel as the kitchen, and the back hall looks like it belongs to the same house.
Bookcases beside a fireplace and walk-in pantry shelving have more edges and inside corners than any kitchen, and they're where a hurried job shows. Good cabinet painters reach into every opening and along each shelf lip, so the finish reads as carefully up close as it does from across the family room.
Many older homes have a built-in desk off the kitchen or a wall of cabinetry around the television, often in the same oak as the kitchen. Professional cabinet painters treat them as part of one project, so the color carries from room to room instead of stopping at the kitchen doorway.
“Alan and his team did a wonderful job with our cabinet repainting project.”
Whatever the kitchen, the hope is the same: cabinets you enjoy seeing every morning, in a finish that holds up to family life. Getting there starts with a conversation about the cabinets you have and the look you'd like.
A great many kitchens here were built when golden oak was the default, and the cabinetry from that era is usually solid, square and worth keeping. The open grain of oak shows through paint unless it's filled, so we talk with you about whether you'd like to keep a little texture or have the doors brought to a smooth, modern look before a brush ever touches them. You'll find more painted kitchens in the project gallery.
Newer streets such as Stephens Valley and the homes around Bellevue Station lean toward open plans, where the kitchen, the island and the family room share one long view. There the island is often the piece that sets the tone, and a darker or glazed color on it can anchor a big room that would otherwise feel all one shade.
A cabinet color can look very different on the chip than on your doors, because the light, the counters and the floors in your kitchen all change it. We bring samples, look at them on your own cabinets morning and evening, and help you settle on a color that works with everything that's staying.
Everything begins with a walk through the kitchen together. We look at the doors, the wood, the finish already on it and the hinges, talk about color in your own light, and then put the scope in an itemized written estimate.
In professional cabinet painting, the counters, floors and nearby walls are covered first, then every surface is degreased, because years of cooking leave a film paint won't hold to. A light scuff-sanding dulls the old sheen so the primer can grip.
Each door and drawer front is taken down and labeled so it returns to its own opening, with the hardware bagged alongside. This is also when oak grain can be filled for a smoother look.
A bonding primer goes on first, followed by thin coats of a hard-wearing cabinet enamel, brushed or sprayed depending on the doors and the look you want, with light sanding between.
Enamel feels dry long before it has fully hardened, and professional cabinet painting allows for that: the doors go back up with care and the first stretch calls for a gentle hand. Then we look over the kitchen with you, door by door.
There's more on our approach to kitchen cabinet painting across Greater Nashville.
Alan Robinson did an exceptional job painting my home, and his work on my kitchen cabinets deserves special praise. What started as basic builder-grade cabinetry now looks like elegant, custom-made pieces thanks to the beautiful glaze and meticulous finish he applied. The transformation is stunning.
Alan is professional, punctual, and incredibly detail-oriented. He took the time to understand my vision, offered thoughtful suggestions, and delivered results that exceeded my expectations. His lines are clean, his finishes are smooth, and he treats your home with respect—keeping everything tidy throughout the project.
If you’re looking for someone who combines skill, artistry, and reliability, I highly recommend Alan. My home looks better than ever, and the cabinets alone make the entire space feel elevated.
Absolutely amazing! We kept putting off getting this done after trouble with another company years before in painting our deck. Wish we would have used Alan from the start. Our kitchen cabinets look beautiful after years of chipping and hard to clean surfaces. Very professional and thorough in his work.
Alan Robinson Painting was highly recommended to me by a neighbor. I was first impressed by Alan’s responsiveness to my questions/requests and also his sincere willingness to engage the client in ongoing conversations about the project. Alan is very detail-oriented and upfront with every itemized cost for labor and materials. His patience with the client’s questions and plan changes made the project process orderly, pleasant, and very satisfactory. Alan clearly assigned his painters’ crew daily tasks every day; they are well trained and experienced painters. They arrived on time, worked very hard, and collaborated very well. At the end of day, they made sure things were put away and rooms were cleaner. Furniture and things were put back the way they were. At the end of the project they cleaned all the rooms and mopped the floor. The final walkthrough was thorough and detailed. In sum, I am very pleased with Alan’s excellent services and his hard working crew! I truly appreciate him and his crew for the great job they have done to make my house a much more comfortable place to live and enjoy.
From a very grateful and satisfied client
We live in Brentwood, TN, and hired Alan and his crew to paint our kitchen—including the walls, cabinets, trim, and ceiling—as well as our living room, including the walls, wood paneling, trim, and ceiling.
Before beginning the project, I interviewed several painters and ultimately chose Alan because of his competitive pricing, excellent communication, and attention to minimizing disruption to our family and our home. I especially appreciated his willingness to divide the project into two phases to accommodate our family’s schedule and the space we were living in.
Throughout the project, Alan and his crew were kind, respectful, professional, and incredibly communicative. I received regular texts, calls, and updates, and Alan consistently checked in with questions to make sure everything was exactly to my liking. Their attention to detail and quality of work really stood out.
We are very happy with the results and look forward to having Alan and his crew complete the second half of our project this fall. I would highly recommend Alan to anyone looking for a talented, reliable painter in the greater Nashville area!
There's no flat rate for a kitchen, because no two hold the same cabinetry. These six things move the number most, and your written estimate spells each one out. If you'd like published figures first, what cabinet painting costs by door and drawer count is laid out in our guide.
Every door and drawer front is prepped and coated on its own, so the count shapes the estimate more than anything.
An island adds sides and panels; painting inside the cabinet boxes is optional and adds time.
Old oak with open grain, thick varnish or earlier paint all need more preparation.
A glazed island or a second color on the lowers adds steps beyond a single solid color.
Keeping your pulls is simplest; new ones in a different size may mean filling and redrilling.
Cabinets outside the kitchen add to the scope of work, but painting them during the same project helps keep the color consistent throughout the home.
The package you choose is one of the biggest factors in cost. Signature, our standard service, includes the full preparation cabinets need for a durable finish; Refresh is our budget-friendly option for a quick update; Concierge adds full project management. Every package carries our five-year workmanship warranty. See the cabinet painting packages for Bellevue homes.
Doing cabinets right costs more than a quick spray because the prep is most of the job, and the prep is why the finish lasts. Pay for your project in fixed monthly payments through Acorn Finance. Check your options in about a minute; it won’t affect your credit score.How financing worksCheck your options (opens Acorn Finance in a new tab) can turn that into fixed monthly payments; checking your options takes about a minute and won’t affect your credit score.
A few things homeowners ask before a cabinet project starts.
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From the kitchens of River Plantation, Devonshire and Harpeth Valley Park to newer homes in Stephens Valley and Traceside, cabinetry comes in every age, and each kitchen gets the same careful preparation.
We paint all over 37221, and out to Pegram (37143) and Kingston Springs (37082).
A cabinet project often starts a list of other rooms.
Homeowners on every side of us call about their kitchens too.
