$1,500 to $4,000 per kitchen. Brush and roll, applied in your home with Benjamin Moore Advance or Dulux Diamond cabinet paint. Two to three days, doors stay attached or come off briefly, and your kitchen is back in service by the weekend. Not factory finish. Not 2K urethane. A real upgrade on a real budget, backed by a 1-year written warranty.
Cabinet painting in North Bay typically costs $1,500 to $4,000 per kitchen. All In One Painting degreases every door, sands the existing finish, applies one coat of bonding primer, and finishes with two coats of Benjamin Moore Advance or Dulux Diamond cabinet-grade interior paint, brushed and rolled in your home. Doors stay attached or come off briefly for a 2 to 3 day project. The result is a real budget refresh that lasts 5 to 7 years, ideal for rentals, resale prep, and short-term refreshes. Backed by a 1-year written warranty.
This is the budget alternative to our flagship Cabinet Refinishing service. If you want a factory-grade spray finish using Renner or Envirolak 2K commercial urethane, applied inside a fully sealed plastic-sheeted booth we build right in your home, refinishing is the right call and the right product for a forever kitchen. If you want a real upgrade on a real budget, fewer days of disruption, and you are comfortable with light brush marks visible at six inches, this page is for you. Both services come from the same crew, the same warranty terms, and the same standard of preparation. The only difference is the application method and the price point.
Brushed cabinet painting is best suited to rental turnovers, pre-listing resale prep, budget kitchen refreshes, and homeowners who plan to renovate within five years and just need the existing cabinets to look better in the meantime. We do not pretend the finish is identical to a sprayed urethane refinish. Up close you will see soft directional brush strokes on the door faces and light roller stipple on the flat box panels. From standing distance, the kitchen reads as a clean uniform repaint and the color change carries the room. That is the trade we are honest about every time.
The products matter more than most painters admit. Benjamin Moore Advance is a waterborne alkyd built specifically for cabinetry, with a long open time that lets the brush marks level out as the paint flows. Dulux Diamond is our secondary cabinet system, durable and self-levelling, with a slightly faster recoat window. We do not use wall paint on cabinets. Wall paint stays soft, marks at the slightest fingernail, and chips at hardware contact points within months. The cabinet-grade products we use cost more per gallon and that cost is built into the quote, not bolted on after. Ahmed Khalil walks every kitchen before the price is set. Serving North Bay, Callander, Powassan, Sturgeon Falls, Mattawa, and across the Nipissing region.
If you want a factory-grade finish that lasts 10 years and reads like new cabinetry, see the Cabinet Refinishing flagship ($4,000 to $10,000). If you want a real upgrade for under $4K, this page is the right service for you. We do both. Ahmed will tell you straight which one fits.
If your existing cabinet boxes are structurally sound (most wood, MDF, and built-in boxes are) you have three honest paths to a different-looking kitchen. The table below tells you exactly where this page fits.
Final quotes depend on door count, whether you are changing color, and the existing finish on the cabinets (raw wood, painted, or thermofoil all behave differently). These ranges cover the vast majority of cabinet painting jobs we quote in North Bay. Free on-site estimates always.
Bathroom vanity brushed repaints run $450 to $1,200 depending on door count and prep depth. If your kitchen total is creeping above $4,500, our spray-finished Cabinet Refinishing service ($4,000 to $10,000) gets you a 10-year factory finish for not much more money. Ahmed will tell you straight which side of the line you fall on during the on-site quote.
Cabinet painting is faster than refinishing because the doors stay in your home and dry overnight on a drop cloth. Here is exactly how the work moves through your kitchen.
Ahmed walks the kitchen, counts doors and drawer fronts, identifies the substrate (wood, MDF, primed, thermofoil), and confirms your color target against a Benjamin Moore or Dulux chip. You get the price before he leaves the driveway.
Day 0Every door face and drawer front gets a degreasing wipedown with TSP, a light scuff sand to break the existing sheen, and any chips or dings filled and sanded smooth. Cabinet box faces are masked off from walls, counters, floors, and appliances.
Day 1 morningOne coat of stain-blocking bonding primer is brushed on door faces and rolled on box panels. This is the layer that lets cabinet paint stick to thermofoil, laminate, and previously painted surfaces. Primer dries 4 to 6 hours before the next coat.
Day 1 afternoonTwo full coats of Benjamin Moore Advance or Dulux Diamond, brushed on doors with a fine-bristle synthetic brush and rolled on flat boxes with a 4-inch microfibre mini roller. Eight to twelve hour dry time between coats. Doors handled by their edges between coats.
Day 2Pulls and hinges reinstalled, drawer fronts reattached if they were removed, masking pulled, surfaces wiped down. Final walk with you to flag anything you want touched up. Doors are firm to the touch at handover and fully cured in 14 to 21 days.
Day 2 or 3Three products do 95% of the cabinet painting work in North Bay. Here is exactly what goes on your doors, and why.
Waterborne alkyd built specifically for cabinetry. Long open time so brush marks level out as the paint flows. Cures hard, resists chipping at hinge points and door edges. Our default cabinet paint.
Acrylic urethane hybrid with strong self-levelling. Slightly faster recoat window than Advance, which speeds up tight project schedules. Holds up to kitchen cleaners and fingernail abuse.
The step that lets cabinet paint stick to thermofoil, laminate, factory-painted MDF, or any cabinet that has already been painted once before. Stain-blocking, sandable, fully covered by the quote.
The fastest way to know if this service is the right fit for you is to read both lists. If you nod at the left column, book the quote. If you nod at the right column, read the refinishing page instead.
Real client kitchens we brush-and-rolled with Benjamin Moore Advance and Dulux Diamond. No stock photos, no AI. Below: feature project plus three recent jobs.
A North Bay homeowner wanted to brighten a dated dark-wood kitchen before listing the house in spring. We degreased every door, sanded the existing finish, applied one coat of tinted bonding primer, and brushed and rolled two coats of Benjamin Moore Advance in a warm cream.
Three working days on-site. House listed two weeks later. Owner kept the kitchen functional for cooking the whole time.
The five questions we get on almost every call. If your question is not here, call (705) 482-1039 or use the form below and we will answer it within 24 hours.
Cabinet painting in North Bay typically costs $1,500 to $4,000 per kitchen. A small kitchen with 10 to 18 doors runs $1,500 to $2,500. A mid-size kitchen with 18 to 30 doors runs $2,500 to $3,500. A large kitchen with an island runs $3,500 to $4,500.
Pricing includes degreasing, sanding, one coat of bonding primer, and two coats of Benjamin Moore Advance or Dulux Diamond cabinet paint applied by brush and roller in your home. This is the budget alternative to our spray-finished Cabinet Refinishing service ($4,000 to $10,000) and is best for rental turnover, short-term resale prep, or a budget refresh.
Cabinet painting is a brush-and-roll application done in your home using cabinet-grade interior paint such as Benjamin Moore Advance or Dulux Diamond. The project takes 2 to 3 days, costs $1,500 to $4,000 per kitchen, and the finish lasts 5 to 7 years with normal use.
Cabinet refinishing is a spray application done inside a fully sealed plastic-sheeted booth we build right in your home, using Renner or Envirolak 2K commercial-grade urethane. The project takes 6 to 8 days, costs $4,000 to $10,000 per kitchen, and the finish lasts 10 years or more with no brush marks at all. Doors never leave your property either way. Painting is for budget refreshes. Refinishing is for a factory finish.
Yes, lightly. From standing distance the cabinets read as a clean uniform repaint. Up close at six inches you will see soft directional brush strokes on the door faces and roller stipple on the flat panels. This is the honest trade-off for a brush and roll job versus a spray finish.
We use a fine-bristle synthetic brush, a microfibre 4-inch mini roller, and Benjamin Moore Advance or Dulux Diamond which both have strong self-levelling properties to minimise marks. If brush marks bother you at all, the right product is our spray-finished Cabinet Refinishing service instead. Ahmed will be honest about this during the quote.
Brushed cabinet paint applied with Benjamin Moore Advance or Dulux Diamond typically lasts 5 to 7 years before it needs a refresh, sometimes longer in low-traffic kitchens. High-touch areas around handles, hinges, and the edges of doors near the dishwasher will show wear first.
Compared to a spray-finished 2K urethane (10 years or more) the lifespan is shorter, which is the trade-off for the lower price point. Routine care is a damp microfibre cloth with a pH-neutral kitchen cleaner. Avoid bleach, ammonia, and abrasive scrub pads on any painted cabinet finish.
Paint your cabinets if you are flipping a property, turning over a rental, refreshing a kitchen you plan to renovate within five years, or working with a budget under $4,000.
Refinish your cabinets if you are staying in your forever home, want a factory-grade finish, are doing a major color change, or your budget allows $4,000 to $10,000.
Both services are honest options. Ahmed will walk your kitchen and tell you straight which one fits your situation. We do both. We will never push you toward refinishing if painting is the right call for you.
Factory-grade spray finish in a sealed booth we build right in your home. Renner or Envirolak 2K commercial urethane. 10-year durability, zero brush marks, $4,000 to $10,000 per kitchen.
See refinishing →Walls, ceilings, trim, doors, baseboards. Full prep, two coats of Benjamin Moore or Dulux. Booking cabinet and interior together gets you a single coordinated schedule.
See interior work →Built for Northern Ontario winters. Power wash, scrape, prime, two coats. Booking late May through mid-September when overnight lows stay above 10 degrees.
See exterior work →Office, retail, restaurant, and property management cabinetry repaints. Off-hours scheduling, WSIB documentation, and net-30 invoicing standard.
See commercial work →Looking for cabinet painting in Ottawa, Kanata, Barrhaven, or Stittsville? Our Ottawa branch under Osama Jassim offers the same service with the same products and warranty terms.
Fill out the form and we will respond within 24 hours, Monday through Saturday. Quotes are scheduled with Ahmed for North Bay, Callander, Powassan, Sturgeon Falls, and Mattawa. The on-site walkthrough takes 20 to 30 minutes and you get the price before we leave.
