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Cabinet Finishing & Painting for Contractors & Trade Partners

Home Services Cabinet Finishing & Painting for Contractors & Trade Partners

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If you’re a contractor, builder, remodeler, painter, or designer and need a reliable cabinet finishing partner, Shelly’s Kitchens can be your cabinet shop.

We handle the spray finishing, doors and drawer fronts, and drop-off work, so you can focus on managing your projects, clients, and schedules.

Why Contractors Partner with Shelly’s

Cabinet Specialists, Not General Painters

Cabinets are not just “another paint job.”

We’re set up specifically for kitchen cabinet finishing, including:

  • A 2K cabinet coating system designed for cabinets (not wall paint)
  • A robotic spray system for doors and drawer fronts
  • A dedicated spray booth and bake oven for a smooth, factory-like finish
  • A field process for finishing cabinet frames in the home with matching products
You keep your clients happy with results that:
  • Look and feel like new cabinets
  • Hold up better than on-site rolled or brushed finishes
  • Reflect well on your work and your brand

See how our cabinet finishing process works.

Off-Site Spraying That Keeps Your Jobs Cleaner

Spraying cabinets on a jobsite can be messy, risky, and time-consuming.

With Shelly’s:

  • Doors and drawer fronts are removed and finished in our shop
  • We control dust, airflow, and temperature in our spray booth
  • The bake oven helps the finish cure faster and harder
You get:
  • Less overspray and dust on-site
  • Fewer “paint smell” complaints
  • Less disruption for your clients
  • A finish that’s consistent from job to job
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Ways We Work with Contractors

Different trades need different levels of help. We can be your full-service cabinet partner or just your finishing shop.

Option 1 – Full-Service Cabinet Refinishing on Your Jobs

You bring us into the project as the cabinet specialist, and we handle the cabinet portion from start to finish.

Typically includes:

  • Removing doors and drawer fronts
  • Handling all prep, repairs, and finishing in our shop
  • Finishing frames in the home with a matching system
  • Reinstalling doors and drawer fronts
  • Installing new hardware and soft-close hinges (if part of scope)
Good fit for:
  • Remodeling contractors
  • Design–build teams
  • General contractors who want a turnkey cabinet solution for their clients

You manage the project and client relationship. We handle the cabinet finishing and coordinate with you.

Learn more about our kitchen cabinet refinishing service.

Option 2 – DIY & Drop-Off for Contractors

If your crew is comfortable removing and reinstalling doors and drawers, we can act as your off-site finishing shop.

Typically looks like:

  • Your team removes and labels doors and drawer fronts
  • You (or your client) drop them off at our shop, or we coordinate pickup if arranged
  • We clean, prep, spray, and bake the doors/drawers in your specified color and sheen
  • You pick them up and reinstall on your schedule
Good fit for:
  • Painting companies that don’t want to set up a full cabinet spray operation
  • Contractors outside our normal in-home service radius
  • Projects where you want a premium sprayed finish without investing in your own booth and oven

Option 3 – New Doors & Drawer Fronts (Re-Dooring) for Your Jobs

If you’re keeping boxes but updating style, we can supply and finish new doors and drawer fronts for your projects.

We can:

  • Help you with door style selection (e.g., Shaker, slab, etc.)
  • Provide doors/drawers sized for your existing boxes
  • Finish them in our spray booth and bake oven in your specified color
  • Coordinate with your team on timing and delivery

You get a clean, consistent door style + finish, and your client gets the “new cabinets” look without the new cabinet cost.

Learn more about cabinet door and hardware upgrades.

How Our Cabinet Finishing Fits into Your Projects

New Builds & Kitchen Remodels

For builders and remodelers:
  • Use us when you’re keeping existing cabinets but changing the look
  • Or when you need a professional spray finish on new doors or raw cabinets
  • Offer cabinet refinishing as an upgrade line in your proposals
We can:
  • Coordinate with your schedule and other trades
  • Help you decide whether a job is better as full-service or drop-off
  • Provide guidance on color and sheen so the cabinets fit the rest of the design

Designers & Kitchen Planners

For designers and kitchen planners, Shelly’s can be the finishing arm of your designs:
  • Send clients to us for cabinet finishing quotes based on your plans
  • Use our shop for sample doors in specific colors and finishes
  • Partner with us on refinish + new hardware + countertop combinations
We’re flexible about communication:
  • We can work directly through you,
  • Or loop the homeowner in while you stay CC’d on everything—whatever fits your process best.

Painting Companies & Specialty Trades

If you’re a painting company or tradesperson who’s great at walls, trim, exteriors, etc., but doesn’t want to handle cabinet spray finishing:
  • Offload the cabinet-specific finishing to us
  • Keep the rest of the job in-house
  • Offer your customers a better cabinet result than rolling or brushing on-site
We act as your cabinet finishing backend so you don’t have to invest in:
  • A spray booth
  • A bake oven
  • Cabinet-specific coating systems
  • All the extra training that goes with them

What We Need from You for Accurate Quotes

To quote cabinet work for your projects, we typically ask for:
  • Photos or drawings of the kitchen or space
  • Door and drawer count (rough count is fine)
  • Notes on: whether boxes are staying as-is or being modified, whether you need new doors/drawer fronts, any damage, repairs, or special conditions we should know about
  • Desired finish details: color(s), sheen, any special requests (two-tone, accent islands, etc.)
From there, we can:
  • Provide a quote for our portion of the work
  • Give you an estimated turnaround time
  • Help you schedule around other trades on the job
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Trade Pricing & Ongoing Relationships

We’re not looking for one-off transactions—we’re looking for trade partners.

With repeat contractor partners, we can:

  • Talk through typical project sizes you handle
  • Get a feel for how many cabinet jobs you run in a year
  • Work toward consistent pricing and predictable timelines
  • Bake the finish in a controlled environment for a hard, durable, factory-like result
We’ll never promise a one-size-fits-all number for every job, but we can create a clear framework so you can bid your projects with confidence.

FAQs for Contractors & Trade Partners

Do you work directly with our clients, or only through us?

That’s up to you.
  • Some contractors have us communicate only through them
  • Others bring us into meetings and let us speak directly with the homeowner about finish details
We’re comfortable either way. Just tell us your preference.

We work with a cabinet-grade 2K coating system designed for durability. If you have a color from a specific brand (e.g., Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore), we can usually match that color in our system.

We’ll confirm color details as part of the quoting process.

For full-service work, we primarily serve Grand Rapids and surrounding West Michigan communities. For partners outside that area, our DIY & Drop-Off option often makes more sense: you handle removal/reinstall; we handle finishing at the shop.
Yes. If you’re not sure, send photos or plans and we’ll tell you:
  • When refinishing or re-dooring is a great option
  • When damage, layout, or other factors make full replacement a better choice
You can then advise your client with confidence.
Start with a current or upcoming project:
  • Send us photos, plans, or drawings
  • Share a rough door/drawer count
  • Let us know whether you prefer full-service, drop-off, or new doors only
  • Tell us your rough timeline
We’ll review and give you a quote and an estimated schedule. If the first job goes smoothly (that’s the goal), we can talk about standardizing the process for future projects.

Ready to Talk About a Project?

If you have a current or upcoming project that needs cabinet refinishing, painting, or off-site finishing support:
Request A Quote
Or call (616) 308.2698 or text us a few photos of your kitchen and we can provide a ballpark estimate right away!
We’ll review the details, talk through whether full-service, drop-off, or new doors make the most sense, and give you a cabinet finishing estimate so you can move forward with your client confidently.

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