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Cabinet Refacing Guides
Straight answers on cost, measuring, overlays, door sizes and materials, from the team that makes nuDoors.
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- How Much Does Cabinet Refacing Cost in 2026? Refacing a kitchen with new made-to-measure doors and drawer fronts typically costs about $2,300 to $4,500 in doors if you do it yourself, based on 319 nuDoors estimates, and $4,000 to $13,000 with a contractor.
- Reface or Replace Kitchen Cabinets? Reface when the cabinet boxes are sound and the layout works; replace when the boxes are damaged or the layout has to change. Refacing typically costs a fraction of new cabinets and takes days, not weeks.
- Is Cabinet Refacing Worth It? Cabinet refacing is worth it when your cabinet boxes are sound and you want a new look for a fraction of the cost of new cabinets. It is not worth it if the boxes are damaged or the layout has to change.
- How to Measure Cabinet Doors for Replacement Measure the width and height of each existing door, not the opening, from the widest points, to the nearest 1/16 inch. Write every door down, check the overlay, and enter the sizes as measured.
- Cabinet Door Measuring Sheet A free printable sheet for writing down the width and height of every cabinet door and drawer front, with the rules for measuring them right.
- Cabinet Door Overlay Explained Overlay is how far a cabinet door covers the cabinet frame on each side. Find yours by measuring a door and its opening: overlay per side = (door width - opening width) / 2.
- Standard Cabinet Door Sizes Cabinets come in standard sizes (wall cabinets 30, 36 or 42 inches tall; widths in 3-inch steps), but door sizes depend on the frame and the overlay, so measure your own doors. nuDoors makes any size from 5 to 36 inches wide and up to 96 inches tall.
- MDF vs Wood Cabinet Doors For painted cabinet doors, MDF and HDF are usually the better choice. They do not move with humidity the way solid wood does, so the paint does not crack at the joints. Solid wood wins for stained, natural-grain doors.
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