Door count, finish system and cure date — stated on every quote
Cabinets in Murfreesboro, TN — Refaced, Painted and Repaired
Cabinets in Murfreesboro, TN that look tired are rarely cabinets that have failed. The doors have dated; the boxes behind them have not.
We price refacing, painting and replacement side by side so you can see the gap before you commit to any of them.
- Counted in person — never priced from a photo of the kitchen
- One fixed price in writing, not a per-door rate that grows
- Your kitchen stays usable from the first day to the last
Tell us where you are and what your kitchen has. Someone attends, counts the doors, and you receive the number in writing.
26,701 kitchens here are 17 to 36 years old — dated doors on boxes that are still sound
The median home here was built in 2005. The Census counts 17,511 more built between 2000 and 2009, and another 9,190 through the 1990s — 26,701 kitchens old enough for the door style and the finish to date badly, nowhere near old enough for the boxes behind them to fail.
Which is why the first quote most people get, "tear it all out and start again", is answering a problem they do not have.
No fee, no obligation.
Six things on our quote that most cabinet quotes leave out
Each is a decision with a price attached. A quote that skips them is not cheaper, just less specific.
Yours to keep, whether you book or not.
- The door and drawer countCabinet work is priced per front, so this is the figure every other line depends on.
- What is replaced, item by itemFronts, box veneers, hinges, drawer boxes, hardware. "Refinish your cabinets" describes two different jobs at two different prices.
- The finish systemNamed, with how hard it cures. A catalyzed finish and a cabinet-grade wall paint are different products, and one chips in the first year.
- Where the spraying happensDoors off site in a booth, frames masked and finished in place. This decides how much dust ends up in the rest of your house.
- The cure date, not the finish dateThe day the finish is hard, which is days after the day it looks done. Most complaints about a good job start here.
- What is excluded, and what becomes a change orderCountertops lifted, a wall out of square, rot behind a sink base — named upfront with what each would cost, so no number arrives later that you have not already seen.
Refinish, reface or replace — the same kitchen from $1,500, $4,500 or $15,000
what comes off, what stays
Three jobs, routinely quoted as the same thing. The difference is what leaves your kitchen on a truck, and it is the difference between $1,500 and $30,000.
Ranges are the Murfreesboro market in 2026, not our price — the fixed number goes on the quote after the visit. The full breakdown, including what moves a number inside its range, is on cabinet refacing cost in Murfreesboro.
What is the difference between refacing, painting, refinishing and repair?
Refacing changes the style, painting changes the color, refinishing keeps the wood, and repair fixes what sticks. All four keep your existing boxes, and together they cover almost everything a Murfreesboro homeowner calls about.
Cabinet refacing
Refacing replaces every door and drawer front and veneers the visible box faces to match, leaving the carcasses in place. It suits a framed kitchen, which is what most kitchens here are, because the face frame is the surface the new veneer goes onto.
Cabinet refacing in MurfreesboroCabinet painting
Painting keeps the doors you have and changes their color, which makes it the fastest and cheapest of the three. The finish is what separates a two-year job from a ten-year one: a catalyzed finish cures hard, a cabinet-grade paint stays softer and scuffs sooner where hands and pans land.
Cabinet painting in MurfreesboroCabinet refinishing
Refinishing strips the existing doors back and recoats them, keeping the door style and the wood grain rather than burying both under color. One hard limit: thermofoil and laminate faces cannot be recoated, because standard finishes do not stick to smooth vinyl.
Cabinet refinishing in MurfreesboroCabinet repair
Repair covers what makes a kitchen feel old without changing how it looks: doors that will not sit level, drawers that drag, a sink base swollen from a slow leak, a face frame separating at a joint. Every repair quote says plainly which parts are worth fixing and which are past it.
Cabinet repair in MurfreesboroReplacing only the doors, without the veneer work, is cabinet door replacement. An island, a pantry or a built-in that has to be made to fit is custom cabinets. Everything we cover is on the cabinet services hub, and the numbers behind all of it are on cabinet refacing cost.
The spec goes on the quote before you decide anything.
The same people measure your kitchen, spray the doors and come back to adjust them
Cabinet work is often sold by one company and finished by another. Here it is one company from the measure to the last hinge adjustment.
That matters most after the job. Doors move with the seasons here, so a kitchen finished in March often needs adjusting by September. You call the same number and the same people come back.
One company, one number, start to finish.
We can match cabinets you already have
Adding an island, a pantry or a laundry cabinet to a kitchen you are otherwise happy with is a different job from redoing the kitchen. So is replacing the two doors beside a range that took the worst of the heat.
A new finish matches an existing one closely, but not always one that has had ten years of light on it. Where the match will not be close, you are told at the measure rather than after the doors arrive.
Bring a photo of the cabinets you want matched.
Why cabinet doors warp in Murfreesboro
Four things wear out a kitchen here, and three of them are about the air rather than the cabinets.
The air here sits at 70% humidity against a 30–40% target
Interior wood is milled to sit at roughly 30 to 40% relative humidity. Murfreesboro averages 70% across the year, climbing from 63% in April to 74% in September. Wood takes that moisture on and gives it back, which is why doors here catch on the frame in late summer and free up again by spring.
A door warps toward the drier side, so sealing all six faces matters
A door that absorbs moisture unevenly — finished on the front, bare on the top and bottom edges — cups toward whichever face is drier. Sealing every face, edges included, costs almost nothing at the time of finishing and cannot be added afterwards.
Thermofoil peels beside the range and the dishwasher
Thermofoil, sometimes sold as RTF or 3D laminate, is a vinyl film pressed onto a routed MDF door. It is a good door and lasts 10 to 20 years, but it does not tolerate sustained heat: beside a range or above a dishwasher the film lifts at the edges, and once it has lifted there is no recoating it.
Rutherford is one of nine Tennessee counties that require a license
Most of Tennessee sits outside this requirement. Rutherford County does not: residential work from $3,000 to under $25,000 needs a Home Improvement Contractor license, plus a $10,000 bond or other proof of financial responsibility. A refacing job at $4,500 to $13,000 is inside that band, so ask to see the license.
The visit tells you which of these applies to your kitchen.
Your doors go back on the same day
The finish underneath is not hard enough for normal service for another three to five days. Both dates go on the quote.
- Same daydoors rehung once the paint is dry to handle
- Until thenno scrubbing, nothing taped to a door, no felt pads
- 3–5 daysfelt pads back on, drawers and shelves loaded normally
Cure time: Benjamin Moore ADVANCE waterborne alkyd, technical data sheet (PDF) — quoted as the class of finish, not as a product we supply.
Cabinets in Murfreesboro, TN cost $1,500 to $30,000
The ranges the Murfreesboro market runs at in 2026. They are ranges, not your price — the fixed number goes on the written quote after the visit.
| Work | What the number assumes | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| Keeping the boxes | ||
| Cabinet painting, small kitchen | 10–15 doors and drawer fronts, sprayed | $1,500–$3,200 |
| Cabinet painting, standard kitchen | 20–30 doors and drawer fronts, sprayed | $3,500–$6,000 |
| Cabinet painting, large kitchen | 30+ fronts, island included | $6,500–$9,000 |
| Refinishing as the alternative to refacing | existing doors stripped back and recoated | $1,500–$3,500 |
| Cabinet refacing, standard kitchen | all fronts replaced, box faces veneered to match | $5,000–$11,000 |
| Cabinet refacing, full local range | by kitchen size, door style and front material | $4,500–$13,000 |
| Not keeping the boxes | ||
| Full cabinet replacement | carcasses removed, new cabinets built and fitted | $15,000–$30,000+ |
What moves a number inside its range: the door and drawer count, the door style, whether the fronts are laminate, wood veneer or solid wood, and whether the finish is sprayed off site or brushed in place. One rate seen publicly in a Murfreesboro homeowners' thread is about $65 per door plus $40 per drawer — what a per-unit price looks like locally, not ours.
Free. No obligation. Most quotes back the same day.
Working with us, in four steps
You can stop after step two at no cost. Where new doors are ordered the project runs several weeks end to end; the 3 to 5 days is the part that happens in your house.
We count the doors and drawers
Someone comes out, counts every door and drawer front, checks what the boxes are made of, and tells you which of refacing, painting and replacing your kitchen is actually a candidate for.
You get the price in writing
One fixed price, with the door count, what is replaced, the finish system and the cure date on it. Ask us and every other quote for the Tennessee Home Improvement license — Rutherford County requires one from $3,000 up.
Doors off, sprayed, back on
Fronts come off and go to the spray booth, the frames are masked and finished in place, and the kitchen stays usable the whole time.
You get the cure date, not just the finish date
Hardware and doors go back on, the site is cleaned, and you are told the day the finish is hard rather than the day it looks done.
Rehung same day · gentle use until then · normal service 3–5 days
Step one costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
Questions people ask before they book
How much does cabinet refacing cost in Murfreesboro?
Is it cheaper to reface or replace kitchen cabinets?
What is the difference between refacing, refinishing and painting cabinets?
Can you paint thermofoil or laminate cabinet doors?
How long does cabinet refacing take?
Do cabinet contractors need a license in Murfreesboro?
Do you charge for an estimate?
Which areas do you cover?
Get the refacing price and the painting price before you decide
They are different jobs at different prices, and for most kitchens both are on the table. See the two figures next to each other, from the same person, on the same day.
Worst case, you walk away with a door count and a written spec you can hold every other quote against.
- Free in-home visit, doors counted properly
- Refacing and painting priced side by side
- The finish system named on the quote
- The cure date, not just the finish date
- Your kitchen stays usable throughout