# Plainville Cabinet Refinishing | Gagnon Painting

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Last updated: 2026-09-09T21:47:12.134Z

> Kitchen cabinet refinishing in Plainville, CT. Refinishing since 1995, warrantied against flaking and peeling. Call Gagnon at 860-793-2200.

## Cabinet Refinishing in Plainville, CT

Gagnon Painting & Decorating has been refinishing cabinets since 1995. Plainville's housing is concentrated in the post-war decades, and mid-century kitchens are among the best refinishing candidates there are — solid stock, simple door profiles, and layouts that usually still work.

Refinishing can save thousands against the cost of new cabinets, and our finish is warrantied against flaking and peeling.

## Why do mid-century kitchens refinish so well?

Because of how they were built. Plainville's housing peaks squarely in that period — 1,941 units from the 1940s and 50s, 1,321 from the 1960s and 1,623 from the 1970s, out of 8,588 in total. Kitchens from those decades were generally built in solid stock, often site-built or semi-custom, and before the industry moved to thin veneers over particle board.

That matters in a specific way. A solid door can be properly prepared — degreased, sanded, primed — without the risk of cutting through a veneer layer, which is the thing that limits how far you can go on later cabinetry. Flat and simple raised-panel doors, which is what most of these kitchens have, are also the easiest profiles on which to get a genuinely smooth sprayed finish.

The honest arguments against refinishing remain what they always are: bases that have been wet, hinges failing across the whole run, or a layout that genuinely does not work. We will tell you if that is what we find rather than sell a finish onto a cabinet that needed replacing.

Cabinet work that disturbs painted surfaces in a home built before 1978 falls under the EPA's lead-safe rules, and 66.3% of Plainville homes date from 1979 or earlier. We are an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm.

## Plainville cabinet refinishing questions

## Thinking about your Plainville kitchen?

Call for a free estimate and a written summary quote on your first visit.