Yes, Sharp's Painting paints kitchen cabinets for homeowners in Newport Beach, from the older cottages on the peninsula to the homes around the harbor and Dover Shores. Owner Robert Sharp holds California C-33 license 1048840, has 27 years in the trade, and carries a 5.0 rating across 125+ Google reviews. Doors and drawers come off, get degreased, sanded and primed, then sprayed or brushed smooth.
A smooth finish is a prep job
What people mean by a factory finish is a surface with no brush texture and no ridges at the panel edges. Getting there is almost all preparation. Cabinet doors carry cooking grease and, in Newport Beach, a fine salt film off the harbor, and paint will not bond to either one. Every door is degreased, sanded until the old sheen is gone, and primed before any color goes on. Skip that and the smoothest spray job in the county still lets go at the handles.
How Sharp's handles the doors and drawers
Robert usually pulls the doors and drawer fronts and labels them so the edges, backs and inside faces all get covered evenly, which is where an in place job tends to come up short. Those pieces can be finished off site or in your kitchen, whichever fits your house and your schedule better. Boxes and face frames are done in place. Once the coats have hardened, everything is rehung and the hardware reset so the doors line up and close the way they should.
See the color on your own cabinets first
Kitchen light in Newport Beach changes through the day, especially in rooms that catch reflected light off the water or sit under a morning marine layer. A white that looks warm on a paint chip can read gray at eight in the morning. Sharp's Painting gives you up to 10 free paint samples so your shortlist goes on the actual doors and you can look at them in the morning, at midday and again late afternoon. The color consultation is free as well, and nothing is ordered until you have settled on it.
Cottages, custom builds and everything between
Newport Beach kitchens are not one kind of kitchen. The older cottages on the peninsula sit in smaller footprints, while the custom and Mediterranean style homes around the harbor and Dover Shores often run larger with more detail in the doors and panels. Those are different amounts of work, and the doors themselves are different again depending on the wood and how many times they have been finished before. It is why Robert opens the cabinets and looks at them before he gives you a price rather than working off a per door rate.
Who is actually in your kitchen
Robert Sharp owns the company and is on the job himself with his own crew. There are no subcontractors, so the person who gave you the estimate is the person you talk to about a hinge sitting proud or a door you want a shade lighter. Sharp's Painting is a California licensed painting and decorating contractor, C-33 license 1048840, bonded and insured, with 27 years of work behind it and a 5.0 average across 125+ Google reviews, every one of them answered.
Licensed C-33 Contractor
Sharp's Painting holds California license 1048840 in the C-33 painting and decorating classification, issued by the Contractors State License Board.
Bonded And Insured
Sharp's Painting is bonded and carries general liability insurance on every job it takes.
125+ Five Star Reviews
A 5.0 average across 125+ Google reviews, and every one of them has a reply.
27 Years Painting
Robert Sharp has 27 years in the trade. He washes, scrapes, replaces bad wood and fascia, patches stucco and primes before any paint goes on.
Owner On Site Daily
Robert runs his own crew, hires no subcontractors, and is on your job every day the crew is working.
No Payment Up Front
There is no deposit and no payment schedule. You pay once the work is finished and you are happy with it.
Where we work
Sharp's Painting is based in Huntington Beach and covers Newport Beach along with the rest of coastal and inland Orange County. Estimates are free and Robert comes out himself.
Kitchen Cabinet Painting in Newport Beach questions
Do you paint kitchen cabinets in Newport Beach?
Yes. Newport Beach is one of the cities Sharp's Painting covers from Huntington Beach, along with Corona del Mar, Newport Coast, Costa Mesa and Irvine. Robert Sharp is a California C-33 licensed painting contractor, license 1048840, bonded and insured, with 27 years in the trade. Cabinets are work he does with his own crew and is on site for.
Will I see brush marks on the finish?
The goal is an even coat with no heavy brush texture, and Robert picks spray or brush based on your doors and the look you are after. What really decides how smooth it comes out is the sanding and the primer underneath. A door that was sanded properly and primed takes the finish flat. A door that was not will show every ridge no matter how the paint was applied.
Can I see the color before you start?
Yes. You get up to 10 free paint samples and a free color consultation. Put the samples on the doors themselves and look at them at different times of day, because Newport Beach light shifts a lot between the morning marine layer and a clear afternoon. Nothing is ordered and no color goes on the cabinets until you have decided which one you want.
Do you use subcontractors?
No. Robert Sharp runs his own crew and is on the job himself, from the estimate through the final walk. Sharp's Painting holds California C-33 license 1048840, is bonded and insured, and works Monday through Saturday, 6:00 AM to 9:00 PM, closed Sunday.
Do you need a deposit before you start the cabinets?
No. Nothing is owed until the kitchen is finished and you are happy with how the doors look. The estimate is free, the color consultation is free, and up to 10 paint samples are free. That is how Sharp's Painting runs every job, not an offer with an end date on it.