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Long Grove, IL

Custom kitchen cabinets for Long Grove's country homes

Long Grove is about 25 miles from our Spring Grove shop, roughly 35 minutes. The white shaker kitchen below is ours, built in Long Grove.

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  • 6 years building cabinets, almost 20 installing them
  • Built in our own shop in Spring Grove, IL
  • Family owned
  • Written 1-year workmanship warranty
  • Insured and licensed where required
  • Blum soft-close hinges, Salice full-extension slides, Renner Italian high-end finish
White shaker kitchen with lit glass-front uppers and a long island

Country lots and big houses: what Long Grove kitchens need

German farmers settled here from the 1840s. In the early 1950s, landowners drew up a village plat with a three-acre minimum lot to keep out a large development, and the village incorporated in 1956. Long Grove still has no sidewalks, fences or residential street lights, and its 2018 plan cites regional guidance for lots of one to three acres or more. Since 2015 a house may not exceed 13,000 square feet. The village grew from 559 homes in 1980 to about 2,600 by 2010, so most houses are from the 1980s and later. The village calls its downtown "Illinois' first historic district."

What that means for a kitchen here:

  • Kitchens. We start from how you use the kitchen now: where you cook, where people sit, what has no home.
  • Lit glass-front uppers and furniture details. The kitchen we built here is white shaker, framed, with lit glass-front uppers. Shaker or raised-panel doors, painted or stained, suit a country house.
  • Pantries and bars. Our Long Grove work also includes a dry bar and a butler's pantry.

Do I need a permit for a kitchen in Long Grove?

Yes. The village's building FAQ says: "Almost all building or property changes require a permit with the Building Department." Its list of examples includes "interior alterations (including bathroom/kitchen/basement remodeling)." (Village of Long Grove, as read 2026-10-28; confirm for your address.) Cabinets alone are not named, so we confirm with the village for your job, and we handle the permit ourselves when one is needed.

Floor-to-ceiling wood-grain closet doors in Deer Park

Work we have done in Long Grove

A wood-grain closet wall we built in Deer Park, nearby.

  • A white shaker kitchen with lit glass-front uppers and a long island, built as framed cabinets.
  • A dry bar and a butler's pantry.

Nearby: a white kitchen with glass-front uppers and a seating island in Hawthorn Woods; a wood-grain closet wall in Deer Park.

Planning a Long Grove kitchen: permit, layout and style

  • The permit. Long Grove lists kitchen remodeling by name among the projects that need a permit. Allow time for it; we handle it.
  • Framed or frameless. Country houses here suit framed cabinets with shaker or raised-panel doors; the Long Grove kitchen is framed, with shaker doors. A newer, cleaner-lined house can go frameless, our specialty and the budget-friendly route.
  • Light in the uppers. Glass-front uppers look best lit. Decide early, so we build the cabinets ready for the lights; your electrician supplies and wires them.
  • Pantry or butler's pantry. If the kitchen has room for a pantry wall and a separate butler's pantry or dry bar, plan them together so the finishes match. We have built a dry bar and a butler's pantry here.

Dry bars, butler's pantries and more for Long Grove homes

  • Dry bars, with glass-front uppers and room for glassware.
  • Butler's pantries between the kitchen and the dining room.
  • Mudrooms by the garage or the back door, with a bench and cubbies.
  • Libraries, bookcases and media walls.
  • Closets and vanities for the bedroom floor.
  • The trim that ties the new work to the house, part of nearly every job we do.

How a Long Grove kitchen comes together

  1. The visit. It starts with a visit. We measure, we listen, and we give you a straight number. If it works for you, we design it with you, and only then do we build. The shop is about 35 minutes away; the first visit and consultation are free.
  2. The design package, with drawings, one major revision and the final price.
  3. The village permit, when the job needs one; we file it.
  4. The build. Roughly 6 to 8 weeks from signed drawings for an average kitchen; built-ins and closets usually 4 to 6.
  5. Installation. Usually 1 to 3 days on site for a full kitchen.

Around the village and the covered bridge, and nearby towns

The village runs from the historic downtown and the covered bridge over Buffalo Creek out to country lots and annexed areas such as Mardan Woods and Mardan Estates. We serve all of Long Grove. Nearby, see our pages for Kildeer, Hawthorn Woods and North Barrington, or all the towns we serve.

Long Grove questions

Can I see more of the Long Grove kitchen?

At a shop visit, by appointment, you can also see door samples, finish samples and photos of past work.

Can you add lights under the cabinets?

Yes. We build the cabinets ready for them, with the lip and the wire holes; your electrician supplies and wires the lights.

Do you build dry bars and butler's pantries?

Yes. In Long Grove we have built a dry bar and a butler's pantry, as well as the white shaker kitchen above.

Framed or frameless for a country kitchen?

Either can work. The Long Grove kitchen is framed, which suits shaker doors and a traditional house. See how we build cabinets.

Can you match a kitchen to a country-style house?

Yes: framed cabinets, shaker or raised-panel doors, painted or stained, and glass-front uppers. Our Long Grove kitchen is framed white shaker with lit glass-front uppers.

Does the village's tree ordinance affect my project?

Long Grove's plan cites a Tree Protection Ordinance. Ask the village whether it applies to your plan, above all before an addition.

Is there a size limit on houses in Long Grove?

Yes. Since 2015 the village caps a house at 13,000 square feet. That matters for an addition, not for new cabinets inside the house you have.

Family owned. Insured and licensed where required. We build in our own shop and install the work ourselves.

Start with a visit

Homeowners: tell us about the space and what has to fit in it. Photos help us see it before the visit.

General contractors, interior designers, developers and architects: send a bid inquiry and we price from your drawings.

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