Custom Kitchen Cabinets in Atlanta: Built to Your Walls, Not a Catalog

Custom means a kitchen drawn and ordered for your walls, not picked from fixed catalog sizes.

At Prime Cabinet Store, the boxes on our main lines are half-inch plywood. Drawers are dovetail, and the hardware is soft-close. That goes for our custom cabinet line too. Cabinets are assembled and finished in-house from factory-made components, then installed by our own crew within 100 miles of Alpharetta. We design the kitchen in 3D for free, and nothing goes into production until you sign.

Angi prices custom cabinets at $500 to $1,200 per linear foot, semi-custom at $200 to $650 and stock at $100 to $300. Those are national ranges, not our quote.

Look, the line between semi-custom and custom is sizing. If you're comparing Prime Cabinet Store with custom cabinet makers or a kitchen designer, know the difference. A local cabinet maker may design and build everything in one shop. That shop can build custom pieces, create custom cabinets from raw lumber and hand you cabinets built and installed by the same crew. Whether custom cabinets made there cost more is a quote-by-quote question, and when cabinets are made depends on their shop schedule.

We work differently. We buy factory-made components, then assemble and finish them in-house under the Prime Cabinet brand, and our own crew installs them within 100 miles of Alpharetta.

Other lines: semi-custom, stock, RTA and pre-assembled lines.

A custom 10x10 kitchen starts from $1,500 here, cabinets only, and the final figure is quoted per design. The table has our numbers for a kitchen cabinet job; the cost of custom work depends on the design, so each figure comes from your drawing.

Cabinet prices are cabinets only; assembly, installation and delivery extra. Installation is by our own crew, within 100 miles of Alpharetta.

Real wood cabinets on our entry lines start with wall cabinets from $43 and base cabinets from $87. That's our entry price, not a custom price. Premium kitchens go up to about $100,000 with any countertop, and premium custom projects depend on scope.

One customer brought us a Home Depot quote of $33,000 to $34,000 for cabinets only. Our price for painted cabinets was $7,800. Our founder puts it this way: Home Depot and Lowe's set the price, and people accept it out of habit.

For context, HomeAdvisor puts cabinets at $100 to $1,200 per linear foot and a 10x10 kitchen at $4,000 to $13,000 for most homes nationally, and Angi says cabinets take 30 to 40% of a kitchen remodel budget.

More detail on pricing and kitchen remodel costs.

On our main lines, the box is ½-inch plywood, the adjustable shelves are ¾-inch plywood and the drawer boxes are ⅝-inch dovetail. Each line differs, so we tell you which part is which.

In our projects a plywood box comes out 10 to 15% more than the same kitchen with an MDF box. Customers ask for the cheaper MDF box. We recommend plywood anyway. On kitchens we've installed and serviced, MDF boxes swell at the sink base and under the dishwasher, hinge screws lose grip after re-tightening, and paint lifts at the bottom edge. Plywood boxes installed years ago are still square and dry. In the cheap cabinets we replace, hinges and drawer glides fail first, because they are used every day. Our founder puts it this way: "If you want a kitchen that lasts for years, do not buy cabinets with MDF boxes." He means the box only. MDF swells when water gets under it and crumbles around screws. Open the door and look at the box. That's where the money is.

Quality craftsmanship, to us, is about assembly and fitting: dovetail drawer boxes, a square box and a cabinet door that closes without a slam once the crew hangs it on site. Quality materials matter, but attention to detail lives in places nobody photographs. Good cabinet design starts at the box, and quality custom cabinets don't need a pitch. Every line in the table comes from our catalog.

Cabinetry, door hinges and drawer glides carry a one-year limited warranty against defects in materials and workmanship for the original purchaser; claims go in writing with photos and proof of purchase, and we repair or replace at our discretion.

Details in plywood vs MDF.

Customers ask us about custom cabinet doors. Our lines carry five door styles: shaker, slim shaker, slab, raised panel and inset. Pick the cabinet style first, because it moves the price. Inset costs roughly 20% more than a comparable overlay design (HomeAdvisor).

White oak is the finish in about 7 of 10 of our kitchens over the last year. NKBA's 2026 Kitchen Trends survey of 634 respondents puts white oak first among woods at 51%. See white oak. Painted or stained, a door only looks right when the box behind it holds up. Customers also ask about traditional cabinets.

We carry named finishes such as Westhighland White, Tricorn Black, Evergreen Fog and Hazelnut Oak, and a custom paint color is available on our semi-custom line. Browse colors.

The way you cook decides the layout. About 8 of 10 of our kitchens include an island.

Customers ask us about custom finishes, pantry cabinets, bath cabinets, custom bathroom vanities, custom built cabinets, custom built-in cabinets, home office cabinets, spice racks and other storage solutions. Pantry cabinets have their own page.

We don't paint or reface cabinets already in your kitchen, and we don't do structural changes or additions. Kitchen or bathroom, the work stops at the wall. A new color won't fix a layout that fights you, and neither will new cabinets.

What we do

• A free 3D design for every custom cabinet order
• Cabinets assembled and finished in-house, installed by our crew within 100 miles of Alpharetta

What we don't

• Cabinet painting or refacing
• Structural changes or additions

Tell your manager your storage needs and design preferences, and you'll hear plainly what fits. Structural changes aren't among our custom solutions, and a custom home build is a contractor's job.

A high-quality custom cabinetry project runs in five steps, and nothing goes into production until you sign.

1. Within 100 miles of Alpharetta we drive out and measure the kitchen ourselves. Beyond that you send photos from all sides, the ceiling height, wall lengths, and where the windows, plumbing, fridge and range or gas line sit, and we recommend a professional check of the measurements. The usual mistake is measuring wall length only and missing out-of-square walls, ceiling height, casings and plumbing positions. A 1 to 2 inch error means rework or delay.
2. We draw the full design plan with every dimension, in 3D you open on your phone. Cabinets are designed in 3D before anything is ordered. It's valid for 10 days, and you change anything by one message while it's open. Usually one revision round is enough.
3. You confirm the design with every dimension.
4. We send a payment link with the full spec. You re-check and sign.
5. The order goes into production.

There's no cancellation, return or exchange after payment. Check every dimension twice before you pay.

Within 100 miles of Alpharetta we measure, design and install. Cabinets are assembled and finished in-house from factory-made components, and installing custom cabinets in that zone is our own crew's work. A standard 10x10 kitchen takes our crew 3 to 5 working days on average, quoted per project and never a guarantee. Inside the zone you may also take delivery only and install yourself. Delivery is usually within about 10 days of shipment, and we warn you ahead of any change. Production lead time depends on the design and is quoted per project. Finished cabinets are packed to limit transit damage, and delivery insurance is an optional paid add-on, priced with your order.

Outside that zone we deliver cabinets to anyone in Georgia and help you find an installer. We also ship nationwide on request. See Georgia delivery and installation.

Andrius Sriubas, 5 stars, 2026-10-07: "Amazing experience from start to finish! Great quality cabinets, beautiful design, and very professional installation."

Finished kitchens are on our projects page, and more customer words are on reviews.

• White shaker kitchen with a quartzite island in Milton (Crabapple): kitchen cabinets and countertops
• White shaker kitchen with a dark island in Johns Creek: kitchen cabinets and countertops
• Light gray shaker kitchen with white quartz in Alpharetta (Windward): kitchen cabinets and countertops

The 3D design is free at Prime Cabinet Store. Customers ask what design services cost, and that is the answer. Send photos from all sides, the ceiling height, wall lengths and the positions of windows, plumbing, fridge and range or gas line. A dream kitchen still has to fit your walls, so the drawing comes first. Tell the showroom team what you have in mind, and your dedicated manager takes it from there. Our custom cabinetry services start with that drawing, and the wall lengths matter more than the mood board.

Start your design or contact us.