Paint your kitchen walls before cabinets are installed, then plan for a small touch-up pass afterward to address any nicks or marks left from the installation process. Painting first gives you full, unobstructed access to the walls and avoids the difficulty of cutting in paint carefully around finished cabinetry.
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Painting before installation allows full access to walls without needing to carefully cut in around cabinet edges, upper cabinet undersides, or tight corners near installed cabinetry. Louisville homeowners throughout Germantown and Portland generally find this approach faster and results in cleaner paint lines than trying to paint around cabinets already in place.
A small touch-up pass after installation is still worth planning for, since installation can occasionally leave minor scuffs or marks on the wall near where cabinets were maneuvered into place. Southern Indiana and Central Kentucky homeowners should keep leftover paint on hand specifically for this purpose.
If a wall color decision has not been finalized before installation, it is still possible to paint afterward, but installers will need to protect cabinet surfaces carefully during that process, which adds time and complexity compared to painting first. Learn more about our professional cabinet installation service.
What Most People Get Wrong
Homeowners sometimes delay the wall paint decision until after cabinets are installed, which then requires extra masking and careful cutting in around the new cabinetry that could have been avoided with earlier planning.
From Our Experience
We recommend Louisville homeowners finalize wall color early in the design process specifically so painting can happen before our installation crew arrives. Email ecsoflouisville@gmail.com, visit our Louisville cabinet showroom, or call (502) 690-9813. We are here Monday through Friday, 9AM to 4PM.