Kitchens & cabinetry
We design and build custom kitchen cabinets in our own Spring Grove shop and install them in homes across McHenry, Lake, Kane, DuPage and Cook counties. Frameless or framed, painted, stained or wood-look, and inset when you want a flush door. If you are planning a kitchen remodel, the cabinets are the part we design, build and install.
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Every kitchen we build is made to the room: the walls you have, the appliances you chose and the way you cook. We build:
Our specialty is European-style frameless cabinets, the budget-friendly way to a full custom kitchen: doors cover the whole box, in solid colors or a wood-look veneer. We also build framed cabinets with full or partial overlay doors, and inset cabinets, where each door sits flush inside its opening: stained wood inset, or frameless inset. How we build cabinets compares them side by side.
For most homeowners a kitchen remodel starts with the cabinets, and that is our work. We measure the room, design the cabinets with you, build them in our shop and install them: the island, the pantry and the trim around them included. If the old cabinets need to come out, we can remove them when your quote lists it.
The rest of a remodel usually belongs to other trades: the countertops, the plumbing, the electrical, the walls and the floors. They are part of our job only when your written scope lists them. Even then, the plumbing and electrical are done by licensed trades we coordinate.
If a general contractor or a designer is leading the remodel, we work with them, from their drawings. If you are running a bigger remodel yourself, tell us what else is changing, and we will tell you at the visit what we can take on.
First comes the visit, where we measure your kitchen and give you an initial price. If it works for you, the design package covers the detailed measuring and the drawings, a 2D layout or 3D renderings or both, and ends with the final price. One major revision is included. An average kitchen takes roughly 6 to 8 weeks from signed drawings, and installing it usually takes 1 to 3 days. See every step, from visit to install.
Want to keep the cost down? Our specialty, European-style frameless with flat-panel fronts, is the budget-friendly route. You get a first number at the visit. The final price comes with the drawings. Delivery and installation are their own line on the quote, so you can see the difference if you have your own installers.
Barrington
White flat-panel kitchen with an island, wall ovens and herringbone tile, Barrington.
Long Grove
White shaker kitchen with lit glass-front uppers and a long island, Long Grove.
Schaumburg
Modern flat-panel kitchen in a concrete-look finish with a waterfall peninsula, Schaumburg.
Evanston
Grey flat-panel butler’s pantry with a white counter.
In context
A kitchen often brings a built-in or a closet with it: a mudroom bench by the garage door, a bookcase in the family room, a closet upstairs. We build those in the same shop. See our custom built-ins and custom closets.
Architectural millwork
Fireplace walls, libraries and paneling, built to the architecture.
Finish carpentry
Stairs, trim and vanities, fitted on site.
Built-ins
Bookcases, media walls, home offices and window seats, fitted to your room.
Closets
Walk-ins, reach-ins, wardrobes and mudrooms, built around what you own.
From the field
Full-height slab cabinetry run with kitchen-adjacent finish, fabricated in shop and installed as a continuous millwork line.
Common questions
It starts with a free visit and consultation. We measure, we listen, and we give you a straight number. If it works for you, we design it with you in a paid design package. The drawings give you the final price, and only then do we build. If you or your GC already have drawings, we price from those as given. The FAQ explains how the process works.
For an average kitchen, plan on about 6 to 8 weeks from signed drawings to delivery, then usually 1 to 3 days to install. The real date depends on the detail and on how busy the shop is, so we give you a schedule for your project rather than a fixed number.
Only if your written scope lists them. Delivery and installation are included in our quote as their own line item, separate from the cabinets, so if you have your own installers you can see the difference. The rest of the remodel usually belongs to other trades. Check what a cabinet quote includes before you compare proposals.
Not always. We work directly with homeowners, and with general contractors, interior designers, developers and architects. If walls, plumbing or electrical are changing, decide early who handles that work and its inspections, because it has to be done before the cabinets arrive.
Yes. Send the plans and tell us who is making the design decisions. We turn them into a 2D layout, and nothing gets built until you approve it.
No. We take checks and bank transfers, not credit or debit cards. The deposit and when the balance is due are in the FAQ.
Frameless cabinets have no frame on the front, so the doors cover the whole box and you reach the full width inside. Framed cabinets have a wood frame on the front that the doors hang on. Frameless is usually the budget-friendly choice; framed suits shaker and classic kitchens. How we build cabinets has the full comparison.
Yes. We build stained wood inset cabinets, and we can also offer frameless inset. Inset takes the most fitting of any construction.
Yes. Send us the model numbers, or show us the appliances at the visit, and we size the cabinets to fit them.
Next step
Schedule your free visit and consultation.
