What stays
- Your existing cabinet boxes
- Your kitchen's basic layout
- Your appliances
- Your countertops
- Your backsplash
- Your flooring
If you're already planning to replace some of those things, we can help make those changes too.
Crown Premium Refacing
Cabinet Refacing in Kansas City
Keep Your Layout. Replace Everything You See.
- ¼-inch real wood
- Shop-finished
- 10-year finish warranty
Start with your options
Not sure whether to paint, refinish, reface or replace your kitchen cabinets? Crown Cabinetry can help you understand your options and decide what makes the most sense for your project.
If you like your layout but want it to look completely new, premium cabinet refacing keeps your cabinet boxes in place while adding real-wood surfaces, custom doors, drawer fronts, trim and hardware, all finished in our shop and backed by our 10-year finish warranty.
The result is a completely transformed kitchen without the time, mess and expense of tearing everything out and starting over.
Current offer
Free tile backsplash with your kitchen refacing
Book a kitchen refacing project of $20,000 or more and we'll include a free tile backsplash. Ask about it at your free design consultation.
Material matters
Built Like Cabinetry. Not a Cosmetic Cover Up.
Kitchen cabinets are bumped, splattered, scrubbed, opened and closed every day. That's why the materials and finish used to reface them matter.
Crown covers the visible surfaces of your existing cabinet boxes, like the face frames and exposed sides, with quarter-inch real-wood refacing material. We don't use laminate, vinyl, or peel-and-stick veneer. It's the same real wood we use in our custom cabinetry, milled specifically for your kitchen.
New doors, drawer fronts, molding, and trim complete the transformation, so everything you see looks and feels like a new custom kitchen.
Every piece is finished in our Abilene plant with the same durable post-catalyzed conversion varnish used on our custom cabinetry. It's designed to stand up to everyday wear without the peeling, lifting, and other problems associated with lower-quality refacing materials, and it's backed by our 10-year finish warranty.
The result isn't just a cosmetic update. It's a real-wood kitchen designed to love and built to last.
Your kitchen, reimagined
What stays. What changes.What's possible.
What changes
- Cabinet doors
- Drawer fronts
- Crown molding and trim
- Decorative hardware
- Hidden soft-close hinges
Every visible surface of your existing cabinet boxes is covered with Crown's quarter-inch real-wood refacing material in the wood species and finish selected for your kitchen.
What's possible
Refacing doesn't mean your kitchen has to stay exactly the same. We can combine refacing with new cabinetry and storage improvements to make your kitchen work better.
- Add a new island that better fits your family
- Add a pantry for more storage
- Replace old drawer boxes and glides
- Convert base cabinets with shelves into deep drawers
- Add trash pullouts and other storage solutions
We help you keep what works, improve what doesn't, and create a kitchen that better fits the way you live today.
Expert design guidance
You Don't Have to Figure It Out Alone
Door styles. Wood species. Paint or stain. Hardware. Storage. Crown molding. New cabinetry.
There are a lot of decisions that go into a kitchen, and it's our job to guide you through the selections.
Your Crown designer will help you look at your space, understand what you want to change, and narrow the choices to the combinations that work for your home, your style, and your budget.
You can choose from Crown's collection of:
We'll also help you think through the practical details: storage, function, proportions, and how the new finishes will work with the countertops, flooring, backsplash, and other elements you plan to keep.
You bring us the kitchen you have and tell us what isn't working. We'll help you figure out what comes next.
THE REFACING PROCESS
Your Refacing Project,
Step by Step
Designed to Love
It starts with a free consultation with one of our designers. We'll measure your space, listen to what you want, and create a design that fits your kitchen, style, and budget.
Made in Our Own Shop
Once you approve the design, we go to work in our shop in Abilene, Kansas, where we've been building cabinetry since 1974. While we prepare and finish the materials for your reface, your kitchen stays just as it is, with no waiting in a torn-up house.
Demo Day, Not Demo Weeks
On the first day of installation, you'll meet one of our experienced refacing teams. Our installers have specialized in installing Crown cabinet refacing for more than 15 years, so they know the details that make a reface look like new cabinetry.
They'll get right to work removing your old doors, drawer fronts and trim while your cabinet boxes and appliances stay in place, keeping your kitchen functional throughout much of the process.
Refaced in Quarter-Inch Real Wood
Next, the visible surfaces of your cabinet boxes are covered with quarter-inch real-wood refacing material in the finish you selected. Each piece is cut to fit your cabinetry, then securely adhered and micro-pinned to the face frames and exposed sides.
This isn't a thin vinyl film or sticker applied over your cabinets. You're getting a new, real-wood surface finished with the same durable finish as our custom cabinetry and backed by our 10-year finish warranty.
New Doors, Trim & Hardware
Your new doors and drawer fronts are installed, followed by crown molding, trim, pulls, and knobs. Soft-close hinges come standard.
Want your kitchen to work better, too? We can replace old drawer boxes and glides, convert a cabinet into a trash-can pullout, or turn an existing base cabinet with doors and shelves into deep pot-and-pan drawers.
Complete and Built to Last
Most refacing installations are completed in about one to two weeks. You get a new kitchen that works better and fits the way you live, without the time, cost, and disruption of tearing everything out and starting over.
Is refacing right for you
Refacing isn't always the answer
We'd rather tell you refacing is wrong for your kitchen than sell you a job you regret.Here's how the decision usually breaks down.
Refacing is a good fit when
- Your cabinet boxes are structurally sound
- You like your current layout and want to keep it
- You want a finished result with less cost and disruption than a full tear out
- You want real wood and a furniture-grade finish, not a cosmetic fix
Custom cabinetry is the better option when
- Your cabinet boxes are damaged, water compromised, or structurally unsound
- You want to change the footprint, move a wall, or reconfigure the kitchen
- You're already replacing countertops, flooring, and appliances
If you're not sure which side of that line you're on, we'll tell you at the consultation.Bring photos or we'll come look.
For a more specific starting point, explore cabinet decisions across Overland Park home types or selective cabinet replacement in Shawnee.
Design options
Made for your kitchen
Choose your door style, wood, finish, and hardware. We prepare and finish your refacing materials in our Abilene shop.
Cooper door photo coming soon
Crown door styles
Cooper
Start with a profile you love. Explore Cooper and other Crown styles, from clean Shaker lines to detailed raised panels.
See cabinet door stylesWood & finish
Durable Finish
Real wood species, stains, paints, and specialty finishes, all completed in Crown's own finishing department.
See finish optionsPulls & knobs
The details you touch every day
We'll help you choose the scale, style, and finish that work with your doors.
See pull and knob optionsNot near Blue Springs? Browse our available design options online, then call us for help with selections.
Built by Hand Since 1974
A Cabinet Shop, Not a Refacing Franchise
Crown has been building cabinetry in Abilene, Kansas, since 1974. Unlike a dealer or national refacing franchise, we manufacture the real-wood refacing material used for your reface and finish it in the same facility where we build our custom cabinetry.
That means we control the materials, color, fit, and finish, helping us maintain consistent quality and long-lasting durability. Your reface is made specifically for your project, not ordered as an off-the-shelf system.
It's one of the reasons Crown Premium Refacing looks and feels like new custom cabinetry, not simply a surface fix.
- Since 1974
- Building Cabinetry
- Made in Abilene, Kansas
- By Crown Cabinetry
- Missouri + Kansas
- Proudly Serving Our Region
Recent work
See it finished
Take a look at some of the spaces we've had the pleasure to create.
Helpful answers
Common Questions About Refacing
What's cabinet refacing?
Cabinet refacing transforms your existing cabinets without tearing out the cabinet boxes. We add new doors and drawer fronts, cover the cabinet frames and exposed sides with real wood, and complete the look with new crown molding. Decorative hardware goes on the doors and drawer fronts, and every door gets soft-close hinges. Your basic layout can stay the same, while the style of your kitchen looks completely new.
What makes Crown's refacing different?
Crown uses quarter-inch real-wood refacing material, milled and finished specifically for your project in our plant in Abilene, Kansas.
Unlike thin vinyl or laminate coverings, our material is real wood and is finished with the same durable varnish used on our custom cabinetry. The result has the depth, texture, and lasting quality of real wood, not a surface designed to imitate it.
Why reface instead of painting or refinishing?
Painting or refinishing can change the color of your cabinets, but it doesn't change their style or functionality.
With Crown Premium Refacing, you get new doors and drawer fronts in the style you choose, soft-close hinges on the doors, and new trim. You can also add storage upgrades to make your kitchen work better.
The refacing materials are finished by experienced artisans with a durable, consistent finish designed to stand up to everyday use and resist the chipping and peeling often associated with painted cabinets. That level of finish is difficult to achieve by painting cabinets inside your home.
And because the finishing is done before installation, you avoid much of the sanding, dust, fumes, and disruption of an in-home painting or refinishing project.
Do I have to replace my countertops?
If you love your countertops, they can stay in place without any disruption. But if you're ready to change them, Crown is happy to make that part of the project.
How much does cabinet refacing cost in Kansas City?
Every kitchen is different, so the cost of cabinet refacing depends on the size of your kitchen and the choices you make for your project.
What shapes your quote
Some of the biggest factors include:
- Door style
- Wood species
- Paint, stain, or specialty finish
- Crown molding and trim
- Drawer and storage upgrades
- Any new cabinetry incorporated into the project
More than a color change
For homeowners in Kansas and Missouri who want more than a cosmetic update, refacing is a better long-term investment than painting or refinishing. You're getting new doors, drawer fronts, hardware and crown molding, along with new real-wood surfaces on your existing cabinet boxes, all finished for everyday durability.
| Option | Typical Investment | What Changes | Best When... |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painting | Relative investment level 1 out of 5 | Cabinet color | You like your existing doors and only want a color change. It may require touch-ups as high-use areas wear. |
| Refinishing | Relative investment level 2 out of 5 | Existing wood finish | You like your existing doors and wood grain and want to restore or change the stain. Results depend on the existing wood species, grain and how it accepts a new stain color. |
| Premium Cabinet Refacing | Relative investment level 3 out of 5 | Doors, drawer fronts, visible cabinet surfaces, trim and hardware | You like your layout but want a major visual transformation. You choose new door styles, wood species, finishes, hardware and storage upgrades while keeping your existing cabinet boxes. |
| Major Kitchen Remodel / New Cabinetry | Relative investment level 5 out of 5 | Cabinetry, layout and potentially much more of the kitchen | You want to significantly change the kitchen footprint, move appliances or plumbing, change cabinet sizes or configurations, add or remove walls, or your existing cabinet boxes are damaged or no longer worth keeping. |
Your priorities come first
A plan that fits your budget
Talk budget early
At Crown, we'll talk about your budget early in the design process and help you decide where to invest, what makes sense to keep, and which options will give you the greatest impact for your kitchen.
Choose what fits
The goal isn't to sell you the most expensive solution. It's to help you find the right solution for your home, priorities, and budget.