Cabinet Installation & Refacing in Miami, FL

Cabinet Installation & Refacing in Miami, FL

Cabinets & Countertops installation and refacing in Miami typically costs $4,800 to $22,000 depending on whether you’re installing new cabinets or refacing existing ones, the door style and material, and the size of your kitchen. Most Miami kitchens can be refaced in three to five days, while full cabinet installation usually takes one to two weeks. If you’re wondering whether your cabinets can be saved or need to come out entirely, call us at (850) 988-7559 and we’ll give you a straight answer.

Penhallow Remodeling Miami handles both paths. We install new cabinetry down to the last hinge adjustment, and we reface existing cabinet boxes so they look brand new without the cost or dust of a full tear-out. This page walks through what each option involves, what it costs in Miami, and how we keep the process from turning into the kind of project that drags on for months. If you’re still deciding whether this is the right move, start with our Kitchen Remodeling page for the bigger picture.

When You Need Cabinet Installation & Refacing

Some kitchens tell you exactly what they need. Here are the signs we see most often in Miami homes, from Coconut Grove to Kendall to the Upper East Side:

• Your cabinet boxes are structurally sound, but the doors and drawer fronts are shot. Peeling veneer, water stains, or hinges that sag no matter how many times you tighten them. These are refacing candidates, not teardown jobs.
• You bought a Miami condo or 1950s ranch with original cabinets that don’t fit modern appliances. Dishwashers are standard width now. A 1970s kitchen may not have the opening for one. New cabinet frames solve that.
• Humidity has done a number on your cabinet doors. Miami’s damp season runs May through October, and particleboard doors swell and delaminate. If your doors won’t close square anymore, refacing with solid wood or plywood doors fixes it permanently.
• You’re redoing the layout and need cabinets configured differently. If you’re moving the sink, adding an island, or changing from a galley to an open plan, you need new cabinet boxes, not just new faces.
• The finish is worn, dated, or dirty in a way that paint can’t fix. Thermofoil doors from the 1990s peel in sheets. No amount of primer helps. Replacement doors and drawer fronts on refaced boxes give you a new kitchen for roughly half the cost of full replacement.
• You’ve had a leak or water damage under the sink or around the dishwasher. Swollen MDF cabinet boxes lose their structural integrity. That’s a removal and replacement situation, and it’s common in older Miami homes with original plumbing.

If any of these sound familiar, the next step is figuring out the most cost-effective route. That’s a conversation we’ll have honestly with you, not a pitch.

How Much Does Cabinet Installation & Refacing Cost in Miami?

Here’s what we see day to day in Miami. These numbers include labor and materials for typical kitchens, and they reflect the range between stock cabinet lines, semi-custom brands like KraftMaid and Wellborn, and fully custom work.

Project Type	Typical Range in Miami	What Drives the Price
Cabinet refacing (doors, drawer fronts, veneer for exposed sides)	$4,800 – $11,500	Door material, number of cabinets, hardware, crown molding
New cabinet installation (stock or semi-custom)	$9,000 – $18,000	Cabinet line, box construction, soft-close upgrades, installation complexity
Full custom cabinet installation	$16,000 – $26,000+	Custom shop labor, specialty woods, built-ins, island details
Kitchen remodel including cabinets, counters, and sink/faucet work	$18,000 – $55,000	Layout changes, countertop material, plumbing or electrical adjustments

What moves the number up or down? Three main things.

Door material and construction. Thermofoil doors are the most affordable, but they don’t hold up in Miami’s moisture. Painted maple or birch doors cost more and last significantly longer. Solid wood like cherry or walnut sits at the top end. We’ll walk you through the tradeoffs line by line.

Box condition. Refacing only works if the cabinet boxes are square, solid, and dry. We check every box before quoting refacing. If the boxes are swollen or the face frames are loose, replacement becomes the honest recommendation. We won’t sell you a refacing job that’ll fail in two years.

Hardware and upgrades. Soft-close hinges, full-extension drawer slides, pull-out shelves, and dovetail drawer boxes add $1,200 to $3,000 to the total depending on kitchen size. These are the details that make a kitchen feel right every time you open a drawer, and they’re worth budgeting for.

Every quote is a written price, not a range. Before we pull a single cabinet, the number is on paper. If anything changes mid-project, we tell you before we do the work, and we write the change down. No surprise balance at the end.

Call (850) 988-7559 to schedule a free estimate. We’ll come out, measure, check the boxes, and give you a written number within days.

When You Need Cabinet Installation & Refacing

There’s a fork in the road on every cabinet project, and it’s whether the boxes stay or go. Here’s how to tell which situation you’re in, and what each one involves.

Cabinet Refacing: When the Boxes Are Worth Keeping

Refacing means keeping your existing cabinet boxes and replacing the doors, drawer fronts, hinges, and hardware, then applying a matching veneer to the exposed face frames and side panels. It works when the boxes are solid plywood or solid wood, square, and structurally sound, and when you’re happy with the Kitchen Design & Layout. If your kitchen flows well but looks tired, refacing is the right conversation.

We install doors from KraftMaid and Wellborn, which means you’re not getting thin, no-name doors. You’re getting the same door lines we’d install in a Full Kitchen Remodeling project. The difference is the existing boxes stay put. For many Miami homeowners, that’s the difference between a $10,000 project and a $20,000 project.

Cabinet Installation: When the Boxes Need to Come Out

If the boxes are water-damaged, out of square, built from particleboard that’s swelling, or the layout needs to change, new cabinets are the right call. That means a full tear-out, carting, disposal, then professional installation of new boxes, doors, drawers, and hardware. We level everything and anchor to studs; we don’t just screw cabinets to drywall and call it done.

New cabinetry lets you fix problems like dead corners, shallow drawers that waste space, and upper cabinets that sit too low. It’s a bigger project and a bigger price, but it’s permanent. We’ll be direct about which path is right for your kitchen, even if the cheaper answer is the one you’d rather hear.

Our Cabinet Installation & Refacing Process

Here’s exactly how the project goes when you work with Penhallow Remodeling Miami. This is the same process for refacing or full installation, and it’s designed so you always know what’s happening and what it costs.

1. Measure and assessment. We come to your home, measure every cabinet opening, check the box construction, and talk through what you’re trying to fix. If the boxes are solid, we say so. If they’re shot, we say that too. This visit is free.
2. Written price. Within a few days, you get a written quote with the total cost, the timeline, and the scope of work. Not a verbal ballpark. Not “we’ll see how it goes.” A number on paper you can hold us to.
3. Material selection and ordering. You choose your door style, wood species, finish, and hardware. We order from recognized brands like KraftMaid and Wellborn, and we give you a real arrival window, not “sometime next month.”
4. Installation or refacing. Our background-checked, uniformed technicians do the work. We protect your floors and counters, we keep the work area clean, and we clean up every day before we leave. At the end of the job, the place is cleaner than we found it.
5. Walkthrough and written guarantee. We walk the job with you, you check every door and drawer, and we don’t pack up until you’re satisfied. Every project comes with our 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing: if it’s not done right, we make it right, at no charge.

That last step matters. If a hinge loosens or a door rubs six months after we leave, you call us. A real person answers, 24/7, and we schedule the fix. You don’t pay a re-inspection fee or a service call. It’s covered.

Cabinets That Hold Up in Miami’s Climate

Miami kitchens get punished by humidity in ways kitchens in, say, Denver don’t. Wood swells, veneers peel, and cheap particleboard doesn’t stand a chance against a summer of 80-percent humidity and a stove producing steam every evening. This isn’t a minor detail; it’s the main reason some cabinets fail while others last 25 years.

That’s why we stick with plywood boxes rather than particleboard on full installations whenever the budget allows, and why we recommend painted or stained solid wood doors over thermofoil in humid kitchens. Thermofoil is a vinyl layer heat-sealed onto MDF. When Miami humidity gets behind it, the vinyl separates from the core and peels. Once that starts, there’s no adhesive that puts it back permanently. Refacing with wood doors replaces that problem for good.

We also pay attention to what’s behind the cabinets. In older Miami homes, masonry walls can hold moisture that transfers into cabinet backs. We check for signs of trapped moisture before we install, and if we see it, we tell you. Sometimes the fix is as simple as a moisture barrier or improved ventilation under the sink base. Sometimes it’s a plumbing repair. Either way, we won’t bury a moisture problem behind new cabinets and hope for the best.

Materials We Use and Why They Matter

We install KraftMaid and Wellborn cabinetry, and we do it for a reason: these brands carry their own manufacturer warranties that run alongside our 365-Day Done Right Promise. You’re not relying on one layer of protection. If a door warps or a finish fails, the manufacturer covers it. If our installation is the issue, we cover it. No finger-pointing.

For hardware, we default to soft-close hinges and full-extension drawer slides from established manufacturers. These are the parts that take the most abuse in a kitchen, and they’re the parts that make a cabinet feel expensive or cheap the tenth time you open it. We’d rather you spend a few hundred extra on hardware than live with a kitchen that slams and catches for the next decade.

When we install fixtures and plumbing adjacent to cabinet work, we source from brands like Delta, Toto, and American Standard depending on the project. These are trade names with long track records, and they match the standard we hold our own work to. The products behind the guarantee are as solid as the promise itself.

Is It Cheaper to Refinish, Refinish, or Reface?

This is the question we hear most, and it deserves a straight answer. Here’s how the three options compare in Miami in 2026.

• Cabinet refinishing (paint or stain existing doors and boxes): $2,500 to $6,000. Cheapest option, but it doesn’t fix damaged doors, worn hinges, or a layout problem. If the doors are water-damaged or the finish is peeling, painting over it is a band-aid.
• Cabinet refacing (replace doors and drawer fronts, veneer the frames): $4,800 to $11,500. Best value when the boxes are good and the layout works. You get a new-looking kitchen at roughly half the cost of replacement, with new doors that will outlast another paint job.
• Full cabinet replacement: $9,000 to $26,000+. Highest cost, but also the only option that fixes structural problems, layout flaws, and dead space. If you’re changing the kitchen’s footprint or the boxes are compromised, this is the honest answer.

We’ll help you pick the right one for your kitchen, and we won’t upsell you into replacement if your boxes are fine. That’s not how we work. For the exact number on your kitchen, call (850) 988-7559 for a free estimate.

FAQs – Cabinet Installation & Refacing

How long does cabinet refacing take in Miami?

Most cabinet refacing projects in Miami take three to five working days from door removal to final hardware adjustment. The exact timeline depends on kitchen size and door style availability, but you can plan on having your kitchen back within a week. Call (850) 988-7559 and we’ll give you a written timeline with your quote.

How much does it cost to install new cabinets in a 10×10 kitchen in Miami?

A 10×10 kitchen with new semi-custom cabinetry typically runs $9,000 to $14,000 installed in Miami, including soft-close hardware and standard trim. Stock lines come in lower, custom lines higher. Every quote we give is a written price, not a range, so you’ll know your exact number before we order a single door.

Can you reface cabinets if the doors are water-damaged?

Yes, if the water damage is limited to the doors and drawer fronts and the cabinet boxes are still solid and square. If moisture has reached the boxes and they’re swelling, refacing won’t fix the underlying problem and replacement is the honest recommendation. We check every box before recommending refacing.

Is cabinet refacing worth it in Miami’s humidity?

Cabinet refacing is worth it in Miami when you replace old thermofoil or water-damaged doors with solid wood or plywood doors from brands like KraftMaid or Wellborn. The new doors hold up far better than the ones they replace. If the existing boxes are particleboard and already swelling, refacing money is better spent on new cabinets.

Can you install cabinets the same day?

No company that does quality work installs cabinets the same day you call them. We measure, order materials, and schedule installation; depending on material lead times, most Miami projects start within two to six weeks of the initial measure. If you need a same-day fix for a broken hinge or a door that won’t close, call (850) 988-7559 and we’ll see if we can get someone out. A real person answers, day or night.

Why Miami Homeowners Choose Penhallow Remodeling for Cabinet Work

You can hire someone cheaper. You probably already have, and that’s why you’re here. The homeowners who call us have usually been through the cycle: a contractor who undercut the bid, started the job, then disappeared. Or the price doubled after the old cabinets were in the dumpster. Or the doors that looked great in June started peeling by the following March.

We do things differently, and not because we’re nicer people. We do it because it’s the only way a remodeling company lasts in a market like Miami, where word travels fast. Here’s what that means in practice:

• A written price before any work starts. The number you agree to is the number on the invoice. If something changes, we tell you before we do it and put the change in writing.
• A real arrival window. We give you a defined time window and the crew shows up in it. You’re not waiting around all day wondering.
• Background-checked, uniformed technicians. You know exactly who is walking into your home, and you know what company they represent. No day laborers, no mystery subs.
• A live person answers the phone 24/7. If you have a question at 9pm on a Saturday, you get a person, not a voicemail. It’s a standing fact of how we operate, not a promotional line.
• The 365-Day Done Right Promise. If the work fails inside a year, we come back and make it right at no charge. Written on every project. No exceptions, no fine print.

This is the Kingswell Way, the operating standard behind every Penhallow location since 2004. Say the price before the work. Show up in the window we gave. Leave the place cleaner than we found it. It’s not complicated, but it’s rare in this business.

Get a Written Price for Your Cabinet Project

If your kitchen needs new cabinets or your existing ones are worth saving, the next step is simple. Call (850) 988-7559 and we’ll schedule a free assessment at your home. We’ll measure, check the boxes, answer your questions, and give you a written price. No pressure, no same-day pitch, no price that changes later.

Trevor Nash and the Penhallow Remodeling Miami team handle every cabinet installation and refacing job the same way: the price in writing first, the work done right, and the guarantee in your hand before we leave. That’s the only way we work.

Written by Trevor Nash, Owner at Penhallow Remodeling Miami, serving Miami.