Precision Cabinets. They are in Brentwood but they travel all over the Bay Area. They have the best prices and best installers by far. I am on the Peninsula and I see their truck occasionally in Palo Alto, Atherton and Menlo Park, so I know they will go as far as that.

You will have to travel there to do your consults, but they come out and measure and install wherever you are. I priced out my cabinets with a number of cabinet makers and these guys were the best priced hands down. Here are some of my cabinets--not quite moved in yet, but they did a beautiful job building them and installing them!

Not kitchen but shows you what they can do:

thanks so much for the referral, i will check them out! your cabinetry and house is stunning!

i would like to price out a few co's for competitive bids so if anyone else has a name please post as well. thanks all!!!

Logan's Mill
Custom Cabinetry & Refacing
Quality : Affordability : Durability
(408) 930 - 4054
logansmill@yahoo.com

1194 Norman Ave., Santa Clara, CA 95054

I've had cabinets made by Amberwood in San Jose. They built a maple vanity for a bathroom, and more recently made a special-order door to use for a pull-out cabinet in my kitchen. The quality of their work is quite good.

Here is a link that might be useful: Amberwood Products

Firsthouse -

thanks for your reply. what color did you paint your creamy white inset cabinets? can you request a benjamin moore color with them?

My cabinets are BM Simply White, a very common color. Precision Cabinets has a "standard color" called Swiss Coffee that keeps the costs down and it happens to match perfectly with BM Simply White. It's a very creamy, yellowish white but appears quite white when used liberally.

Some handiwork by Logan's Mill (Owner Paul Yuen)

Pederson & Arnold is a cabinet maker in San Mateo. A friend with a beautiful new kitchen recommended them highly.

Babushka_cat, Did you manage to secure a good contractor? I really enjoyed (in a horrified kind of way because I am about to embark on a full gut & remodel) your post with the cost breakdowns.

Here is a link that might be useful: Pederson & Arnold

Beautiful cabinets everyone! I have been meaning to ask why people go with having cabinets made by a cabinet maker and having them painted, rather than just buying custom cabinets from a cabinet company (Omega, Kraftmaid, etc.). Are cabinet makers cheaper? Are the cabinets better quality? Just curious...

thank you all for the referrals. i will be reaching out to several so keep 'em comin'. i am in particular interested in co's that have demonstrated experience with inset cabinetry and are in the more affordable range :).

firsthouse - thanks for the reply on paint color. your house it going to be stunning, can't wait to see the reveal! i emailed my initial kitchen info to precision cabinetry, should know more next week.

mrschris- your post cracked me up. i found the budget discoveries horrifying too! glad i can share my horrors / experience with others - it has been an education for me. i will check out the san mateo co on monday. it looks like i will be going with contractor #5 (referenced on a prior post on saga of how to find a good GC). we met again yesterday and are close on the negotiations.

thanks to those who posted photos - much appreciated!

remodel-mama: i am debating between omega/dynasty semi custom or a local custom job. my thoughts so far:

SEMI CUSTOM PROS AND CONS: pro's cost effective - cabinetry will cost less than custom. cons: limited by paint color. i do not really like either of the two whites on dynasty line and labor cost to install smaller sections of modular cabinetry are higher than if i had custom cabinets which will be made in bigger sections. if parts are missing or damaged i would have to wait for a new shipment from mfg who is not local. could cause delay to overall project timeline.

CUSTOM PROS AND CONS: pros: can spec out exactly what i want in terms of cabinet design, can get the exact creamy white paint color, labor costs may be slightly less to install, in theory a local cab co should be able to remedy any issues quicker if something comes up on the job during installation. con's: cabinets will be more expensive than semi custom.

because i have a small kitchen with not a lot of cabinetry i may be able to squeak by with custom, will have to see how bids come in. will keep you all posted...and thanks again for your posts and insights. i am so glad i found this site!

babushka

I just wanted to thank firsthouse_mp for recommending Precision Cabinets. We are still at the planning/pricing stage for our small, 12x12 (normal-sized, to me), kitchen and assumed we'd need to go no more than semi-custom to get a reasonable cost and tried to get an idea of what was possible and how much it would cost, but two kitchen design/cabinet places (also found through online references) never bothered to get back to us (! Maybe we are too small to be worth their time? If so, why couldn't they tell us up front?).

We made an appt and drove out to Precision and they were more than happy to work with us and get back to us with quotes (unlike the KD/cabinet places) and we are considering doubling or tripling the total scale of the order with them to do cabinetry in more rooms. I really enjoyed getting to see the construction factory itself, as well.

The previous cabinets in the kitchen were also completely custom from a local maker who also did the doors (Precision uses CalDoor), but the work had construction problems so we won't be using them again.

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