Anyone Regret Not Doing Custom Cabinets?

If your carpenter is good and you get what you want, don’t look back. We have custom cypress cabinets. They are just cabinets, but I’m proud of them and they look good.

The boxes really don't matter, once they reach a certain level of quality there isn't much difference. It is not like guys are making dovetail boxes that will never be seen anymore. They are gluing and pinning them together.

Lots of custom makers have gone to ordering doors from on of the big companies in North Carolina, they have mastered making the doors fast and they use good wood. Having quality prefab vs locally custom isn't a big deal any longer. I will probably build my boxes and order fronts for my next home. I am going to do some cabinets in my house soon to replace the originals from the 50's in the bathrooms. They are solidly built but over the years getting wet from time to time they are a little soft on the bottom. If they weren't I would just be replacing the doors. I am going to make these doors but the wife wants a basic shaker/midcentury look and those are super simply and will match the period of our house.

I regret having custom cabinets made. We tried to save money by having CNC’d raised panel fronts made and I hate them.

What brand did you buy?

I think prebuilt are danged close in quality at a moderate price point.

We just built and I had a builder quote both ways. The savings was about 8K. (34k vs 42K). My builder whined until I agreed to do custom. They are nice but I think about that 8K sometimes...LOL