Kitchen Cabinets in New Orleans, LA
At Big Easy Kitchens, we install, repair, reface, and build kitchen cabinets across Greater New Orleans. Cabinets set the storage and the character of the whole room, so we start with what your boxes and your footprint can actually carry.
Free, detailed initial consultation. No obligation.
What we give you
What You Get With New Kitchen Cabinets
Cabinet work is judged years later, on whether the doors still close cleanly. Everything below is part of the job in any New Orleans kitchen we take on.
An honest assessment first
We tell you whether your existing boxes are worth keeping before we quote anything. Plenty of kitchens here need new doors and hardware rather than a full replacement.
Material chosen for the climate
Cabinet construction behaves differently at our humidity levels, and the wrong choice shows up as a binding door by August. We pick for how it will sit in your house, not for the catalogue photograph.
Storage planned, not assumed
Every cupboard and drawer gets a job before it is built, down to the pans and the bin. This is what separates a kitchen with cabinets from a kitchen with storage.
Custom where stock will not fit
Older New Orleans houses rarely offer a clean run of standard widths. We build to the wall you have when the off-the-shelf sizes would leave dead space.
Our own crews on site
The people who measure are the people who hang the doors, licensed plumbing and electrical included. One team means one schedule and one point of contact.
A finish that survives use
Paint and wood finishing are done properly rather than quickly, because a cabinet front takes steam and scrubbing every day. We would rather add a day than hand back something that peels.
Tell us what your kitchen has now and we will tell you what is worth keeping.
Cabinet services
Kitchen Cabinet Services Available in New Orleans
Not every kitchen needs the same intervention, and the cheapest useful option is often not the obvious one. These are the routes we take most often here.
Cabinet installation
New cabinets measured, built, and hung to the walls you actually have. In an older house that measuring stage matters more than the cabinet you choose.
Cabinet repair
Sagging doors, failed hinges, and swollen edges fixed rather than replaced. If the boxes are sound, repair buys you years for a fraction of the disruption.
Cabinet refacing
New fronts and veneer over the existing carcasses, which changes the whole room without tearing it out. This is the option most homeowners underestimate.
Replacement doors and painting
Doors swapped and wood finishing redone where the frames are still good. It is the shortest route to a kitchen that reads as new.
Custom cabinets
Built for the run you have when stock widths would leave a gap or a filler panel. Common in shotgun houses and converted Uptown apartments.
Wood kitchen countertops
Timber worktops specified and fitted alongside the cabinetry so the two read as one piece. They need sealing and upkeep, and we tell you what that involves first.
Not sure whether yours need repair, refacing, or replacing? We will say which, plainly.
Styles
Different Kitchen Cabinet Styles to Choose From
Style decides how the kitchen reads long before anyone opens a door. These three come up most in New Orleans homes, and we work in louvered, beadboard, thermofoil, and slab fronts as well.
Shaker
A recessed panel and clean square edges, which is why it has outlasted every trend it has shared a decade with. It sits comfortably in almost any New Orleans house, old or new.
Flat panel and slab
An unbroken front with no detail to catch grease or dust, usually paired with concealed handles. It suits a compact kitchen because there is nothing to interrupt the eye.
Inset and antique
Doors set flush inside the frame, with the detail an older Garden District or Uptown house asks for. It takes more precision to hang, and it shows when done properly.
Bring us a photograph of your kitchen and we will tell you which styles suit it.
Built for New Orleans homes
Kitchen Cabinets Built for New Orleans Homes
Cabinets take more punishment here than in most of the country, and the walls they hang on are rarely straight. Both of those facts change what we specify.
Humidity is the real test
Doors that hang perfectly in January can bind by August if the construction was chosen for a drier climate. We specify for the worst month, not the easiest one.
Walls that are not square
Shotgun houses, cottages, and converted apartments settle over a century, and stock cabinet runs do not forgive that. Scribing and custom widths are normal work here, not an upgrade.
Storage in a small footprint
Many kitchens in this city have one usable wall and no room to grow outward. Full-height cabinetry is usually what buys back the space a renovation cannot.
We specify cabinets for what our climate and our older houses actually do to them.
Materials
Cabinet Materials and Finishes That Last Here
The material decides how a cabinet ages, and the New Orleans climate is unusually hard on that. We choose for the room it will live in.
Solid timber
Warm, repairable, and worth the money in a house that suits it. Timber moves with the seasons, so it is specified and sealed with that movement in mind.
Painted and thermofoil fronts
A painted front gives you any colour you want and touches up cleanly years later. Thermofoil wipes down easily and holds a consistent finish across a long run.
Hinges, runners, and hardware
The parts nobody looks at are the parts that fail first in a busy kitchen. Soft-close hinges and proper drawer runners are worth more than an upgraded door.
How it works
How We Run a Cabinet Project
The same three stages run on every New Orleans cabinet job, whether it is a reface or a full replacement. You see the plan before anything comes off the wall.
Measure and assess
We measure the run, check the boxes and the walls, and tell you what is genuinely worth keeping. That assessment is what sets the scope, not a catalogue.
Choose and order
Style, material, finish, and hardware chosen together so they read as one decision. Nothing is ordered until you have signed off the full set.
Fit and finish
Our own crew hangs, scribes, and adjusts every door before the job is called done. Anything that shifts in the first weeks, we come back and set right.
Scope and timeline
What Drives the Cost and the Schedule
Cabinets are usually the largest line in a kitchen renovation, and the scope moves that number far more than the brand does. We give you a firm figure at the New Orleans consultation.
Whether the boxes stay or go, how much of the run has to be built custom, and the material and hardware you choose. Refacing sound carcasses instead of replacing them is the single biggest saving available on most kitchens.
Specialist fronts, glazed doors, and deep drawer stacks all add. So does an out-of-square wall that needs scribing along its whole length.
Refacing and door replacement usually run a few days. A full replacement takes longer, and custom cabinetry is set by its build and lead time rather than by the fitting.
We give you the schedule with the quote. Knowing which week your kitchen is unusable matters more to most households than shaving a day off it.
We measure, walk the plan with you, and hand you a firm number at the consultation rather than a range you cannot budget against.
Before you start
Getting the Most From Your Cabinets
A few decisions made early save real money later. These are the ones we wish more New Orleans homeowners settled before the quote.
Decide what actually gets stored
Walk the kitchen and name what goes where before the layout is drawn. Cabinets built around real contents beat cabinets built around a standard plan every time.
Spend on the moving parts
Hinges, runners, and handles get used thousands of times a year and fail long before a door does. If the budget is tight, take it out of the finish rather than the hardware.
Go to the ceiling
The gap above a wall cabinet collects dust and gives you nothing. In a small New Orleans kitchen, full-height units are the cheapest storage you will ever buy.
Bring us the room you have and we will plan it with you before anything is ordered.
Explore further
Kitchen Cabinet Guides and Related Work
Two pages that go deeper on cabinets, and the New Orleans services most often booked alongside them. Each one answers a single question properly.
Cabinet Styles
All eight door styles set out side by side. This page is where to start if you like several and cannot say why.
Cabinet Installation
What happens on site, day by day. Worth reading before you plan around the disruption.
Cabinet Refinishing
The route to take when the boxes are sound but the finish is tired. Cheaper and far less disruptive than replacement.
Countertop Remodel
Worktops are usually decided alongside the cabinets. This page covers the materials and what each one asks of you.
Kitchen Design
Where the layout gets settled before anything is ordered. Cabinets are easier to choose once the plan exists.
Small Kitchen Remodeling
Compact kitchens ask more of their cabinetry than large ones. This page covers making a tight footprint work harder.
Cabinet questions answered
New Orleans Kitchen Cabinet Questions, Answered
The questions homeowners here ask us most before cabinet work starts. If yours is not below, call us and we will answer it straight.
What cabinet material holds up best in New Orleans humidity?
Construction matters more than the species of timber does. Plywood carcasses with a properly sealed finish handle New Orleans humidity far better than particle board, and painted or thermofoil fronts wipe down well in a kitchen that never fully dries out between summer storms.
We specify for August rather than for January. A door that fits perfectly in winter and binds in summer was chosen for the wrong climate.
Can I reface my cabinets instead of replacing them?
Often yes, and it is the option most New Orleans homeowners underestimate. If the carcasses are square and structurally sound, new fronts and veneer change the whole room for a fraction of the cost and the disruption of a full replacement.
We tell you honestly which applies to your kitchen at the estimate. There is no point refacing boxes that are already failing.
How long does cabinet installation take?
Refacing and door replacement usually run a few days, while a full replacement takes longer and depends on how much of the run has to be built custom. Special-order cabinetry is governed by its lead time rather than by the fitting work itself.
You get the schedule with the quote, so you know which week the kitchen is out of action before you commit.
Do you build custom cabinets for older New Orleans homes?
Yes, and in New Orleans shotgun houses and converted apartments it is often the only sensible answer. Walls settle over a century, and a stock run will either leave a visible gap or force a filler panel exactly where you wanted storage.
Building to the wall you have costs more than stock. It also gives you back the space that a compromise would have wasted.
Should I repair my cabinets or replace them?
Repair is worth it when the boxes are still square and the problem is hinges, runners, or swollen edges. Replacement makes sense when the carcasses have failed outright, the layout is wrong for the room, or the storage does not suit the way you cook.
We give you that judgement at the estimate rather than steering you toward the larger job.
Can you match the cabinets I already have?
In most cases yes, whether you are extending an existing run or replacing one damaged section. Matching a finish that has aged for years is harder than matching a new one, so we will tell you honestly how close we expect to get before you commit.
Do you handle the plumbing and electrical too?
Yes, our own licensed plumbing and electrical crews carry out that work on every New Orleans job. Nothing is subcontracted out, which means one schedule to track, one point of contact, and nobody to chase when two trades need coordinating.
Which areas do you cover for cabinet work?
We fit and build kitchen cabinets across Greater New Orleans and the surrounding parishes, including Metairie, Covington, Mandeville, Madisonville, Abita Springs, Slidell, and Hammond. If your city is not listed, call us and we will tell you straight away whether we cover it.
Still deciding between repair, refacing, and replacement? Call us and we will tell you which.
Start With a Free Kitchen Remodeling Estimate
Tell us about your kitchen anywhere in Greater New Orleans or the surrounding parishes. We will come out, take measurements, and give you a real number for the design, the materials, and the labor.
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