Can I change my door style with refacing?
Yes. Because refacing installs new doors and drawer fronts, you can move to a different door style, unlike refinishing.
Indianapolis cabinet project assessment
New Doors, Drawer Fronts, and Veneers
Confirm cabinet suitability, preparation, and included components before choosing a finish or comparing prices.
Online estimates are planning tools. A written assessment confirms scope and final pricing.
The short answer
The three components of refacing are new doors, new drawer fronts, and matching veneer on the exposed box faces. Together they change the exterior appearance and door style while your existing boxes and layout stay in place.
Explore new doors for your existing cabinets
Discuss door styles and whether your existing cabinet boxes are suitable for refacing. Final scope, suitability, and pricing require review.
Prefer to talk? Call (317) 445-9151What to gather for your quote
- Affected and unaffected door and drawer-front counts
- Photos of box interiors, hinges, overlays, and corner clearances
- Exposed-end and island-back photos plus desired profile and finish
- Condition concerns and limited-replacement or whole-exterior preference
Not sure which service fits? Describe the condition first. New color, new doors, and structural repairs are different scopes.
Doors and drawer fronts
New doors and drawer fronts let you change the door style and profile entirely — something refinishing cannot do, because refinishing keeps your existing doors.
Veneer on exposed boxes
Matching veneer or skin is applied to the visible faces and end panels of the retained boxes so the whole exterior reads as one coordinated set.
Coordinating the exterior
Door style, front material, veneer, and hardware are selected together so the finished kitchen looks intentional and consistent.
Limited front replacement is not complete refacing
Replacing a few damaged doors or drawer fronts is a narrower component scope than coordinating new fronts and exposed box surfaces throughout the kitchen. Count affected and unaffected fronts separately. Matching an aged color, sheen, profile, or discontinued material is not guaranteed, and acceptance of limited replacement requires review. Complete refacing may be a more coherent exterior decision when many fronts must change; it still requires sound retained boxes.
Assess fit and damage before ordering
Photograph box interiors, existing hinges, damaged edges, corner clearances, and exposed ends. New-front sizing depends on openings, overlay, construction, and hinge mounting, not only the outside dimensions of old doors. Identify active leaks, swollen cores, and unsafe attachment first. New fronts do not solve damage to retained boxes, and drawer-front replacement does not automatically replace drawer boxes or slides. Ask for supplied components, installation, exterior treatment, hardware, and exclusions to be separately listed.
Common questions
What are the exposed box faces?
They are the visible outer surfaces and end panels of your cabinet boxes, which receive matching veneer so they coordinate with the new doors.
Is replacing only damaged doors the same as full refacing?
No. Limited front replacement is a narrower scope whose fit, matching, installation, and service acceptance require review. Complete refacing coordinates new fronts with the exposed retained box surfaces.
Are drawer boxes and slides replaced with new drawer fronts?
Not automatically. Fronts, boxes, and operating mechanisms are distinct components. Specify any box or slide work separately.
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