Cabinet Refacing in Clayton, Missouri
A kitchen update that respects your home's architecture — handcrafted new doors, drawer fronts, and custom finishes, installed in about a week. 40–50% less than full replacement.
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Handcrafted in Our St. Louis Shop
Designed for You
Tailored to Your Home
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Serving St. Louis Since 1985
Clayton homes have character. Whether you live in a 1920s Tudor near Wydown, a Colonial off Forsyth, a mid-century ranch closer to Brentwood, or a more recent build in University Heights, the architecture matters — and the kitchen needs to belong to the rest of the house. Refacing is often the best way to update an older Clayton kitchen because it preserves the existing layout (which is usually intentional in these homes) while giving you a chance to choose door styles and finishes that genuinely fit your home's era.
We've refaced kitchens in Clayton homes spanning nearly a century of architectural styles. The common thread is matching what's already there — replicating trim profiles, stain colors, and door details so the refaced kitchen reads as original rather than retrofit. For Clayton's older homes especially, that detail work is what separates a refacing project that looks great from one that looks generic.
Cabinet boxes in established Clayton homes tend to be well-built — solid plywood or hardwood frames designed to last. What's usually dated is the visible surface: oak doors from a 1980s update, painted cabinetry that's chipping, or brass hardware from an era that's cycled out. Refacing replaces all of that while keeping the structural work you already have.
Cabinet Refacing Work in the St. Louis Area
A selection of cabinet refacingprojects we've completed for homeowners in Clayton and the surrounding communities.
What a Clayton Refacing Project Includes
Solid Wood Doors in Your Style
Every door is built in our shop from real hardwood — maple, oak, cherry, walnut, hickory, or painted-grade maple — in the profile that fits your home's era. Raised panel for Tudor and Colonial; shaker for transitional; slab for mid-century or contemporary.
Matching Drawer Fronts and Optional Boxes
Drawer fronts match the new doors. If the original drawer boxes are tired, we can replace them with dovetailed hardwood boxes and soft-close glides during the same visit — a common upgrade in older Clayton kitchens where the original drawers have seen a few decades of use.
Veneered Cabinet Surfaces
End panels, face frames, and exposed cabinet sides are covered in a wood veneer matched to your new doors. The finished kitchen reads as fully new on every visible surface.
Period-Appropriate Hardware Options
Soft-close concealed hinges come standard. For visible hardware — pulls and knobs — we help you select finishes and styles that complement your home's era: unlacquered brass for traditional homes, brushed nickel for transitional, matte black for contemporary.
Trim and Profile Matching
Where your existing crown molding, base trim, or other millwork matters, we match it. This is especially important in older Clayton homes where the cabinetry needs to read as part of the architectural fabric, not separate from it.
Shop-Applied Finish
All staining and painting happens in our climate-controlled shop, not in your home. Clayton homes — especially condos and historic properties with shared walls or HOA considerations — don't deal with on-site fumes, dust, or finishing-day disruption.
Made with Intention, Not a Catalog
Every piece of your cabinet refacingis chosen together — wood, door profile, stain or paint, and hardware. Here's some of what we work with most often.
Wood Species
- Oak
- Maple
- Cherry
- Walnut
- Hickory
Door Styles
- Shaker
- Raised Panel
- Recessed Panel
- Slab
- Custom Profiles
Hardware & Finish
- Hand-Applied Stains
- Custom Paint Match
- Brushed Nickel
- Matte Black
- Aged or Polished Brass
Have something specific in mind? Bring a photo, a sample, or even a Pinterest board to your consultation — we'll work from it.
Why Clayton Homeowners Reface with Us
Comfortable with Older Home Construction
We've worked on Clayton kitchens in homes from the 1920s through current builds. We know how older cabinet boxes are built, where they tend to have quirks, and how to match the architectural detailing that makes Clayton homes feel like Clayton homes.
About One Week On-Site
Most Clayton refacing projects install in 5–7 business days. For homeowners juggling commutes downtown, kids in Clayton schools, or remote work, that short timeline matters.
Local Shop, Hand-Built
Every door, veneer, and drawer front is built in our St. Louis-area workshop. No catalog ordering, no offshore manufacturing — which means we can match the specific stain, profile, or hardware your home actually needs rather than the closest stock option.
Honest About Scope
If your cabinet boxes aren't a good candidate for refacing — water damage, structural issues, poor original construction — we'll tell you and recommend a full remodel instead. We'd rather lose the project than do work that doesn't deserve the boxes underneath.
Family-Owned Since 1985
Four decades in St. Louis means we've watched Clayton kitchens age — what holds up, what doesn't, what looks dated in ten years vs. what stays current. That perspective shapes the recommendations we make.
The Clayton Refacing Process
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In-Home Assessment
We come to your Clayton home, measure every cabinet, evaluate the structural condition of the boxes, and talk through what you want changed. We bring physical samples — door styles, wood species, stain and paint chips, hardware — so you can see them in your kitchen lighting before committing.
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Design and Detailed Quote
Within a few days you receive a written quote with every door style, dimension, finish, hardware choice, and add-on specified. The total is a fixed number; we don't do ballparks that grow on the final invoice.
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Shop Build
Your doors, drawer fronts, veneers, and any added pieces are built and finished in our climate-controlled shop. Each piece is labeled by cabinet and staged for installation day. Build typically runs 2–4 weeks depending on scope.
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Installation in Clayton
Our installers arrive with everything pre-built. Old doors come off, veneers go onto box exteriors, new doors and drawer fronts mount, hardware installs. We work cleanly — important in Clayton's older homes and condos — and the kitchen is wrapped in 5–7 business days.
A Word from Our Clients
Pro Wood Interiors are fantastic to work with. The level of expertise and professionalism is second to none. I would highly recommend David and his staff to anyone looking to do renovations to their home. Looking forward to working with David on our next project.
Refacing for Clayton's Architectural Mix
Clayton's housing stock spans roughly a century of architectural styles, and the refacing approach changes depending on the home. For Tudor and Colonial homes (often near Wydown, Hi-Pointe, and DeMun), we typically recommend traditional raised-panel doors in stained hardwood with brass or unlacquered hardware — the look that ties back to the home's era. For mid-century ranches and contemporary builds, slab or shaker doors in painted finishes or walnut work better. For Clayton's many transitional builds and condos, shaker in painted maple is the most common choice.
The other consideration in Clayton is that many homes have substantial existing millwork — wide casing, picture rails, period trim. The refaced kitchen should feel like part of that detailing, not a contrasting island. We pay particular attention to trim matching, crown molding, and stain colors in Clayton projects, because the homes themselves demand that level of integration.
Not sure which is right for you?
See our Clayton Kitchen Remodeling pageOur Commitment
Our name is on every piece we build.
Every project runs through our own shop, our own finishers, and our own install crew — no subcontractors, no handoffs, no catalog cabinets arriving in a box. The cabinetry you approve on paper is the cabinetry that arrives at your door. And we've been easy to find since 1985 — still are.
Frequently Asked Questions
Refacing is priced specifically to each kitchen, but generally runs 40–50% less than fully replacing the same cabinets with comparable custom work. For a typical Clayton kitchen (20–30 cabinets), most projects fall between roughly $9,000 and $25,000 depending on door style, wood species, hardware, and any add-ons. We provide a fixed written quote after the in-home consultation — no ballparks, no surprise add-ons.
In most cases, yes. Older Clayton homes tend to have well-built cabinet boxes — solid hardwood frames designed to last. We check each box during the assessment; if the structural integrity is intact (which is usually the case in homes from this era), refacing is often the ideal update. The challenge in older homes is usually matching the surrounding architectural details, which is something we specifically pay attention to in Clayton projects.
Yes — this is one of the things we focus on most in Clayton specifically. We match crown molding profiles, casing details, stain colors, and door styling so the refaced kitchen reads as part of the home rather than a retrofit. Bring photos or physical samples of trim in adjacent rooms to the consultation and we'll show you how we approach matching.
Often yes. Condo kitchens typically have smaller cabinet counts (which keeps the cost lower), and the constrained on-site timeline of refacing — 5–7 business days vs. 2–3 weeks for full replacement — works well in condos with HOA considerations, shared elevators, and neighbor proximity. We've done refacing projects in several Clayton condos and understand the building-management coordination they require.
Kitchens are consistently one of the highest-ROI rooms to update, and Clayton's strong housing market amplifies that. Industry data suggests midrange kitchen updates recoup 60–80% of cost at resale, with stronger returns in higher-end markets. Beyond ROI, an updated kitchen helps a Clayton home photograph and show dramatically better — which often matters as much as the precise recouped dollar figure when listing.
Most Clayton refacing projects run 4–6 weeks total: 1–2 weeks from initial consultation to approved design, 2–4 weeks for shop build, and 5–7 business days on-site for installation. Your kitchen is fully usable for most of that time — only the on-site installation week affects daily routine, and even then we install in sections so you typically keep access to your sink and at least some storage.
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