Repair
For isolated hardware, door or drawer failures when the boxes and layout remain sound.
Cabinets · free planning tool
Measure the room. Understand the cabinet work.
Our cabinet section helps you decide whether to repair, reface or replace, then plan the work before ordering. Start with one of eight editable kitchen and built-in packages, enter your wall lengths, compare doors and finishes, and inspect the layout in 3D. Keep a Project File or create a rendered image to discuss the design. The price shown is a planning range, not a quote. You can plan and export on this device without signing in.
How to use the cabinet tools → · Private on this device · No binding online quote · Site confirmation required
First decision
Repair, reface or replace?
Reface
For dry, square cabinet boxes when the existing kitchen layout still works.
Replace
For damaged boxes, poor storage, new appliances or a meaningful layout change.
01 · How it works
Three steps, one Project File.
Everything you enter stays on your device until you choose to send it. The Design Studio writes the Project File; Home Upgraders reads it when you are ready.
- 1Decide the pathRepair, reface or replace, with the real jobs and planning ranges on this page.
- 2Design it in the studioRoom shape, walls, appliances, cabinets, doors, colour, hardware, countertop, in 3D, with a price range.
- 3Save and send when readyExport the Project File or send the design to Home Upgraders from the studio’s Save tab.
02 · Design Studio
Design your cabinets, then price them.
Pick the kitchen shape, tap a wall to place cabinets, choose doors, colour, hardware and countertop, spin it in 3D and see a planning price range. Real photos of our own doors and finishes sit beside the choices. No measurements or account needed to start.
03 · Tools
Resolve the details that make cabinet projects fail.
Island & aisle check
Flags undersized circulation space before an island becomes an expensive obstruction. Add an island on the studio’s Room tab and it checks the aisle.
Check my aisle in the studio →Corner solution guide
Compare blind-corner, diagonal, lazy-susan and drawer-based approaches by access and storage priorities.
Appliance readiness
Record appliance selections early so openings, panels, ventilation and utility locations can be confirmed.
Hardware placement
Prepare a repeatable drilling plan for knobs and pulls before installation begins.
Quote comparison
Compare box construction, hardware, panels, installation, countertop coordination and exclusions, not just totals.
Photo intake
Capture each wall, appliance, obstruction, utility location and any water damage for an efficient site review.
04 · Pricing
Ottawa planning benchmarks, per linear foot.
2025 Cabinet Studio planning benchmarks, CAD per linear foot, supply and installation. Ranges, not quotes: the scope and the site decide where a job lands.
05 · Guide
Answers tied to the actual planning workflow.
Twenty-five sections on repair, materials, layout, appliances, installation, hazards, pricing ranges and project records. Ask Millie and she shows the section she answered from.
06 · Projects
Cabinets, built-ins and shelving we built in Ottawa.
From our own jobs. Tap one to see it close up.
Reusable Project File
Your cabinet plan becomes part of the home’s record.
The Design Studio saves your design as a portable JSON Project File: measurements, cabinets, doors, finishes and the price range. It stays on your device until you choose to share it, and it opens again in the studio or in your Home Upgraders account.
- 1Design in the studio
- 2Export your Project File
- 3Share when ready
- 4Reuse during installation and maintenance
Cabinet installer network
Connect with people who build better.
Cabinetmakers, refacing specialists, installers and finish carpenters can prepare an application through Home Upgraders. Homeowners who just want to talk to a person can do that too.