Old Kitchens in Old Houses
Old Town's rowhouses have seen centuries of kitchens. The cabinets in these homes are often a layering of eras: original woodwork from long ago, updates from the 70s, a reface or repaint from the 90s. The boxes underneath are frequently the best-built cabinets in the city — real wood, solid joinery, made to last. What they wear on the outside is usually the problem: tired finishes, dated door styles, hardware from three different decades.
That combination — great bones, tired surfaces — is exactly what refacing is for. We keep the solid old boxes and give them new doors, new drawer fronts, and fresh veneer on the frames. The kitchen gets a new look without disturbing the plaster walls, the old floors, or anything else that makes an Old Town house what it is.
Fitting New Doors to Old Openings
Rowhouse kitchens were often built by hand, and two centuries of settling mean openings are rarely perfectly square. We measure every opening individually and build doors to fit what is actually there. It is slower than ordering standard sizes, but it is the only way new doors sit right in an old house. Our cabinet door replacement process is built around this kind of fitting.
Keeping the Character
Refacing in a historic home is not about making the kitchen look like a new condo. It is about making it look cared for. Shaker doors in a period-appropriate color, warm wood tones, hardware that suits the house — these choices refresh the kitchen while letting the house stay itself. If your cabinets have original wood worth saving, our cabinet refinishing restores it rather than covering it.
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