Custom cabinetry and joinery Sample business
Kitchens and built-ins, made to measure in our workshop
We measure your room, draw every cabinet, build it in our own shop and fit it ourselves. The cabinetmaker who measures your kitchen stays on it until the last hinge is adjusted.
- Lead time
- 10–14 weeks
- Drawers
- Dovetailed
- Price
- Fixed in writing
- Fitting
- By our own team
Specification
- Maple doors, painted olive
- White oak worktop, oiled
- Brushed brass bar pulls
What we build
Everything is made to your room's measurements, from solid hardwood and hardwood plywood. Sample prices per linear foot
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Kitchens
Base and wall cabinets, tall pantries and islands, drawn around how you cook and what you keep. We leave exact spaces for appliances and agree the pipe and socket positions with your other trades.
Base cabinets from $520 per linear foot
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Bookcases and libraries
Floor-to-ceiling shelving, library walls and window seats. Shelves are solid wood and sized so a full row of books won't make them sag.
From $420 per linear foot
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Built-in wardrobes and media walls
Alcove cupboards, closet fronts and media walls built to fit the room, with cable routes and ventilation planned before we cut anything.
From $420 per linear foot
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Bathroom vanities
Wall-hung or floor-standing, for one basin or two. Every surface is sealed against steam and splashes before it leaves the workshop.
From $560 per linear foot
Ask about bathroom vanities
Woods and finishes
Four hardwoods and three finishes cover most of what we make. Pick a combination to see it on a door.
- White oak
Straight grain with fine silver flecks. A pale honey colour that warms a little over the years.
Our standard hardwood price - Walnut
Deep brown with a wavy grain. It lightens slightly toward gold in a sunny room.
Walnut column in the price table - Cherry
Smooth and fine-grained. It starts pinkish and darkens to a rich red-brown within a year or two of daylight.
Priced the same as oak - Maple
Pale, hard and very even. We use it for painted doors because its grain doesn't show through the paint.
Painted column in the price table
Colours on screen are approximate. At the workshop you can handle full-size sample doors in every wood and finish.
How a kitchen runs, from measure to install
A sample timeline for a mid-sized kitchen of about 20 linear feet. Bookcases and vanities usually take half as long. Sample timeline
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Week 1
Measure and brief
We measure the room, check the walls for level and square, and ask how you use the space.
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Weeks 2 to 3
Drawings and fixed price
A plan, elevations and a fixed price. Two rounds of changes are included.
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Week 4
Sign-off and deposit
You sign the drawings and pay the deposit, and we order the timber for your job.
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Weeks 5 to 11
Built in the workshop
Carcasses, doors and dovetailed drawers are made here. You're welcome to come and see your doors before they're finished.
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Weeks 11 to 12
Finishing
Final sanding, then lacquer, oil or paint, sprayed in our finishing room.
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Week 13
Installation
Two of us fit everything over three to five days, and we come back a month later to adjust hinges and drawers.
The workshop dates are fixed when you sign off, and we tell you straight away if timber delivery moves them.
Sample prices per linear foot
Measured along the wall. Prices cover design, building, finishing, delivery and fitting, so the range is close to what you'd pay. Sample prices
| Cabinet type | Painted maple | Oak or cherry | Walnut |
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| Base cabinetsBelow the worktop, with drawers or doors | $520–$680 | $600–$780 | $720–$920 |
| Wall cabinetsHung above the worktop | $380–$500 | $440–$580 | $520–$690 |
| Tall pantry cabinetsFloor to ceiling, with pull-outs | $780–$980 | $900–$1,120 | $1,060–$1,320 |
| Bathroom vanityWall-hung or floor-standing | $560–$720 | $640–$820 | $760–$960 |
| Bookcases and built-insShelving, wardrobes and media walls | $420–$560 | $480–$640 | $580–$760 |
Rough budget
A quick range from the sample prices. The fixed price comes with your drawings.
Sample range
$7,200 to $9,400Before worktops and appliances.
Included in every price
- Measuring and the drawings
- Solid hardwood face frames and dovetailed drawers
- Soft-close hinges and drawer runners
- Delivery, fitting and the follow-up visit
Quoted separately
- Stone or quartz worktops
- Appliances and sinks
- Plumbing, electrics and plastering
- Taking out an old kitchen
Sample projects
IllustrativeThese projects are drawn and written for this concept site to show what a page of past work could look like. They are not clients or finished jobs.
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A painted kitchen with an oak island
Maple doors painted olive, with a white oak worktop on the island and hardwax oil on the open shelves.
- Size
- 22 ft base, 12 ft wall
- In the workshop
- 8 weeks
- Sample price
- $16,000 to $21,000
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A walnut library wall with a window seat
Shelving on both sides of a window, with a cushioned seat and two deep drawers underneath.
- Size
- 14 ft wide, floor to ceiling
- In the workshop
- 6 weeks
- Sample price
- $9,000 to $11,500
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A floating oak vanity for two basins
Wall-hung, with two wide drawers and a recessed toe space so the floor runs underneath.
- Size
- 6 ft wide
- In the workshop
- 3 weeks
- Sample price
- $3,800 to $4,900
Questions we get asked
Something else? Ask at your visit, or call (555) 016-4471.
Do you make the worktops too?
We make solid-wood worktops and island tops in oak, walnut and maple. For stone or quartz, we template the cabinets and work with the fabricator you choose.
Can you match cabinets we already have?
Usually. Bring us a door, or a photo with a tape measure in it, and we'll copy the profile. Paint can be matched from a chip or a door you lend us.
How do payments work?
40% when you sign the drawings, 40% when the cabinets leave the workshop and 20% after installation. These are sample terms.
Our walls aren't straight. Is that a problem?
Most walls aren't. We leave a little extra on end panels and fillers and scribe them to the wall on site, so the gaps disappear.
Will you build cabinets for us to fit ourselves?
Yes. You get the same cabinets and a set of fitting drawings, and you can collect them from the workshop or have us deliver.
What if something goes wrong later?
Call us. We repair any joinery fault for ten years, and hinges and drawer runners are adjustable for the life of the kitchen. Sample terms.
Book a workshop visit or ask for a quote
Come and see the benches, the timber and sample doors, or have us measure at your home. Either way, the first conversation is free. This is a demo form, so nothing is sent. Concept
- Workshop
- Unit 4, 18 Tanyard Lane Sample address
- Visits
- Tue – Fri 9 am – 5 pm, Sat 9 am – 1 pm, by appointment
- Phone
- (555) 016-4471
Worth bringing: rough room measurements, photos of the space and anything you've saved that you like.