Same home. Better kitchen.
When moving feels expensive, the kitchen you already have can still change — finish, doors, hardware, and stone planned as one right-sized scope.
Mortgage rates above 7%, the highest since late 2023, keep many households in place. That does not mean the kitchen has to stay dated. ColorUp plans stay-and-upgrade work around sound boxes and a working layout — painting, refacing, pullouts, hardware, and coordinated stone — so the room reads finished without a full tear-out.
A right-sized kitchen package
Many Houston homeowners are planning kitchen refreshes in a $6–15K band — finish, doors, selected pullouts, hardware, and stone coordination as scoped — against a metro median renovation framing near ~$15K. That band is planning context, not a quote.
ColorUp’s public planning ranges sit inside that thinking. Paths below are for planning — final price is always in the written proposal after photos and scope. We do not publish per-door or per-linear-foot menus.
| Path | Typical planning range | When it fits | Start here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabinet painting | Usually from $3,500; most $3,500–$9,500 ($2,500 smaller standalone only) | Boxes, doors, and layout are sound. Keep the surface profile; change the finish. | Painting · Cost guide |
| Cabinet refacing | $5,000–$12,000 | Boxes and layout work; door profile needs to change. New doors, drawer fronts, and visible exteriors — sixteen profiles. | Refacing |
| Function + stone | Scoped in writing | Pullouts, drawer conversion, soft-close, and stone chosen with the cabinet color — not after. Pair with paint or reface as needed. | Modifications · Countertops |
| Coordinated package | Scoped in writing (often inside the $6–15K planning band) | Paint or reface plus hardware, pullouts, and stone coordination as one right-sized scope. | Request an estimate |
Brand home: Kingwood 77345. Doors are typically shop-finished in our Porter production shop (controlled spray). Boxes finished on-site as scoped. Service-area team — not a walk-in retail booth.
When you’re ready, we’ll measure.
Send kitchen photos. We’ll say whether paint, reface, or a coordinated package fits — and return a planning range in writing.
Related: Cost · Refacing · Our process · Listing-Ready · Estimate
ColorUp does not promise equity returns, faster resale, or a sale-price increase. Stay-and-upgrade is about how the kitchen works and looks for the people who live there.