Are Custom Cabinets Worth It?
Custom kitchen cabinets do so much more than store glassware and dishes. They set the design tone and presence for your entire kitchen and, in many cases, the entire home. Whether starting from scratch with a complete kitchen remodel or upgrading your current layout, cabinetry is one of the most important investments homeowners can make, not to mention one of the most desirable kitchen trends homebuyers look for when shopping the market.
At KitchenVisions, we help clients strike a balance between beauty, function, and long-term usefulness through semi-custom and custom cabinetry, tailored to their lifestyle and everyday needs.
Tiers of Customization: Finding the Right Fit
Cabinetry isn’t one-size-fits-all, but it doesn’t have to be fully custom to feel personal. When designing kitchens for our clients, we offer a full spectrum of cabinetry solutions:
Semi-stock cabinetry is ideal for simpler layouts or tighter budgets. These are manufactured options, with slight modifications that still offer limited options of beautiful finishes and efficient use of space in the boxes. Our go-to semi-stock manufacturer is Fabuwood.
Semi-custom options are great, even with moderate customization, as they give you more control over dimensions, configurations, and finishes. Some offer custom paint and stain upgrades. Some manufacturers we use for semi-custom cabinetry include: Siteline, Greenfield, and Ultracraft.
Fully-custom cabinetry allows us to build exactly what your space needs. These projects are ideal for specialty layouts, unique architectural features, or distinctive material preferences. We’ll source local custom cabinet makers when the project calle for it.
We work with trusted cabinet lines and several local cabinet makers to deliver what our clients are after. Sometimes we even combine multiple lines in one kitchen to get just the right balance of cost, craftsmanship, and design.
Not Just Custom Kitchen Cabinets: A Whole Home Approach
Sure, we’re best known for our kitchens, but we also work our magic in the bathroom! That’s right, we do custom bathroom cabinetry, too. Vanities, linen cabinets, built-in shelving—basically, if it holds towels or hides toothpaste, we can make it bespoke AND better integrated with your daily routines.
Bathroom cabinetry should do more than just look pretty. It should work hard, like a drawer that knows exactly where your hairdryer goes or a pullout shelf that saves your elbows from knocking over a dozen skincare bottles. Semi-custom and custom cabinet designs are made to fit your space and your morning routine (even the not-so-fun Monday ones).
Designing with Style and Substance
What style speaks to you? Shaker, slab, glass-front, textured finishes? There’s a wide world of cabinetry aesthetics. Whether you lean towards modern, traditional, or a blend of both, we’ll help you find the right color, finish, and door style to anchor your space.
We’ll also guide you through practical choices. Some paints and materials don’t fare well in New England’s ever-changing summer humidity and winter dryness. We are taught, “Just because you cut down the tree doesn’t mean it stopped living.” Wood continues to breathe, expanding in the summer and contracting in the winter. That’s why we select finishes, door styles, and cabinetry construction options that work with the variables of the home.
Are Custom Cabinets Worth It?
Cabinetry can be the most significant line item in a remodel, not just because of the materials but also because of the labor and finish work involved. Yet some homeowners don’t realize just how central cabinets are to their kitchen's overall aesthetic and function.
As a trusted interior architecture firm in Boston, we focus on building cohesive, personalized spaces that reflect your tastes and best support your routines. When done right, cabinets become the backdrop to your everyday life, one that elevates how you live.
Thinking about upgrading your cabinets? Let’s talk kitchen and bath design solutions to best suit your life, home, and style.