RH Painting
Renner 2K Italian coatings over a full preparation process — two rounds of priming and three rounds of sanding before any color goes on. Your kitchen stays usable through most of the project.
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Most kitchen cabinets don’t need to be replaced — they need to be refinished. If your cabinet boxes and frames are structurally sound, refinishing gives you a completely new look without the cost, mess, and weeks of downtime of a full replacement.
RH Painting strips, sands, primes, and refinishes your existing cabinets in the color of your choice. The result looks and feels like brand-new cabinetry.
We handle everything: removing doors and drawers, labeling every piece for reassembly, spraying in a dust-controlled environment, and reinstalling with your existing or new hardware.
And you keep your kitchen. Across a two-to-three-week project, it’s typically only out of use for about two or three days — the stretch when we finish the frames that stay in the house. The rest of the time your doors and drawer fronts are being finished at our shop.
A cabinet finish is only as good as the preparation underneath it. Here is exactly what we do, and where each part happens.
We look at your doors, drawer fronts, frames, existing finish and overall condition. We count the doors and drawers, check for any repairs needed, and talk through the color and finish you want.
Before we leave, we walk you through how the project runs — what happens in your home, what happens at our shop, and what to expect along the way. You get a detailed estimate based on the size and condition of your kitchen.
On the first day we introduce you to the crew who’ll be working in your home.
Floors and countertops get protected, then we remove the doors and drawer fronts.
Every piece is labeled and organized so we know exactly where it belongs. Hinges, screws, handles — all of it tracked, so everything goes back on the door it came off and fits the way it did.
Each piece is degreased first, to remove dust, grease and anything else that would stop a finish bonding properly.
Then: sand, clean, first coat of primer. Once that’s dry we repair small imperfections, sand again, clean again, and apply a second coat of primer. A final sand brings everything to an even surface, and we caulk where needed.
That’s two rounds of priming and three rounds of sanding before any color goes on. This is the part that determines whether a finish lasts.
While the doors are at the shop, we prepare the cabinet frames that stay installed.
We build a contained work area using plastic and protective materials, and run an exhaust system to pull dust and odor out of the space. The frames get the same preparation as the doors — nothing is skipped because it’s harder to reach.
This is the part of the project that takes over your kitchen, and it normally takes two to three working days.
Two coats of primer, two coats of finish paint. Every coat gets its full drying time before the next one goes on.
After the final coat we let the finish dry and cure enough to be handled before anything is reinstalled. It keeps hardening from there — a cured finish is tougher than a dry one.
We bring the doors and drawer fronts back and reinstall them. Hinges and hardware go on, doors get adjusted, and we check that everything aligns and opens and closes properly.
We add small clear bumpers to the doors and drawers so they don’t make direct contact with the frames.
Then we inspect every door, drawer and piece of hardware before moving on.
We inspect the whole kitchen — finish, alignment, hardware, doors, drawers, overall appearance. Any last adjustments or touch-ups get done before we call it finished.
Then we walk it with you and go over care: avoid harsh chemicals and abrasive cleaners, use a soft cloth and mild products. That’s most of what keeps it looking new.
Every photo is a real RH Painting project.
“RH Painting does professional work like no other. We had our cabinets painted from oak to Swiss Coffee. The cabinets are extremely smooth, no grain showing through the paint. The owner is extremely knowledgeable on his paints — Italian and UK paints, Renner/Milesi, Centurion and more. If you like the best paint for your cabinets, then this is the guy you want. Period.”
From the coastlines of Carmel and Pebble Beach to homes throughout Monterey, Pacific Grove, Salinas, and beyond — we bring premium cabinet refinishing craftsmanship to every project.
Most kitchens take two to three weeks from start to finish, depending on size and the finish you choose. Some finishes need extra preparation and additional steps. We walk you through the full process and give you a timeline before any work begins.
Mostly, yes. Across those two to three weeks, your kitchen is only out of use for about two or three days — the stretch when we prepare and finish the cabinet frames that stay in the house. The rest of the time your doors and drawer fronts are being finished at our shop, so you keep the use of most of your kitchen.
With normal care, many years.
Peeling is the failure everyone worries about, and it’s the one we take most seriously. We use Renner 2K Italian cabinet coatings over a full preparation process — and the prep is what determines whether a finish bonds properly or lets go a year later. How long it keeps looking new after that comes down to ordinary maintenance, the same as any surface in your home.
No. We remove the doors and drawer fronts and bring them to our shop, where preparation and finishing happen in a controlled environment — no dust settling into a wet finish, no overspray in your home.
The only part finished on-site is the cabinet frames and boxes that stay installed, which takes about two to three days.
Dust shouldn’t be your problem to manage.
We build a sealed work zone around the area we’re working in, so dust stays contained rather than travelling through the house. Surrounding surfaces are protected, and when the work is done we leave the space clean and put back in order.
You should get the transformation without your home feeling like a job site.
Often we can still refinish them. MDF takes a finish well with the right preparation and products.
Laminate, thermofoil, and other materials we prefer to see in person first. Every surface behaves differently, and condition matters as much as material. If refinishing isn’t the right answer for your cabinets, we’ll tell you that before you’ve spent anything.
Two things determine it. First, the number of removable pieces — doors, drawer fronts, panels, refrigerator covers. Second, the cabinet frames, priced on size and how long the work takes.
That’s why we don’t quote over the phone. Two kitchens that look the same size can have very different piece counts, and the condition of what’s there changes the preparation involved. The free assessment is where we count everything and give you a real number — not one we have to revise later.
Yes — effectively any color or finish you want. Bring a paint color, a sample, a photo of something you saw, or an existing finish you’re trying to match, and we’ll work from it.
Free assessment, no obligation.