4 The Love of ColorPainting · Lakewood Ranch, FLCabinet refinishing · Sarasota, FL
Sarasota cabinet work splits into two jobs that have almost nothing in common. One is a condo kitchen — small, heavily used, and the single most visible surface in the unit. The other is original cabinetry in an older house, where the first question is whether it should be painted at all.
Both are strong candidates for refinishing, for opposite reasons: the condo because the footprint is small enough that a refinish transforms it cheaply, and the older house because what is there is often better made than anything that would replace it.
What's different here
Occasionally we open a midcentury kitchen and find joinery worth keeping as wood. We will say so. Painting over genuinely good original cabinetry is not a decision to take by default, and it is not reversible in any practical sense.
Work hours, elevator booking, protection of common corridors, and where materials can be staged. On a key or downtown building this is settled with management before the first door comes off, or the job stops on day one.
In a compact condo kitchen there is nowhere to put anything. Doors and drawer fronts leaving for spraying is what makes the job liveable, and the order things come off in matters more than it does in a large house.
Original cabinetry in an older Sarasota home may carry lead-based paint under later coats. That changes how it is prepared and cleaned up, and it is worth establishing before sanding rather than after.
If the property is seasonal, the months you are away are the easiest possible time to do this. An unoccupied kitchen removes the only genuinely disruptive part of the job.
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What clients say
★★★★★The finish quality completely changed the feel of our home. Every room looked sharper, warmer, and much more intentional than we expected.
★★★★★Communication was direct, the house stayed clean every day, and the end result felt custom instead of cookie-cutter.
★★★★★They repainted our whole exterior and it still looks fresh after a brutal Florida summer. Honest crew, fair price, real craftsmanship.
Whether it is a condo galley or an original kitchen in an older house, the walkthrough settles what the cabinetry actually needs — and whether painting it is the right call at all.
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