Kitchen Respray or New Doors?
Cost, time and what each one changes, side by side.
Free, no obligation. One local fitter prices it, not five.
Short answerRespray if you like the style and want a new colour: €1,250 to €1,400 for 10 to 15 doors. Replace the doors if you want a new style, from €48 a door.
Side by side
| Respray | New doors | |
|---|---|---|
| What changes | The colour | The style and the colour |
| Cost, 10 to 15 doors | €1,250 to €1,400 | About €720 to €825 supplied, plus drawer fronts, handles and fitting |
| Time on site | 1 to 3 days | A day or two to hang, after a few weeks to make |
| Best on | Solid wood, painted wood, sound MDF | Any carcass that's sound |
| Not for | Peeling foil doors | Units that are swollen or out of square |
Choose a respray when
- You like the shape of the doors and want a new colour.
- The doors are solid wood, painted wood or sound MDF.
- You want it done in days.
Choose new doors when
- You want a different style: plain to shaker, or shaker to handleless.
- The doors are foil and it's peeling.
- The hinges are tired anyway.
Redesign your kitchen in the Studio
Free. About two minutes. Your redesign is drawn on your own photo, and when you like it, one kitchen fitter near you can price it.
- Photo your kitchenAny phone photo of the room.
- Rethink itLayout first, then the doors, colour, worktop and finishing touches.
- See it, then tweak itYour redesign on your own photo, then ask the AI designer for changes.
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Start with the shape of the room
Kitchens come in a handful of shapes. Each one has its own fixes.
Galley kitchens
Two runs facing each other. The gap between them decides everything.
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L-shaped kitchens
Two walls and a corner. Win the corner back, add a table or an island.
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Three walls of storage. Open one arm into a peninsula with stools.
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Kitchen islands
Needs 1200 mm clear all round. What to put on it and what it adds.
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Open plan kitchens
Taking a wall out: the engineer, the steel, the planning and the cost.
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Small kitchens
Shallow units, drawers, one tall unit and more light out of the same few metres.
More on small kitchens →Redesign without a new kitchen
If the units are sound, change what you see: the doors, the colour, the worktop.
Kitchen respray
From €700
New colour on the doors you have, in one to three days.
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Replacement kitchen doors
From €48 a door
New fronts on the units you have.
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Kitchen worktop replacement
From €800 fitted
Laminate, wood or stone on the units you have.
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Questions people ask
Is it cheaper to respray or replace kitchen doors?
Not always. Respraying 10 to 15 doors is €1,250 to €1,400. Fifteen new plain doors are about €720 supplied, before drawer fronts, handles and fitting.
Which lasts longer, a respray or new doors?
Both last years when done well. A respray's life depends on the prep and the topcoat; new doors on the board and the finish.
Who will ring me?
One kitchen fitter who covers your area. Your number isn't sent to a list. They ring you within one working day, ask about the room and what you want to change, and arrange to measure it before giving you a written price. Nothing is booked until you say yes.
Kitchen Redesign across all 26 counties
Requests from all 26 counties go to one vetted local specialist who covers your county — from Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick to Kildare, Meath, Wicklow, Waterford and Donegal. Pick your county below for local prices, specifications and advice.