Every front replaced · box faces veneered to match · the boxes stay
Cabinet Refacing in Murfreesboro, TN
Cabinet refacing in Murfreesboro, TN replaces every door and drawer front, then veneers the visible box faces to match them. The boxes, the shelves and the layout stay where they are. Three to five days on site, at a third to a half of what replacement costs.
- Priced from a real door and drawer count, made in your kitchen
- Door style, overlay and front material all stated on the quote
- If your boxes are not worth refacing, we say so at the visit
Tell us roughly how many doors and drawers there are. Someone attends, counts them, and you get the number in writing.
Refacing is the right job when the boxes are sound and you like where they are
A kitchen that looks tired is almost never a kitchen that has failed. The doors are the part you touch, look at and judge, and the part that dates first.
The carcasses behind them are plywood or particleboard boxes screwed to a wall, and in a Murfreesboro home built in the 2000s they are typically fine. Replacement prices those boxes at $15,000 to $30,000 and puts identical ones back in identical positions.
No fee, no obligation.
Every door and drawer front is replaced; the boxes, the shelves and the layout stay
Four decisions make up the whole price. Each is a line on the quote.
The doors and drawer fronts
Every front is made to the measurements taken in your kitchen rather than pulled off a shelf. The material is the largest single driver of the price: rigid thermofoil at the bottom, high-pressure laminate above it, wood veneer next, solid wood at the top.
The visible box faces
Face frames and exposed cabinet ends are veneered in wood, laminate or thermofoil to match the new fronts, which is the step that separates refacing from hanging new doors. Faces are prepped back to sound, flat material first, because veneer bonded to a lifting face lifts with it, and the edges at the countertop, the sink and the range are sealed — those are the three places refacing fails.
The hinges and the hardware
New fronts almost always mean new hinges, because the overlay you are moving to changes what the hinge has to do. Concealed hinges adjust in three directions, which is what brings a row of doors into line after the fact; the surface-mounted hinges on a 1990s kitchen do not.
What refacing does not change
The layout, the interior shelving and the storage stay as they are. A cabinet that is awkward to reach into now will be awkward afterwards, and shelves that sag will still sag.
Keeping the doors you have and changing the color is cabinet painting, or cabinet refinishing to keep the wood grain visible. Fitting new fronts without veneering the boxes is cabinet door replacement. Frames that need fixing first are cabinet repair, and a kitchen built from scratch is custom cabinets. Full pricing is on cabinet refacing cost in Murfreesboro, and everything else is on the cabinet services hub.
The spec goes on the quote before you decide anything.
Full overlay is the biggest change you can make without moving a cabinet
Overlay is how much face frame the doors leave showing. Refacing is the one time it is free to change, because the doors are being made anyway.
Swollen, delaminating or water-damaged face frames have to be repaired before we can reface them
Refacing bonds new veneer to the face frames you already own, so those frames have to be sound and flat. Water damage under the sink, particleboard that has swollen and joints that have opened up are the three things that fail that test.
We look for all three at the estimate, not after the doors are on order. Frames like that are most likely a cabinet repair job first, or a case for replacing the cabinets altogether.
In Murfreesboro humidity, the front material decides how long a refaced kitchen lasts
New fronts are milled to sit at 30 to 40% relative humidity. Murfreesboro averages 70% across the year.
Framed boxes are exactly what refacing needs
Framed construction puts a solid face frame on the front of each box, and refacing bonds new veneer to that frame — so a kitchen here from the 1990s or 2000s is usually an ideal candidate. Frameless European boxes have no frame to bond to.
Solid wood fronts move most in that air; laminate and thermofoil move least
Humidity here swings from 63% in April to 74% in September, which makes the front material a durability decision rather than a preference.
Thermofoil peels beside the range and above the dishwasher; laminate does not
Thermofoil lasts 10 to 20 years but is prone to peeling under sustained heat, and those two positions supply it. High-pressure laminate handles them considerably better. A quote priced entirely in one material has not looked at where the appliances are.
The visit tells you which of these applies to your kitchen.
The fronts arrive already finished, so nothing cures in your kitchen
They were sprayed and cured in a factory rather than in your house. The only finishing that happens on site is the veneer work and its edges, so the kitchen stays usable throughout.
Material availability moves the outer number, not the work itself. You are told the ordering lead time before you commit, not after the doors are on order.
- 1–2 daysremoval and prep before anything new goes on
- 3–5 daystotal time on site for a typical kitchen
- Several weeksend to end, because the fronts are made to your measurements
What you get on our refacing quote
Same kitchen, same doors. The difference is which of the five decisions is written down before anyone starts.
| On the page | Murfreesboro Cabinet Co. | The typical quote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | One number, with the door and drawer count it was built from | A per-door rate, then a total that does not match it |
| What is replaced | Listed item by item: fronts, box faces, hinges, hardware | "Reface your cabinets" — which could mean new doors alone |
| The front material | Thermofoil, laminate, veneer or solid wood, named | "Premium doors" — the entire line |
| The overlay | Full, partial or inset, stated before the doors are ordered | Whatever you already have, assumed |
| Which ends are visible | Every cabinet end that gets veneered, listed | Argued about after the veneer is on |
Take our quote to any other shop and compare it line by line. That is what it is for.
Free. No obligation. Most quotes back the same day.
Cabinet refacing in Murfreesboro, TN costs $4,500 to $13,000
A standard kitchen lands at $5,000 to $11,000. These are 2026 local ranges, not your price — the fixed number goes on the quote after the doors are counted.
| Work | What the number assumes | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| Refacing | ||
| Standard kitchen | all fronts replaced, box faces veneered to match | $5,000–$11,000 |
| Full local range | by kitchen size, door style and front material | $4,500–$13,000 |
| Angi’s Murfreesboro range | the same work, as reported locally | $4,500–$10,600 |
| The two things refacing is priced against | ||
| Painting or refinishing instead | the doors you already have, sprayed or recoated | $1,500–$3,500 |
| Full replacement instead | boxes removed, new cabinets built and fitted | $15,000–$30,000+ |
What moves a number inside its range: the door and drawer count, the front material, the overlay, whether hinges and hardware are included, and how many cabinet ends count as visible. A galley kitchen with 14 fronts and one with an island and 34 are not the same job.
Free. No obligation. Most quotes back the same day.
Working with us, in four steps
Four steps. You can stop after the second one and it has cost you nothing.
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, the front material, the overlay and what is replaced on it. Refacing sits in the $3,000 to under $25,000 band, so ask us and every other quote for the Tennessee Home Improvement license Rutherford County requires in it.
Fronts off, faces veneered, new fronts on
Old fronts and hinges come off, the face frames are prepped and veneered, then the new fronts are hung and adjusted into line.
You get the layout you had and the kitchen you wanted
Hardware fitted, doors aligned, site cleaned, and the boxes are exactly where they always were.
Prep 1–2 days · on site 3–5 days · ordering runs ahead of both
Step one costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
Refacing questions people ask before they book
Is cabinet refacing worth it?
Can I change the kitchen layout while the cabinets are refaced?
Can you reface cabinets that already have laminate or thermofoil faces?
Can I paint the existing cabinet boxes to match new doors?
Can I replace the countertops and keep the cabinet boxes?
Does a refacing contractor need a license in Rutherford County?
Tell us what your kitchen has. We'll price it in writing.
Say roughly how many doors and drawers there are and what you want them to look like. Someone comes out, counts them properly, and you get one fixed number in writing — priced both ways where refacing and painting are both real options. Nothing is owed if you don't go ahead.
In-home estimate is free · no obligation · most quotes back the same day.
- Free in-home estimate across Murfreesboro
- Priced from a real door and drawer count
- The finish system named on the quote
- Your kitchen stays usable while it happens