Small kitchen
Up to about 15 doors and drawer fronts. A galley, a condo or a first apartment kitchen.
- Doors and drawer fronts sprayed in our shop
- Frames finished in your kitchen
- Hardware off and back on
- New hardware
- Cabinet interiors
Cabinet refinishing in Houston
A new finish on your cabinets, and a kitchen you can still cook in.
We're Adela Hinojosa, her son Moises and a crew of four. Doors go to our shop, frames are finished in your kitchen, and a day-by-day plan keeps your sink, stove and refrigerator in use.
- Written price before we start
- Doors numbered, hardware bagged
- Se habla español
The plan
Your kitchen, day by day
An example week. The plan we write for your kitchen says which days are tight, and what you can use on each.
- Before day 1
Empty the cabinets and set up a counter
We text a one-page packing list. Dishes and food go on a table in another room, with the kettle, toaster and microwave.
Use: everything, until we arrive
- Day 1
Doors come off and ride to our shop
Every door and drawer front gets a number, and hinges and pulls go in a labeled bag. Floors and counters are covered and uncovered by evening.
Use: sink, stove, refrigerator
- Day 2
Frames are degreased, filled and sanded
The dusty day, so plan a microwave dinner. We control the dust and clean before we leave.
Use: sink and refrigerator. The stove stays covered
- Days 3 and 4
Primer and finish coats
Frames get primer and two finish coats by brush and fine roller. The doors get theirs in our shop, on racks.
Use: sink, stove, refrigerator. Keep hands off cabinet edges
- Day 5
Doors come home
Doors are hung, hinges adjusted and pulls put back, and you walk the kitchen with Adela. Large kitchens add days.
Use: the whole kitchen, gently
- The weeks after
Go gently while it cures
The finish keeps hardening after it feels dry. Wipe with a soft, damp cloth and wait before hanging things on doors.
Use: everything, with a light touch
Kitchen sizes
How a kitchen is priced, by size
Kitchens are priced by counting doors, drawer fronts and frames. These are the sizes most kitchens fall into.
Medium kitchen
Most kitchensAbout 16 to 30 doors and drawer fronts. A typical family kitchen with a pantry or a run of uppers.
- Everything in the small kitchen
- A pantry cabinet or a full run of uppers
- Filling open oak grain, as its own line
- Island in a second color
- Replacing damaged doors
Large kitchen
31 or more doors and drawer fronts, usually with an island or a pantry wall.
- Everything in the medium kitchen
- An island in the same color
- Extra days on the schedule, written down
- Cabinet interiors
- Replacing damaged doors
Your written price counts your doors.
What we refinish
Kitchens first, then the cabinets around the house
Bath vanities
Vanities take humidity every day, so they get a primer made to hold.
Vanities and built-ins
Built-ins and bookcases
Window seats, hall drawers and paneled cabinets in a color that matches the trim.
Built-ins
The shop
Your doors have a return day, in writing.
Doors dry on racks in our Garden Oaks shop, away from your cooking and from Houston's wet air.
Sprayed in a booth that's cleaned between colors
Numbered to match their openings, so each goes back on its own hinge
Back on a day we give you before the doors leave
The crew
A mother, her son and a crew of four
Six people finish every kitchen, and the names on your written price are the people who come to your house. Adela, Moises, Eladio and Lizeth speak Spanish and English.
Adela Hinojosa
Owner and lead finisher
Moises Hinojosa
Door shop and schedule
Eladio Mascorro
Sprayer
Lizeth Ugalde
Prep and color matching
Cesia Burciaga
Hanging and punch list
Cristofer Arreola
Masking and protection
Sample reviews
What kitchens say afterward
“They counted every door from our photos and the price matched the final bill. We ate at the table the whole week and never lost the stove.”
Lorrie K.Oak Forest, 1960s ranch
“Honey oak with deep grain, and Adela showed me three filled and unfilled samples before I chose. The doors came back numbered, the right way up.”
Nichelle B.Meyerland kitchen
“I was nervous about no kitchen for two weeks. The plan told me which two days would be dusty, and I planned takeout around them.”
Wendi S.Garden Oaks, kitchen and pantry
“Moises explained everything in Spanish for my mother, who lives with us, and in English for me. Both of us signed off at the walk-through.”
Alessandra R.Alief, kitchen and laundry
Sample reviews.
Service area
Kitchens across Houston and the counties around it
The shop is in Garden Oaks. Doors drive to you the day they're dry, so the farther towns schedule their return day when we price.
Inside the Loop
- West University Place
- River Oaks
- Timbergrove
- Garden Oaks
- Oak Forest
- Tanglewood
Southwest and Memorial
- Meyerland
- Sharpstown
- Alief
- Piney Point Village
- Bunker Hill Village
North and east
- Kingwood
- Atascocita
- La Porte
Fort Bend and Brazoria
- Meadows Place
- Cinco Ranch
- Manvel
Galveston County
- Dickinson
- Texas City
We don't take kitchens in Montgomery County north of Conroe, on Galveston Island or west of Brookshire.
ZIP codes: 77005, 77008, 77018, 77019, 77024, 77036, 77056, 77072, 77092, 77096, 77339, 77346, 77477, 77494, 77539, 77571, 77578, 77590
Questions
Before you text us
Can I really use my kitchen?
Yes. We spray the doors and drawer fronts in our shop and finish the frames in your kitchen by brush and fine roller, so the sink, stove and refrigerator stay in use. Two days are tight, when the frames are sanded and when they get their finish coats. We tell you which days ahead so you can plan a microwave or takeout.
What is on the written price?
Doors, drawer fronts and frames counted one by one, the repairs, the coats and sheen, the color, hardware off and back on, the days, the payment schedule and what's left out. It's a message with numbers, not a range.
How long does a kitchen take?
Most kitchens take five to eight working days from the day the doors come off. A large kitchen, an island in a second color or heavy repairs add days. Your written price gives the days for your kitchen; it isn't a promised date.
Homes built before 1978: is there lead paint?
Houses built before 1978 may have lead-based paint, and sanding cabinets can disturb it. Tell us the age of the house when you ask for a price. We ask before we open anything, and where the federal EPA rules for the work apply, we follow them; our firm number is in the footer.
Do you speak Spanish?
Adela, Moises, Eladio and Lizeth do, on the phone, in text and in your kitchen. Cesia and Cristofer work in English; ask for a Spanish speaker on any call. Every page of this site is also in Spanish.
Get a written price
Tell us the size, then send photos
We count the doors from your photos and text back a written price. If the photos aren't enough, Adela comes to count.
Phone(713) 555-0102
Text(713) 555-0102
Hours
- Monday – FridayToday
- 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- SaturdayToday
- 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- SundayToday
- Closed