Cabinet Refacing in Highlands
iPaint Painting provides professional cabinet refacing in Highlands, Edmonton, installing brand new doors and drawer fronts that complement the heritage character of one of Edmonton's most prestigious neighbourhoods. Whether your kitchen is in a Craftsman home on Ada Boulevard, a Tudor Revival on a tree-lined side street, or a modern infill, we deliver new shaker, raised-panel, or flat-panel doors in your chosen colour with matching face frame veneer, new hardware, and soft-close hinges. Owner Mourad leads every project. Every refacing includes a free consultation and 5-year warranty. Call 780-938-9555 or request your free estimate online.
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New Doors, New Hardware, Same Solid Boxes
Cabinet refacing replaces the visible elements of your Highlands kitchen while preserving the structurally sound cabinet boxes underneath.
Cabinet Doors
Brand new doors in shaker, slab, raised-panel, or flat-panel profiles. Measured, ordered, and precision-fitted to your existing Highlands cabinet boxes.
Drawer Fronts
New drawer fronts matched to your door style for a cohesive, factory-fresh look across every cabinet opening in your kitchen.
Face Frame Veneer
Cabinet box face frames are veneered or finished to match your new doors, creating a seamless, unified look throughout your kitchen.
New Hardware
Soft-close hinges, modern pulls, and knobs selected to complement your new door style. Updated hardware transforms the entire kitchen feel.
End Panels
Exposed cabinet ends are finished with matching panels for a built-in, custom look on peninsula and island units throughout your kitchen.
Crown Moulding
New or updated crown moulding and light valances to complete the kitchen transformation from top to bottom in your Highlands home.
Island Cabinetry
Kitchen island doors, panels, and storage refaced to match your perimeter cabinets for a unified, designer kitchen look.
Bathroom Vanities
Bathroom vanity doors and drawer fronts replaced to match your kitchen or create a standalone updated look in Edmonton homes.
Not sure if refacing is right for your Highlands kitchen? We also offer cabinet refinishing for a colour change on existing doors and cabinet painting for a lighter-touch refresh. Call us — we’ll help you decide.
From First Call to Modern Kitchen
We’ve refined our cabinet refacing process over 15 years, serving Highlands homeowners who want a modern kitchen without the cost and disruption of a full renovation.
Free Consultation
Call 780-938-9555 or fill out our online form. We’ll schedule your free in-home cabinet assessment at your Highlands address — typically within 48 hours.
Assessment & Door Selection
We inspect your cabinet boxes for structural integrity, measure every opening, and help you choose the perfect door style, colour, and hardware for your Edmonton kitchen.
Detailed Written Estimate
You receive a clear proposal listing every door, drawer front, hinge, pull, and veneer panel with pricing. No surprises — the price we quote is the price you pay.
Old Door Removal
Existing doors, drawer fronts, and hardware are carefully removed. Cabinet boxes are cleaned, inspected, and prepared for new veneer on face frames.
New Doors & Veneer Installed
Brand new doors and drawer fronts are precision-fitted. Face frames veneered to match. New soft-close hinges, pulls, and knobs installed throughout your Highlands kitchen.
Final Walkthrough
We inspect every door, drawer, and hinge with you. Everything is aligned, cleaned, and your 5-year written workmanship warranty is activated. Your kitchen looks brand new.
Why Highlands Homeowners Choose iPaint for Cabinet Refacing
Cabinet refacing demands precise measurement, quality materials, and expert installation — that’s exactly what we deliver across Edmonton.
In-House Team, No Subcontractors
Every installer on our crew is a full-time, in-house employee. No rotating strangers in your Highlands home, no subcontractors, no middlemen. When you hire iPaint, you get iPaint — the same trained team from our south Edmonton shop, just 20 minutes from Edmonton via Anthony Henday Drive.
Certified & Experienced
Mourad holds a Painter and Decorator Certification, plus MPI and Lead Safety (RRP) credentials. With 15+ years of cabinet work across the Edmonton metro area, he knows which Highlands cabinet box constructions hold up to refacing and which are better served by refinishing or replacement.
Premium Door Styles & Materials
We source high-quality replacement doors in shaker, slab, raised-panel, and flat-panel profiles — available in solid wood, MDF, or thermofoil finishes. Every door is measured to your exact cabinet openings for a precision fit that looks custom, not builder-grade.
Fraction of Replacement Cost
Full cabinet replacement in Highlands runs $20,000–$40,000+ including demolition, plumbing, countertop refitting, and installation. Cabinet refacing delivers a completely modern look for $5,000–$12,000 — keeping your countertops, plumbing, and layout exactly where they are.
5-Year Written Warranty
Every cabinet surface we reface is backed by a 5-year written workmanship warranty. If doors warp, veneer lifts, or hardware fails due to our installation — we come back and make it right, no questions asked. That’s our promise to every Highlands homeowner.
No Hidden Costs — Ever
The price on your written estimate is the price you pay. Period. We don’t surprise you with extra charges for hardware, veneer, or “additional fitting.” Same pricing as Edmonton — no travel surcharge for Highlands or anywhere in Edmonton.
Premium Finishes for Highlands Cabinets
We pair new doors and hardware with professional-grade finishing products from trusted brands — ensuring your refaced cabinets look stunning and last for years.
Benjamin Moore
The gold standard in cabinet finishing. Benjamin Moore’s Advance line is purpose-built for cabinetry — delivering a factory-smooth, furniture-like finish with exceptional hardness and durability. Ideal for Highlands kitchens where high humidity from cooking meets Alberta’s dry winter air.
Sherwin-Williams
Sherwin-Williams ProClassic and Emerald Urethane Trim Enamel deliver outstanding levelling and a glass-smooth finish on cabinet face frames and trim. Exceptional adhesion on the veneer surfaces used in cabinet refacing projects across Edmonton.
Cloverdale
A trusted Western Canadian brand delivering professional-grade performance. Cloverdale’s cabinet and trim products offer excellent adhesion and durability — especially well-suited for Alberta’s unique climate conditions and the temperature swings Highlands homeowners experience.
During your free consultation, we’ll recommend the best door material, finish, and hardware for your kitchen based on your style preferences, usage patterns, and budget.
Cabinet Refacing Pricing for Highlands
Same pricing as Edmonton — no travel surcharges for Highlands or Edmonton.
Every estimate is detailed, transparent, and guaranteed in writing. Request your free estimate or call 780-938-9555.
Why Highlands Kitchens Are Perfect for Cabinet Refacing
Highlands is the urban core of Edmonton, Alberta — Canada’s largest specialized municipality, located directly east of Edmonton with over 72,000 residents. The community experienced three major building booms that each left a distinctive kitchen cabinet style, and all three are now prime candidates for refacing rather than costly replacement.
1980s Foundations: Nottingham, Brentwood & Woodbridge Farms
Highlands’s early growth neighbourhoods along Sherwood Drive and Baseline Road produced thousands of kitchens with solid oak cabinet boxes topped by raised-panel or cathedral-arch doors in medium-brown stain. Nottingham, near Broadmoor Lake Park and Nottingham School, features two-storey family homes where the kitchen boxes are built from quality plywood and hardwood that has held up superbly over 35+ years. Woodbridge Farms, situated near Heritage Hills Golf Course along the corridor between Sherwood Drive and Clover Bar Road, shares the same era of construction. These cabinet boxes are too solid to rip out — they just need new doors in a modern shaker or slab profile to look current again.
1990s Premium: Broadmoor Estates & Heritage Hills
Broadmoor Estates, located near Broadmoor Lake and the Edmonton Library, features executive homes with 3,000+ square-foot floor plans and large kitchens with 40+ cabinet doors. The 1990s builders used premium plywood box construction with cathedral-arch or raised-panel oak doors that were top-of-the-line in their era. Heritage Hills, set along Heritage Drive south of Baseline Road, introduced early open-concept kitchens to Highlands with solid maple cabinet construction. Both neighbourhoods are the ideal demographic for refacing: homeowners who invested significantly in their original kitchens and now want a modern update without tearing out $40,000 worth of still-solid cabinetry. If you’re also considering a full kitchen refresh, our interior painting service in Highlands pairs naturally with cabinet refacing.
2000s Expansion: Lakeland Ridge, Clover Bar Ranch & Emerald Hills
Lakeland Ridge, developed between 2005 and 2015 south of Wye Road, features builder-grade thermofoil flat-panel or basic MDF raised-panel doors that are now peeling, bubbling, and delaminating near stovetops and dishwashers — while the particleboard and MDF cabinet boxes underneath are still perfectly serviceable. Clover Bar Ranch, nestled east of Clover Bar Road near the North Saskatchewan River valley, has estate properties with larger kitchens. Emerald Hills, Highlands’s newest major development near Emerald Hills Leisure Centre, has kitchens where even 10-year-old thermofoil is showing wear. For all three communities, replacing peeling thermofoil doors with solid wood or premium MDF shaker doors transforms the kitchen completely at a fraction of full replacement cost.
What’s Included in Every Highlands Cabinet Refacing Project
When you hire iPaint for cabinet refacing in Highlands, you get a complete, turnkey transformation — not just a set of new doors dropped off at your doorstep.
- Full in-home assessment — cabinet boxes inspected for structural integrity, every opening measured at your Highlands address
- Door style and colour consultation — shaker, slab, raised-panel, or flat-panel in the colour and material of your choice
- Hardware selection guidance — soft-close hinges, pulls, and knobs that complement your new door style
- Old door and hardware removal — careful removal and disposal of existing doors, drawer fronts, and hardware
- Face frame veneer or finishing — exposed cabinet box frames matched to your new door colour
- Precision door and drawer front installation — every new piece fitted, aligned, and adjusted for perfect operation
- End panel installation — exposed cabinet sides finished with matching panels
- Crown moulding and trim — updated or added to complete the transformation
- Final walkthrough and alignment check — every door and drawer tested for smooth operation
- Full cleanup — your kitchen returned the way it was, or better
- 5-year written workmanship warranty — activated at project completion
Highlands Cabinet Refacing Pricing Guide
Pricing is identical to Edmonton — no travel surcharges for Highlands or Edmonton. Our shop at 9821 33 Ave NW is just 20 minutes from Highlands via Anthony Henday Drive. Typical ranges:
- Small kitchen (10–20 doors) — $5,000–$7,000 in shaker or slab style, 5–7 days
- Average kitchen (20–30 doors) — $7,000–$9,000, the most common size in Nottingham and Westboro
- Executive kitchen (30–50+ doors) — $9,000–$12,000 in Broadmoor Estates and Heritage Hills
- Bathroom vanity refacing — $1,500–$3,500 for single or double vanities
- Pre-sale kitchen refresh — $4,000–$7,000 to modernize a kitchen before listing in Edmonton’s competitive real estate market
Want to change the colour but keep your door style? Cabinet refinishing in Highlands strips and spray-finishes your existing doors. Need the walls done at the same time? Our interior painting team handles both projects for maximum efficiency.
Cabinet Refacing Across Highlands & Edmonton
We provide professional cabinet refacing services throughout Highlands, Edmonton, and all surrounding communities.
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Highlands, Edmonton — proudly served by iPaint Painting since 2011
Cabinet Refacing Transformations
Real cabinet refacing projects from Highlands and area homes. See how new doors and hardware completely transform a kitchen.
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Cabinet Refacing FAQs — Highlands
Straight answers to the questions Highlands homeowners ask most about cabinet refacing costs, timelines, and options.
How much does cabinet refacing cost in Highlands?
Cabinet refacing in Highlands ranges from $7,000 for a compact kitchen to $18,000 for a large executive kitchen with island cabinetry. Character homes typically cost $9,000 to $14,000. Heritage kitchens where period-appropriate door styles are requested run $8,000 to $15,000. Modern infills cost $8,000 to $13,000. Refacing includes brand new doors and drawer fronts, veneering of face frames, new hardware, soft-close hinges, and professional installation.
What door styles suit Highlands character homes?
Shaker-style doors are the most popular choice for Highlands because the clean lines and recessed panel complement Craftsman and Tudor Revival architecture without competing with original details like picture rail moulding and hardwood floors. For homes with more ornate character, raised-panel doors add dimensional detail. For modern infills, contemporary slab or flat-panel doors create a sleek contrast with the neighbourhood's heritage streetscape. We bring samples to your consultation.
Can you reface cabinets to match a Highlands heritage kitchen?
Yes. We offer door profiles and finishes that complement period architecture. For Craftsman homes (the most common style in Highlands), painted shaker doors in white or warm grey pair naturally with original millwork. For Tudor Revival homes, raised-panel doors in a deeper tone work well. We can match door colours to existing trim, complement original hardware styles, and maintain the visual coherence between your kitchen and the rest of your heritage home.
How long does cabinet refacing take in Highlands?
A typical 20 to 30 door kitchen takes 5 to 8 working days from measurement to final installation. Custom doors are fabricated over 2 to 3 weeks, then on-site installation takes 3 to 5 days. Heritage kitchens with non-standard dimensions require custom fabrication for every door to ensure a perfect fit. Your kitchen remains functional throughout most of the process.
What is the difference between refacing and refinishing for Highlands kitchens?
Cabinet refacing replaces your doors and drawer fronts with brand new ones while veneering existing cabinet box face frames to match. Refinishing strips your existing doors to bare wood and spray-applies a new finish. Choose refacing when you want a different door style (switching from raised-panel to shaker, for example), when your existing doors are warped or damaged, or when thermofoil is peeling. Choose refinishing when your current solid wood doors are in good structural condition and you simply want a new colour.
Highlands’s Trusted Cabinet Refacing Team
Whether it’s a full kitchen refacing in Broadmoor Estates, a bathroom vanity update, or just a consultation to explore your options — let’s talk about your Highlands cabinet project. Free estimates, no pressure.