The finish library

Color, considered.

Sixty-plus colors, hand-applied to real cabinet doors. We bring the samples to your kitchen so you can decide in your own light. Never a paint chip on a screen.

Family · Whites & warm neutrals

Whites that read like architecture, not paint.

The right white is half temperature, half undertone. Pure whites for north-facing kitchens. Warmer creams when the room sees afternoon sun. We bring three of each to your house before we quote.

Family · Grays & greiges

Quiet grays. Calm greiges. Never cool.

Houston light is warm, so we lean into warm-leaning grays. Classic Gray for a hint of cream. Edgecomb for an even softer warmth. Charcoal when the kitchen wants weight.

Family · Greens

Greens for kitchens, not garages.

Sage and fog tones that read like a finish, not a statement. We spec greens carefully — the wrong undertone in Houston light reads surgical. The right one reads architectural.

Family · Blues

Navy that holds, not flickers.

Hale Navy is the workhorse. Newburyport for a deeper saturation. Smoky Blue when you want softness. Three coats of two-part lacquer hold their color under daily kitchen use. Like any pigment, deep tones can shift over years of direct sun — the warranty covers process-related failure, not UV color shift.

Family · Blacks & bronze

The deep end — with restraint.

Tricorn for honest black. Iron Ore when you want depth without the starkness. Urbane Bronze for warmth in a dark room. Always paired with brass or aged hardware to keep them from going flat.

Family · Woods & stains

Stain restorations, when the wood is worth saving.

For solid-oak or walnut cabinetry that deserves to read as wood. We strip, repair, and restain — with the same Italian sealer that tops every painted finish.

Door profiles

Five profiles. Every color works on any of them.

Shaker cabinet door profile

Shaker

The default. Clean, classic.

Slim Shaker cabinet door profile

Slim Shaker

Narrower stiles. Modern.

Slab cabinet door profile

Slab

Flush, no profile. Editorial.

Raised panel cabinet door profile

Raised Panel

Traditional. Substantial.

Beadboard cabinet door profile

Beadboard

Coastal, cottage. Warm.

Every color available in matte, satin, or semi-gloss. Most kitchens ship satin.

How we sample

We don’t send chips. We bring doors.

Every consultation starts with three full-sized cabinet doors, finished in the colors you’re leaning toward, brought to your house. You see them on your floor, against your countertops, in your light — morning, evening, both.

Color is half undertone, half context. A chip on a fan deck can’t tell you how Evergreen Fog will read in your kitchen at 4 p.m. A door can.

Ready to see them in your kitchen?

Schedule a in-home consultation. We’ll bring three doors in the colors you’re considering and quote the project in your light.