Cabinet Refacing in Glendale, Missouri
Make the most of a modest older kitchen — handcrafted new doors, fronts, smarter storage, and finishes, installed in about a week with almost no disruption to a quiet street.
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Glendale is one of the smallest cities in St. Louis County — barely a square mile of tree-lined streets tucked between Kirkwood and Webster Groves, almost entirely residential and tightly knit. Its homes tend to be modest, well-kept houses from the early-to-mid 20th century, and their kitchens are usually on the compact side. The good news is that the original cabinet boxes in these homes are often solid; it's the dated doors, tired finishes, and dwindling storage that make the kitchen feel its age.
That combination makes refacing a particularly good fit in Glendale. We keep the sound boxes and the footprint, replace every visible surface, and — just as importantly in a smaller kitchen — use the project as a chance to add the pull-outs and organizers that make a compact space work far harder than it did before.
Because Glendale streets are quiet and close together, we work to keep the disruption minimal: the build happens entirely at our shop, and the on-site installation usually wraps in 5–7 business days. A lot of our Glendale work comes from neighbors referring neighbors, so we treat every job like the next one depends on it — because in a community this size, it does.
Cabinet Refacing Work in Glendale
A selection of cabinet refacingprojects we've completed for homeowners in Glendale and the surrounding communities.
What's Included in a Glendale Refacing Project
Doors Built for Your Kitchen
We craft each door in our shop from solid hardwood — oak, maple, cherry, walnut, or hickory — in a style that fits the scale and age of your home, whether that's a simple shaker or a traditional raised panel.
Drawer Fronts, Plus Smarter Drawers
New fronts match your doors. In Glendale's older kitchens, the original drawers are often the weak point, so we frequently swap in dovetailed hardwood boxes on soft-close glides that hold more and run smoother.
Storage That Earns Its Space
Compact kitchens reward every inch. Pull-out shelves, lazy Susans, tray dividers, and trash pull-outs turn awkward lower cabinets into usable storage — the upgrades that matter most when the floor plan is tight.
Seamless Veneered Surfaces
Cabinet ends, face frames, and exposed sides get a wood veneer matched to your new doors, so a small kitchen reads as one cohesive, fully renewed space.
Hardware and Soft-Close Hinges
Concealed soft-close hinges are standard, and you pick the pulls and knobs. We'll steer you toward finishes that suit a modest home without overpowering a small room.
Finished at Our Shop
Staining and painting happen in our climate-controlled shop, never in your home — which keeps fumes, dust, and mess out of a house where the kitchen sits close to everything else.
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 Glendale Homeowners Reface with Us
Referred by the Neighbors
Glendale is small enough that reputation travels fast. Much of our work here comes from one homeowner recommending us to the next — which is exactly the accountability you want in a tight community.
We Make Small Kitchens Work Harder
A refacing project in a compact Glendale kitchen is also a storage project. We build in the pull-outs and organizers that get real capacity out of a modest footprint.
Minimal Disruption on a Quiet Street
The build happens at our shop and the on-site work usually takes 5–7 business days. In a close-together neighborhood, we keep the dust, noise, and driveway traffic to a minimum.
Hand-Built in Our Shop
Every door, veneer, and drawer front is made in our St. Louis-area workshop, so we can match a specific stain or door profile instead of settling for a stock option.
A Straight Answer on Your Cabinets
If your boxes aren't worth refacing, we'll tell you and point you toward a full remodel instead. We'd rather give honest advice than win a job that won't hold up.
How a Glendale Refacing Project Works
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We Come Take a Look
We visit your Glendale home, measure each cabinet, and check whether the boxes are sound. We bring door, wood, finish, and hardware samples so you can see the options in your own kitchen — and we'll flag the storage upgrades worth adding while we're at it.
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You Get a Written Plan
A few days later you receive a detailed proposal spelling out every door style, dimension, finish, hardware choice, and add-on. Nothing is left vague, and what you approve is what we build.
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We Build It at the Shop
Your doors, fronts, veneers, and any organizers are crafted and finished by hand at our shop, then labeled by cabinet and staged for install day.
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We Install and Clean Up
Our crew arrives with everything pre-built: old doors off, boxes veneered, new doors and hardware on, and a clean kitchen before we go. On-site work typically takes 5–7 business days.
A Word from Our Clients
Dave is a true professional. He shows up on time, makes recommendations, cleans up, and honors his bids. It is refreshing to call your contractor and they PICK UP THE PHONE! I would recommend Dave to anyone seeking custom cabinets or refacing done.
Getting the Most From a Compact Glendale Kitchen
The kitchens in Glendale's older homes weren't built for the way we cook and store food today, so the win in most refacing projects here is twofold: a fresh, modern look and meaningfully better use of the space you already have. Before we finalize a plan, we look hard at where capacity is being wasted — a dead corner, a too-shallow drawer bank, a cabinet you have to crawl into — and design the upgrades that fix it.
Refacing assumes your layout stays put, which is usually the right move in these homes. But if you're dreaming of borrowing space from an adjacent room or reworking the whole footprint, that's a full remodel, not a reface. We'll be candid about which one your goals actually call for, and we build both.
Not sure which is right for you?
See our Glendale 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 won't move walls, but it can make a compact kitchen feel noticeably more open and work much better. Lighter door colors and clean hardware visually open the room, while pull-outs, drawer organizers, and corner solutions free up space you're currently wasting. For most small Glendale kitchens, that combination is transformative.
We keep it minimal. Because the doors and fronts are built at our shop, there's no on-site sawing or finishing, and the install is usually just 5–7 business days. We're mindful of parking, noise, and cleanup on Glendale's tight streets — a lot of our reputation here rides on being good neighbors during a job.
Often, yes. Many of Glendale's mid-century homes were built with solid cabinet boxes that have plenty of life left; the doors and finish are simply what's dated. We check the condition of every box during our visit and tell you honestly whether refacing makes sense or a full rebuild is the better call.
Definitely. Most clients change things significantly — oak to painted, dated hardware to clean modern pulls, fussy raised panels to simple shaker. Refacing is a chance to reset the kitchen's whole style, scaled to suit a modest home.
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