Cabinet Door Replacement in Sarasota, FL

Replacement cabinet doors we build

Every door is made to order, so the style list is wide. These are the profiles homeowners ask for most.

• Shaker replacement doors: a flat center panel inside a square frame, plain enough for a 1960s block home or a new build.
• Slab doors: a single flat face in veneered or solid hardwood, common in mid-century and modern condos.
• Raised and recessed panels: traditional profiles for kitchens with crown molding and furniture-style details.
• Beadboard and V-groove panels: relaxed coastal looks for cottages and island homes.
• Glass cabinet doors: clear, seeded, reeded or frosted glass for uppers that display dishes.
• New drawer fronts: made in the same wood and profile so drawers and doors read as one set.

Frames are solid hardwood, never MDF, joined so they stay flat through humid summers.

Matching pieces come with the order: end panels where the door style shows on the side of a run, valances over the sink, toe-kick faces and the occasional appliance panel. Pull and knob holes are drilled in the shop from one template, so hardware lines up across the whole kitchen.

Will new doors fit the openings you already have?

They will, because we build to your openings rather than to a catalog size. On the measure visit we record each opening and the face-frame width between them, note how the current doors overlay the frame and check the hinge type. Older kitchens around Sarasota often have exposed or semi-concealed hinges; switching to concealed hinges is usually part of the job, and we bore the hinge cups in the shop.

We can also change the overlay. Switching to doors that cover nearly all of the face frame hides more wood and makes the kitchen look newer, but it tightens the gaps between doors, so we draw it first. Inset doors, set flush inside the frame, are possible on some cabinets but require frames that are square and true.

Signs the doors, not the boxes, have worn out

Tall pantry and broom doors show it first: they twist so a corner stands proud of the frame, often because only the face was ever sealed and the back took on moisture. Other giveaways are split center panels, thermofoil lifting beside the range or dishwasher, hinge screws that will not bite in a crumbling particleboard door, and a row of doors beside a lanai slider bleached lighter than the rest.

Local conditions speed all of this up. Houses closed for the summer swing between muggy and dry, salt air near the keys pits exposed hinges, and many 1960s and 1970s ranch kitchens still carry their original doors on frames that are perfectly sound. We seal all six faces of every new door, back and edges included, before it leaves the shop.

Glass and mullion cabinet doors

A few glass doors break up a long wall of uppers and give a place for good dishes. Mullion cabinet doors divide the glass with thin wood bars in a grid or a Gothic arch pattern, and we cut the mullions from the same wood as the frame so the color matches. Arched tops are shaped on templates in the shop and paired with matching rails on neighboring doors.

Glass doors show what is inside, so we often add interior lighting and finish the cabinet interior to match. Wiring for lights is done by a licensed electrician; we leave a channel for the wire and coordinate the timing.

Do the new doors need to match the frames?

They need to look intended. Matching a new stain to frames that have aged in Florida sun is possible, and we build sample pieces to compare against your frames in place. When the frames are faded or worn, it is often better to refinish or paint them along with the new doors so everything starts from the same point.

Painted doors are the simplest to match, because paint can cover both old frames and new doors. Stained doors on stained frames need the most sampling.

Our cabinet door replacement process

1. 1

   Measure each opening

   Openings, overlays, hinge types and drawer sizes are recorded and the kitchen is photographed.

2. 2

   Draw the new doors

   You approve plans and a rendered view with the style, finish and hardware shown on your cabinets.

3. 3

   Build and finish in the shop

   Doors and drawer fronts are cut, joined, sanded and finished at our Lewis Ave shop.

4. 4

   Prepare the frames

   Old hinge holes are filled and, if chosen, frames are refinished or painted on site.

5. 5

   Hang, align and fit hardware

   Doors are hung on new hinges, drawer fronts are aligned and pulls are installed.

What affects the price of custom cabinet doors?

• The number of doors and drawer fronts and their sizes
• Wood species: poplar and maple for paint, oak, cherry and walnut for stain
• Profile: slab and shaker are simpler than raised panels or arched tops
• Glass type and mullion layout
• Stain matching to existing frames versus painting everything
• Hinge conversion and filling old hinge mortises

Older Sarasota houses bring cost variables of their own. Openings in older block homes are rarely the same size twice, so a kitchen of one-off doors takes longer to cut than a run of repeats. Salt-air homes on the islands may need stainless or solid brass hinges and pulls. Matching a frame that has aged beside a sunny slider can take more than one stain sample. The written estimate shows each of these as its own line.

If you are weighing doors alone against a full reface or new boxes, the guide to refacing cost against new cabinets is a useful comparison.

Looking after new doors and drawer fronts

Solid-wood doors move a little with the seasons. Keep the air conditioning running steadily, even when the house is empty in summer, so the doors do not swing between damp and dry. Wipe with a soft damp cloth; clean glass panels with a mild cleaner sprayed on the cloth, not on the wood. Hinges can be adjusted with a screwdriver if a door drifts out of line.