Custom Kitchen Cabinets in Salinas, CA

White oak is the most requested cabinet wood we build with right now. It stains evenly and suits traditional and modern kitchens alike. Walnut is darker and richer, maple is pale and even, and cherry gets darker over the years. For a painted kitchen, paint grade maple is the sensible choice.

Whatever wood you pick for the doors, drawer boxes are premium plywood with dovetail corners, because plywood stays flat where solid wood can warp.

Our custom cabinets are built one of three ways. Which one suits you comes down to the look you want and your budget.

Soft-close hinges and drawer slides throughout, with the inside fittings planned before we build rather than added later.

We plan around how you actually cook: counter space either side of the range, a clear path between sink, refrigerator and cooktop, and storage placed where you use it. Deep drawers near the range for pots, shallow ones by the prep area for utensils.

Two things waste more kitchen storage than anything else: corner cabinets you cannot reach into, and the strips of plain wood used to make stock cabinets fit a wall they were never sized for. Building to your measurements removes the filler strips, and corners get a swing-out or a lazy susan. On a typical kitchen that is several feet of storage back.

An island only works if you can get around it. We check the walkway on every side and make sure the dishwasher and oven doors open fully without blocking the way through. Overhangs are sized to the stools you want, and if the island takes a sink or cooktop we plan the plumbing and wiring in before the build.

Appliances decide more of the layout than most people expect, and they are the one thing that cannot be adjusted on site. We take the actual model numbers at the design stage, because a thirty inch range is rarely exactly thirty inches and the difference shows up as a gap. If your refrigerator or dishwasher takes a matching front panel, we build that from the same wood and finish so it disappears into the run.

Finishing is done in our own shop, not in your house, which gives an even, hard-wearing surface with no dust in it and keeps your kitchen usable while it cures. Two-tone kitchens are common in our recent work, usually a painted perimeter with a stained island.

Five steps on every project: we design with you, build, finish, deliver and install with our own crew. One team, start to finish. Most kitchens take 6 to 8 weeks from signing to installed.