Homeowners love the instant facelift a freshly painted cabinet set delivers, but contractors know the first question is always price. The cost to paint kitchen cabinets per sq ft can swing from $5 to $14 or more, and in today’s competitive residential market you need precise numbers fast. CountBricks gives you those numbers in real-time, combining AI blueprint takeoffs with voice-captured field notes to produce line-item estimates, invoices and stunning proposal documents.
• Most residential clients have a fixed budget and limited time to decide
• Cabinet dimensions vary widely, so lump-sum figures feel arbitrary
• Sq-ft pricing lets you show transparent math backed by CountBricks data
• It simplifies change orders when homeowners add or remove sections mid-project
1. Standard latex: $5 – $7 per sq ft
2. Hybrid enamel: $8 – $10 per sq ft
3. High-performance 2K urethane: $11 – $14+ per sq ft
Those figures include prep, primer, two finish coats and light hardware re-installation. Your labor rate, local material costs and surface condition all influence the final number—variables CountBricks tracks in real time using location-based supplier feeds.
• Door and drawer profile complexity—raised panels take longer to spray
• Existing coating—oil paint adds stripping time, melamine often needs adhesive primer
• Kitchen occupancy—blocking off family traffic means additional masking and downtime
• Color shift—dark-to-light transitions require extra hide coats and primer
• Hardware upgrades—pull swaps and soft-close hinge retrofits change the labor matrix
Speaking your observations into the CountBricks mobile app instantly pushes these factors into the estimate engine, updating price per sq ft before you leave the driveway.
1. Snap a photo of the existing kitchen or upload the PDF plan to CountBricks.com/takeoff
2. The AI identifies cabinet boxes, doors and drawer fronts, assigning default dimensions
3. Edit any anomalies with finger-drag controls on your tablet
4. Confirm material type, sheen level and chosen finish system
5. Receive an itemized surface-area report and sq-ft cost breakdown in seconds
This workflow eliminates tape measures and spreadsheets, cutting your pre-construction hours by up to 70%.
Material
• Primer and finish coatings: 35% of sq-ft price
• Masking film, tape and sundries: 10%
Labor
• Prep (de-grease, de-gloss, sand): 25%
• Spray application: 20%
• Re-assembly and cleanup: 10%
These percentages come from aggregated CountBricks residential projects across North America. You can adjust them inside the Estimate Settings panel to match your crew’s production rate.
Paint and labor costs in Tallahassee differ from Seattle. CountBricks syncs nightly with local supplier catalogs and labor indexes, applying automatic cost multipliers so your per-sq-ft price stays competitive and profitable wherever you build.
• Pad for additional primer on oak grain—filling pores eats product and time
• Offer factory-finish upgrades; the higher per-sq-ft rate offsets booth rental
• Add a fixed percentage for rush schedules instead of compressing your sq-ft rate
• Use CountBricks digital change orders; the homeowner signs on-screen before work resumes
• Export your cabinet database to CountBricks.com/portfolio and showcase before-and-after shots that justify premium pricing
Once the homeowner approves your AI-generated quote, the same dataset populates your project schedule, purchase orders and final invoice. Because every square foot is already tagged with labor codes, there’s no double entry—just faster payment turnaround.
• Voice-controlled data capture keeps your hands free during site walks
• Real-time supplier pricing means fewer budget surprises
• Share interactive 3D visuals of color options directly from the platform
• Seamless integrations with QuickBooks and Buildertrend
• Dedicated residential construction support team available 7 days a week
Sign up at CountBricks.com/services to start your free trial. Upload a plan or open the mobile app, call out the cabinet details, and watch the per-sq-ft cost populate instantly. Impress clients, protect your margins and win more residential projects—one square foot at a time.
A local remodeler partnered with CountBricks to re-finish 34 shaker-style doors, 12 drawer fronts and face frames in a 1990s kitchen. The AI takeoff measured 240 sq ft of paintable surface—completed in under two minutes from an uploaded smartphone scan.
• Finish system: Hybrid enamel, satin sheen
• Regional material cost: $42 per gallon
• Labor rate: $52 per hour (crew of two)
CountBricks applied a $9.10 per sq ft rate, producing a $2,184 estimate. The homeowner accepted on the spot using the e-signature link embedded in the digital proposal.
1. Prep and priming finished half a day ahead of schedule, tracked in the CountBricks mobile daily log
2. AI predicted five gallons of finish coat; actual usage was 4.8, saving $25 and auto-adjusting the invoice
3. Post-project survey sent via CountBricks.com/portfolio scored 4.9/5, generating two neighbor referrals
• Accurate sq-ft capture cut contingency padding by 8% without eroding profit
• Real-time supplier pricing allowed the contractor to lock in material before a regional price bump
• The homeowner valued transparent square-foot logic, reducing negotiation time to zero
Whether you tackle 100 sq ft or 1,000, CountBricks scales with your crew. Try the platform on your next cabinet repaint, and watch the cost to paint kitchen cabinets per sq ft transform from a guessing game into a competitive advantage.
