Home Office Cabinet Refinish in Sammamish, WA

In this Sammamish home office, the built-ins stayed and the color changed. A long run of stained wood base cabinets and the tall bookcase above them were refinished white in 2022, and the dark panels on the lower walls became white wainscot. The same furniture went back in, and the room now feels larger and much lighter without a single cabinet being replaced.

City: Sammamish, WA
Service: Home office cabinet refinish
Scope: Stained base cabinets and bookcase refinished white, lower wall panels finished white, trim
Year: 2022
Timeline: July to September 2022
Same project: The living room in the same house was redone at the same time
Contractor: Volcano Builders, WA license VOLCABI792C6
Approximate investment: About $8,000

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Home office with white base cabinets and a white arched bookcase filled with books, framed photos on the counter — The finished Sammamish office: the built-ins in white

Before

Before the refinish

Office wall with stained wood base cabinets and a tall stained bookcase with books, a box of files on the floor — Before: the stained wood built-ins in Sammamish, July 2022

Home office with stained wood cabinets along the wall behind a wood desk and computer — Before: the desk side of the office with the stained cabinets

Office window wall with gray curtains and dark lattice panels on the lower wall behind the desk — Before: the window wall, with dark panels below the chair rail

After

The finished office

Angled view of the long run of white base cabinets and the white bookcase in the office — The cabinet run from the side, refinished end to end

Wood desk and chair by the office window with white wainscot on the lower walls — The desk back by the window, now against white wainscot

Office corner with white double doors, a leather chair and white wainscot panels — The double doors and the white panels beside them

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The project

How this Sammamish office came together

The goal

The office had solid built-ins: a long run of base cabinets with a counter and a tall bookcase above them. What it did not have was light. The stained wood, the dark lower wall panels and the heavy desk made the room feel closed in. The goal was to keep the built-ins and change how the room felt, working with what was already there instead of tearing it out.

The challenge

Refinishing cabinets in place is detail work. Every door, panel and shelf edge has to be prepared so the new white finish bonds and stays even, and the room has to be emptied first, so the office was cleared out in early September 2022.

The solution

This work was part of the larger project in the same house, and the cabinet refinish was added by written change order. The stained base cabinets and the bookcase were refinished white, and the lower walls were finished as white raised-panel wainscot under the chair rail, carried around the room to the window wall and the double doors.

The result

By mid September 2022 the desk, chairs, books and photos were back in a room that is bright from the floor up. The cabinets and bookcase are the same pieces, in the same place, with the same storage, and they now match the white trim and doors around them. Keeping the built-ins also meant no new cabinet boxes, no new counter and no gap in the wall while anything was rebuilt.

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Questions

Questions about this project

Is refinishing built-in cabinets an alternative to replacing them?

When the boxes and doors are sound, often yes. In this office the cabinets and bookcase stayed exactly where they were and only the finish changed, from stained wood to white, so the storage and layout did not change at all.

Does the room have to be emptied for a cabinet refinish?

For a clean finish, yes. This office was cleared of its desk, chairs and books while the cabinets and wall panels were done, and everything went back in once the finish was complete.

How much did this project cost?

About $8,000. Every project is priced in writing, line by line, for your home.

How do I get a price for an office refinish like this one?

Book a consultation. We look at the cabinets and walls, talk through the finish you want and send a written, itemized price before work starts. For what moves the price, read Remodeling Pricing Guide for the Greater Seattle Area.

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