"They'll warp like crazy." That is the first thing people say about cabinets in a Texas garage, and they are not wrong to worry: a Dallas garage in August is an oven, and a humid one after a storm. Garage cabinets are worth doing when they are built and finished for that room, not carried in from a kitchen catalog. When you call, we book a free in-home consultation with Cabinet Transformer, a family-owned Dallas company. Cori comes out to the garage itself, measures the wall, and gives you a no-pressure quote on the spot. If you already have garage cabinets, refinishing or refacing them is priced at the same visit. Call (469) 281-7313.
The cabinets looked fine in April. By August the doors do not sit flat and the bottom edges look swollen.
Ask at the consultation what the cabinets will be built from and how the bottoms are kept off a wet floor. Those are the right questions for a Dallas garage.One quote came in far above what you expected, and a store set looks like it would do the same job.
Sometimes it will. The quote comes on the spot after measuring, so you have a real number to hold against a store set plus your own weekend of assembly.The garage already has cabinets, left by the builder or the last owner. They are dated, stained and ugly, and a weekend of spray paint made them worse.
Existing garage cabinets can be refinished or refaced instead of torn out: degreased, sanded, primed with a commercial-grade primer and topcoated, the same as a kitchen.
Heat and humidity are the enemy of anything wooden in an unconditioned garage, and plenty of people have learned that the hard way. The honest answer depends on what the cabinets are built from, how they are finished, and whether they sit on a wet slab. That is exactly what to settle at the consultation, standing in your garage, before anything is ordered. For existing cabinets, the refinishing process is the same as a kitchen: cleaned, degreased, sanded, primed with a commercial-grade primer, then topcoated.
Not always. A store set is fine for a lot of garages, and plenty of people build their own. Custom earns its money when the wall is an odd size, when you want the garage to match the rest of the house, or when there are already cabinets worth refinishing instead of replacing. The quote tells you which, and there is no pressure to take it.
That is the reason most people want doors instead of open shelves in the first place: "protect crap from dust and stay organized." Doors that close tight and a bottom run with no gap underneath are what keep dust and critters out. Ask at the consultation how the doors close and how the gap under the base cabinets is handled, and look at it again when the job is done.
We do not put a price on this page. A garage wall is priced after it is measured, and here is what moves the number:
| Length and height of the run | A single wall of uppers is a different job from floor-to-ceiling cabinets on two walls. |
|---|---|
| New cabinets or existing ones | Refinishing or refacing cabinets already in the garage is priced differently from building new ones. |
| Work surface | Whether there is a counter or workbench top, and what it is made of. |
| Doors, drawers and inserts | Drawers, adjustable shelves and heavy-duty hardware all add to the cost. |
| Finish | Painted to match the house or left simple. |
Ask whether the quote given on the spot is the price you pay, and what would change it.
Most houses in Plano, Richardson, Carrollton and Far North Dallas have an attached two-car garage with a bare slab and drywall, and almost none of them are air-conditioned. That means summer heat well above the house temperature, wet cars parked next to the cabinets after a storm, and dust from the driveway. Cabinets and finishes that ignore that do not last.
The upside is that these garages are simple, square rooms with plain walls to hang from, which is why a wall of cabinets can go up quickly once it is measured.
Say what the kitchen looks like and what bothers you about it. (469) 281-7313, or the form on this site.
Free in-home consultation. She opens the doors, checks the boxes, measures, and shows you real color and door samples.
No pressure and no obligation. If paint makes more sense than refacing, or new cabinets make more sense than either, she says so.
Doors and hardware come off, everything is degreased, sanded, primed and topcoated, then reassembled and inspected.
Deposit stories start with a contractor nobody can name. Here the people are named: Cori for the quote, Charles, the owner, for the work, Colby for the painting. Ask what is needed up front and when work starts before you agree.
Sagging comes from weak drawer boxes and cheap slides. Ask what the drawers and slides are before you agree, and how the uppers are fastened into the studs.
Ask for the quote to list what is included, and whether anything could change it once work starts.
If you rearrange the garage often, say so. Some storage belongs on wheels, some on the wall.
If you are painting or refacing the kitchen, garage cabinets can be quoted in the same visit.
Last updated September 29, 2026
Wall-mounted uppers keep the floor clear for the car and for sweeping. Base cabinets on the floor hold heavier things and give you a work surface. Most garages end up with both, and base cabinets on a wet slab should sit up off the concrete.
It depends on the length of the wall, how tall the run is, drawers and hardware, and whether existing cabinets are being refinished instead of replaced. Cabinet Transformer measures and quotes on the spot at the free consultation.
A store set is a reasonable choice for a standard wall. Custom makes sense when the space is an odd size, you want it to match the house, or there are already cabinets worth refinishing. Get the custom quote and compare it with the store set plus your own install time.
Yes. High humidity slows drying and can ruin a finish, which is why a cabinet finish should never be rushed on a humid day.
Cori comes to the garage, measures, and gives you a quote on the spot. Free, no pressure.
