Semi-Custom Kitchen Cabinets: More Sizes and Finishes, from $1,500 per 10x10

Semi-custom cabinets sit between stock and custom, with more door, finish and size choices than stock. On our main lines you get a ½-inch box, dovetail drawers and soft-close hardware. We tell you which parts are real wood, which are MDF and which are engineered board before you pay. See them at our showroom, 4700 Atlanta Hwy in Alpharetta, GA. We install within 100 miles of Alpharetta and deliver anywhere in Georgia.

Open any cabinet and check the box. That's where the money is.

Our semi-custom line starts from $1,500 for a 10x10 kitchen, and inset doors run higher. Stock starts from $1,842 and RTA from $1,842 to $4,882 for the same 10x10. All figures are cabinets only; assembly, installation and delivery extra. Nationally, semi-custom runs $200–$650 per linear foot, sitting between stock at $100–$300 and custom at $500–$1,200 (Angi).

When semi-custom is the right choice

Pick it when your kitchen has a normal plan, you want real choices on style, and your budget sits between stock and fully custom. Anything the line can't do belongs on our custom cabinets page. If you'd rather skip the extras, look at stock, RTA or pre-assembled lines.

This line starts from $1,500 for a 10x10 kitchen, and inset doors run higher. Our reference base cabinet (B30, 30 inches, two doors and one drawer) runs from $587 to $675, and base cabinets start from $234 and wall cabinets from $97 on this line.

Basis: cabinets only; assembly, installation and delivery extra. Crew labor is for our crew within 100 miles of Alpharetta, and quartz is installed, with template and fabrication included, within 100 miles of Alpharetta. For context, nationally a 10x10 kitchen runs $2,000–$24,000 in cabinets, and most land between $4,000 and $13,000 (HomeAdvisor).

Our founder's view: big stores pick the price, and people pay it out of habit. One customer brought a Home Depot quote of $33,000 to $34,000 for cabinets only. We built painted cabinets for $7,800. Cabinets can cost anywhere from $100 to $1,200 per linear foot (HomeAdvisor), so the spread is real. Across our lines, wall cabinets start from $43 and base cabinets from $87, depending on line and type. For homeowners near Atlanta, the showroom in Alpharetta is the quickest way to see where your kitchen lands.

What moves the price

Door style, wood versus painted MDF center panels, tall units and finish all move the cabinet number. Inset doors cost roughly 20% more than comparable overlay designs (HomeAdvisor). In our projects the better box comes out 10–15% more than the same kitchen with an MDF box. Customers ask for the cheaper MDF box. We recommend the better box anyway, and we'll show you why at the showroom.

One honest note: we don't paint or reface existing cabinets, and we're not the place for refinishing, repair or resurfacing kitchen cabinets. When the boxes are swollen or the plan is wrong, you replace them with new cabinets, and that makes more sense, and a full kitchen remodel is the time to do it.

How much should I pay to have my kitchen cabinets installed?

Our own crew installs within 100 miles of Alpharetta, with no GC markup on materials: from $130 per cabinet box ($90 if it arrives assembled) and $260 for a tall, double or lazy-susan unit. A typical 10x10 comes to $1,920–$2,480 in crew labor, and demolition of the old kitchen is $1,600 per project with your dumpster. A trip charge of $200–$300 applies by drive time. For context, HomeGuide puts installed cabinets at $150–$500 per linear foot, or $4,500–$15,000 total, and Angi says installers bill $50–$250 an hour. More detail lives on pricing.

Our main semi-custom lines use a ½-inch plywood box, ¾-inch adjustable shelves and ⅝-inch solid wood dovetail drawer boxes.

Framed lines use full overlay, and slim shaker stiles and rails measure 0.60 inch. On kitchens we've installed and serviced, MDF boxes swell at the sink base and under the dishwasher, hinge and glide screws lose their grip after re-tightening, and paint lifts at the bottom edge. In the cheap cabinets we replace, hinges and drawer glides fail first, because they are used every day. Boxes we built the better way years ago are still square and dry. Pull a drawer out of any cabinet on the showroom floor and look at the corners. High quality shows in the box, not on the door.

Our founder puts it this way: "If you want a kitchen that lasts for years, do not buy cabinets with MDF boxes." That is about the box only. MDF is pressed wood fiber with binders. It looks fine new, but water under the sink or at a damaged edge makes it swell and break down, and it crumbles around screws when you re-tighten them.

Composite wood panels sold in the US must carry a TSCA Title VI label (since March 22, 2019). The ANSI/KCMA A161.1 cabinet standard runs 14 tests, including a 600-pound load test, and 40–50% of cabinets fail on the first attempt.

Our semi-custom line carries 35 door-and-color variants: 14 slab, 12 shaker and 9 inset, all on framed boxes.

• Cabinet doors come in shaker, slab and inset styles.
• Woods: oak (2 variants), white oak (1) and mahogany (1), with shades like Truffle Brown and Hazelnut Oak.
• Colors: beige (8), white (7), natural wood (5), blue (4), green (4), gray (3), black (2) and custom (2).

Finish names we carry include Westhighland White, Origami White, Roycroft Pewter, In The Navy, Tricorn Black, Clary Sage, Evergreen Fog and Accessible Beige. We sell semi-custom cabinets in Atlanta, and a custom paint color is available on the line. The NKBA 2026 Kitchen Trends survey (634 respondents, September 2025) found slab fronts at 69% and white oak as the top wood at 51%. Browse every style and color. This line starts from $1,500 for a 10x10 kitchen, cabinets only, and inset doors run higher. White oak was the most common wood in our kitchens over the last year, about 7 of 10.

Semi-custom gives you more choices than stock.

Corners and tall units deserve a plan early. A corner cabinet changes how the run works. An efficient inside-corner solution and one tall pantry cabinet can change the whole layout, so tell us before the 3D is drawn. If the room is tight, say so. For anything the line can't do, that's custom. See our corner and tall cabinet types.

For bathroom cabinets, see bathroom vanities.

Installed within 100 miles of Alpharetta and delivered anywhere in Georgia.

If you're inside our service zone

1. Free 3D design. Send photos of the kitchen from all sides, ceiling height, wall measurements, and where the windows and doors, plumbing, fridge and range or gas line sit. Open the 3D on your phone and change anything by one message while the design is open (10 days).
2. Measurement. We measure the kitchen ourselves and drive out to you within 100 miles of Alpharetta, so the dimensions on the design are ours.
3. Sign-off. You get the full design with every dimension and confirm it. Most designs need at most one revision round. Then you get a payment link with the full spec, re-check it and sign. Production starts after that. Cabinets are made per project, so there is no cancellation, return or exchange after payment.
4. Production and delivery. The production timeline depends on the design and is quoted per project. Delivery usually lands within about 10 days of shipment, and we warn you in advance of any change.
5. Our own crew will install new cabinets. A standard 10x10 install usually takes 3 to 5 working days, quoted per project and never a guarantee. Demolition of the old kitchen is $1,600 per project, with your dumpster.

If you're delivery-only

Send your measurements and photos, get the same free 3D design, and receive your order by delivery. Inside the install zone you can take delivery only and fit it yourself. Curbside delivery is $300 and garage or driveway delivery is $450, both up to 50 miles from Alpharetta, and beyond 50 miles it is quoted per order. Someone must be there to receive the boxes and help unload, and we never carry them inside the home. Cabinets are packed to minimize transit damage, optional paid delivery insurance is quoted with your order, and claims are paid by the insurer per its policy. Outside the install zone you measure, and we recommend a professional check. The common miss is measuring wall length only and skipping out-of-square walls, ceiling height at several points, casings, plumbing and outlet positions and exact appliance sizes. A 1 to 2 inch error means rework or delay. We help you find professional assembly and installation people, so bring your own contractor or a handyman, or ask us. Every customer gets a dedicated personal manager from start to finish. See Georgia cabinet delivery and cabinet installation.

We've finished 1000+ projects in 20 years. The full gallery of kitchens lives on our projects page. Here are three of them:

• White shaker kitchen in Milton: cabinets and a quartzite island, in the Crabapple area.
• White shaker kitchen with a dark island in Johns Creek: cabinets with a dark island and a cooktop.
• Light gray shaker kitchen in Alpharetta: cabinets with white quartz.

A free 3D design stays valid for 10 days, and you can change anything by one message while it is open. We update the 3D with each message, down to the cabinet shape.

Tell us your name, phone, email and ZIP, the size of your kitchen, and whether you want our crew or delivery only. Upload a sketch or photos from all sides. We use your ZIP to point you to the right zone. Prefer to talk first? Use contact or read more about our design process.