HOW MUCH DO CUSTOM CABINETS COST?
Short answer for Wasatch Front, Utah, as of August 2026: a custom cabinet box starts around $250, a soft-close drawer around $65, and a door or drawer front around $130 — before species, profile, hardware and finish. A modest 12-box kitchen with 20 doors and 10 drawers lands in the $6,250 range for fabrication, plus install and any finish you choose.
WHAT DRIVES THE PRICE
Cabinet count, not just linear feet
Two kitchens with the same wall length can differ by thousands depending on how many boxes, doors and drawers are in them. We price all three.
Species
Paint-grade MDF and maple sit at the low end; white oak, walnut and exotics carry a material premium.
Door style and profile
A flat slab is the cheapest thing we can build. Five-piece shaker is a small step up; raised panel and applied moulding cost more labor.
Finish
Unfinished is our standard install. Paint, Rubio Monocoat stain, lacquer and conversion varnish are adders — clear coat is never bundled in silently.
Hardware, hinges and slides
Standard soft-close hardware is included in the base rate; premium Blum-class hardware and specialty pulls add per opening.
Install and finishing allowance
We carry roughly 12% for install, scribing and punch-out on top of fabrication.
CUSTOM VS. SEMI-CUSTOM VS. STOCK
Stock cabinets come in fixed sizes and fill gaps with filler strips. Semi-custom lets you tweak a catalog. Custom means the box is built to your opening, in your species, with the door you picked — which is why it costs more and why it fits. If your layout has odd walls, tall ceilings or an appliance that has to land in an exact spot, custom usually saves you the compromise.
GET YOUR OWN NUMBER
Rather than guess from averages, put your actual counts into our estimator. It updates as you select each option and shows a live drawing of the cabinet you're building.
All figures are budgetary and subject to a site measure.