Cost guide
What Custom Cabinets Cost in Lexington, KY
Real national ranges, what actually drives the number, and how to read a per-linear-foot quote without being misled by it. We would rather you understood the pricing than guessed at it.
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Custom Cabinet Costs in Lexington KY
Every figure on this page is a national range from published industry data, not our price list. We quote after measuring your room, because a number given before anyone has seen the walls is a guess dressed up as a quote. What these ranges are useful for is calibration: knowing whether the quote in front of you is normal, high, or suspiciously low.
The most common source of confusion is the unit itself. Cabinetry is priced per linear foot of run, and a standard 10 by 10 kitchen is usually described as 20 linear feet. Some quotes count base and wall runs separately and arrive at 40. Neither is wrong, but they are not comparable, and that single difference explains a lot of quotes that appear to be half the price of their neighbours.
What Each Tier Actually Buys You
The National Kitchen and Bath Association puts cabinetry at roughly 29 percent of a total kitchen remodel budget, which is a useful sanity check when you are planning the whole project rather than just the cabinets.
What Drives the Number
- Door style. Inset costs meaningfully more than full overlay, because a consistent reveal has to survive seasonal wood movement. That demands tighter tolerances in build and install.
- Species. Poplar and maple sit at the accessible end. Cherry, walnut, and quarter-sawn white oak cost more per board foot and often more to finish.
- Finish system. A sprayed catalyzed finish costs more than a wiped or brushed one and outlasts it considerably. Glazed and distressed finishes add hand labour per door.
- Box material. Plywood costs more than furniture board and recovers from a leak that swells particleboard permanently.
- Interior hardware. Roll-out trays, dividers, and soft-close undermount glides are where custom money is most visible day to day.
- Room condition. An out-of-square pre-war kitchen takes more shop and site time than a square new build of the same linear footage.
When You Should Not Buy Custom
We will say this at a quote and we will say it here. If your boxes are structurally sound, your layout still works, and what bothers you is how the kitchen looks, then refacing or refinishing gets you most of the visual change for a fraction of the cost. Custom earns its price when the room is difficult, when the layout has to change, or when you want specification control over what is actually inside the cabinet.
Custom is also the wrong answer on a short timeline. Eight to sixteen weeks is the honest range from approved drawings to install, and no shop that quotes you three weeks is building to your dimensions.
Common questions
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