Cabinet Installation in Houston, TX
Silverheels Construction installs and finishes cabinets across the Houston area — new and custom cabinet installation, refacing, refinishing and painting, and garage cabinets. We set cabinets level, plumb, and scribed to walls that are rarely straight in an older Houston home, so doors and drawers line up and stay that way. Free estimates.
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Cabinets are the biggest visual and budget piece of a kitchen or bath, and whether they look right comes down to the install — cabinets that aren't set level and plumb give you doors that won't line up and drawers that rub, no matter how good the boxes are. We install, reface, and refinish cabinets across the Houston area, and we scribe them to the walls, which in older Houston homes are almost never straight. New, custom, refaced, or repainted, the goal is the same: cabinets that line up and work.
Cabinet installation
New cabinet installation is precision work disguised as carpentry. Cabinets have to go in dead level and plumb, fastened into the wall framing, and scribed to walls and floors that are out of square — and in a Houston home built on moving clay, they usually are. Get that right and the doors align, the drawers glide, and the countertop sits flat; get it wrong and every gap and rub shows.
We install kitchen, bathroom, laundry, and utility cabinets — stock, semi-custom, and custom — set level, aligned, and shimmed and scribed to the space. We handle the demo of the old cabinets first where needed. Cabinet installation pairs naturally with a kitchen or bath remodel, and it's the anchor the rest of the room is built around.
Custom cabinets and built-ins
When stock sizes don't fit the space or the look, custom is the answer. Custom cabinet installation means cabinets sized and configured to the room rather than the room worked around the boxes — which matters in older Houston homes with odd walls, tight nooks, and non-standard dimensions.
We install custom cabinetry and build built-ins: bookcases, window seats, entertainment centers, mudroom and laundry storage, and the toe-kick-to-crown details that make cabinets read as part of the house. Built-ins are one of the highest-impact things you can add to a room, and they turn dead space into storage that looks like it was always there.
Cabinet refacing
If your cabinet boxes are solid but the doors and finish are dated, refacing gets you a new-looking kitchen without the cost and disruption of tearing everything out.
Cabinet refacing replaces the doors, drawer fronts, and hardware and covers the exposed box faces with new veneer or laminate, so the whole kitchen reads as new while the existing boxes stay. It's meaningfully less than full replacement and far faster — no demo of the boxes, no reworking the layout. It's the right call when the cabinets are laid out well and built solid but just look tired, which describes a lot of Houston kitchens from the '90s and 2000s.
Cabinet refinishing and painting
The cheapest way to transform cabinets is to refinish what's there, and cabinet painting done right changes a kitchen for a fraction of replacement.
The result is all in the prep, not the paint. We degrease, sand, and prime — cabinets live in the greasiest, most-touched part of the house, and paint over grease or gloss peels — then finish with a durable cabinet-grade coating on doors, drawer fronts, and boxes for a smooth, hard finish that holds up to daily use. Houston humidity slows cure times, so rushing the recoat is how a cabinet job stays tacky or chips; we don't rush it. Cabinet refinishing and painting is the highest-return cabinet project there is.
Garage cabinets and storage
The garage is where storage goes to get chaotic, and cabinets are how you get it back. Garage cabinet installation puts durable, enclosed storage on the walls and floor so tools, chemicals, and gear are off the floor and out of sight.
We install wall-mounted and floor garage cabinet systems, workbenches, and shelving, anchored solidly into the framing so loaded cabinets stay put on the wall. Enclosed cabinets also keep Houston's dust and humidity off what's inside better than open shelving. Whether it's a few wall cabinets over the bench or a full garage storage wall, we set it level and anchored so it holds real weight.
What cabinet work costs in Houston
The four paths — install new, custom, reface, and refinish — span a wide cost range, and that's the point: there's usually an option for the budget.
Refinishing and painting existing cabinets is the low end and the highest return per dollar. Refacing is the middle, keeping the boxes but replacing what you see. New stock cabinet installation is more, and custom cabinetry is the top. What moves the number within each: the size of the kitchen or space, the material and finish, how much demo and prep is involved, and hardware. These are ranges, not quotes — we look at the cabinets and the space and give you a real number, plus an honest read on which path fits.
Frequently asked questions
Should I replace, reface, or repaint my cabinets?
It depends on the boxes. If they're solid and laid out well but look dated, refinishing (paint) is the cheapest and highest-return, and refacing (new doors and fronts over the boxes) is the middle. Replace when the boxes are failing or the layout has to change. We'll give you an honest read.
Do you install new and custom cabinets?
Yes — stock, semi-custom, and custom, set level, plumb, and scribed to the walls, which in older Houston homes are rarely straight. Custom is the answer when stock sizes don't fit the space. We also build built-ins like bookcases, window seats, and mudroom storage.
What is cabinet refacing?
Replacing the doors, drawer fronts, and hardware and covering the exposed box faces with new veneer or laminate, so the kitchen looks new while the existing boxes stay. It's less than full replacement and much faster — no demo of the boxes — and it's ideal when the cabinets are solid but dated.
Can you paint my cabinets instead of replacing them?
Yes, and it's the highest-return cabinet project there is. The result is in the prep — we degrease, sand, and prime, then finish with a durable cabinet-grade coating. Houston humidity slows cure times, so we don't rush the recoats, which is what keeps a cabinet paint job from chipping.
Do you install garage cabinets?
Yes — wall-mounted and floor cabinet systems, workbenches, and shelving, anchored solidly into the framing so loaded cabinets stay on the wall. Enclosed cabinets also keep Houston's dust and humidity off your gear better than open shelving.
How much does cabinet work cost in Houston?
It spans a wide range: refinishing and painting is the low end and best value per dollar, refacing the middle, new stock cabinets more, and custom the top. Size, material and finish, and how much demo and prep are involved move the number. We quote after seeing the space.
Service areas
- The Heights
- Montrose
- Bellaire
- West University
- Memorial
- Katy
- Sugar Land
- Cypress